kanban


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kanban /ˈkanban/
noun a Japanese manufacturing system in which the supply of components is regulated by an instruction card sent along the production line.
– origin 1970s: Japanese, lit. ‘billboard, sign’.
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