Kanban is a method for increasing productivity with emphasis on just in time manufacturing process in which movements of materials in a process are recorded on Kanban cards. The purpose of this paper is to show how a kanban system is used and improved to a certain extent in a pump manufacturing plant having demand fluctuation in the orders, which forms a trigger to overall system. The existing plant works on the principle of Mixed Model Assembly Line. The One Hourly Line Feeding System is an application of Kanban system which has been implemented in the pump manufacturing company to increase the efficiency of Kanban System implemented. This Paper shows how this system has been implemented in production/assembly line and it's working. As the name implies, in this system production is scheduled for each single hour. Because the production planning is done for a single hour there is no need of keeping large inventory on shop floor as well as in the store. One hourly Line Feeding System is the technology introduced by the company. The result of using this system is huge inventory reduction as well as better material/product control and tracking as this system uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for signaling and tracking the product.
Production, Mixed model, Kanban system
