PP Kanban control cycle

[former_member209175]

Hi team,

I was referring the below statement to understand the control cycle.

The Kanban Control Cycle business object is used to control the flow of information and material between the demand source and the supply source in a pull environment. It controls the material quantities in production. It defines a loop between demand source and the supply source for recurring replenishment.

In the above statement, it is mentioned that, it is linking the demand source and supply source. In SAP, how we are linking the the demand source and supply source?

While creating the supply area in PK05, we are providing the storage location. Is this supply source or demand source?

In SAP, where we are assigning the another source (supply / demand source)?

Regards

psk

[madlercm · Accepted solution]

The storage location in the supply area is the storage TO where the material is staged/supplied.

The supply strategy (FROM where) is defined in the control cycle by the replenishment strategy. There are many to choose from, and they differ a lot, like production, external vendor, or stock transfer from a warehouse.

[former_member209175 · Accepted solution]

Hi Mario,

Thank you very much for your clarification.

I have some more clarification on KANBAN.

In control cycle i have fields like "containers" and "storage bin". What is containers and storage bin?

Can you please explain these terminologies with some example?

In order to implement KANBAN, is it mandatory that, the storage locations to be always WM managed? Is the non-WM managed storage locations also used for KANBAN?

Thank you

psk

[madlercm · Accepted solution]

Hi Psk,

Storage bins are entities that are used in WM. You can use KANBAN without having to use WM. Having a WM warehouse as the source of supply is just one of the possible strategies.

The storage location in the supply area can be (and most often is) just IM.

Containers are the physical means in which materials are kept in this process; a container usually equals a KANBAN. Normally there are at least two (but can be more) containers in a control cycle.

KANBAN is a material supply method that is not SAP specific. To use it properly (in SAP) you should be familiar with the method, so I suggest that you take the time to learn it before attempting to implement it in SAP. It will make things easier and more clear, and will help you not to make mistakes, process wise.

[former_member209175 · Accepted solution]

Hello Mario,

Thank you very much for your detailed explanation on storage bin and container.

1. So, if the storage location is not WM managed, there will not be any storage bin. The storage location itself will act as a storage bin. Am i right?

You said that, Containers are the physical means in which materials are kept in this process. a container usually equals a KANBAN. Normally there are at least two (but can be more) containers in a control cycle.

2. We are using pallets to replanish the supply area storage locations (production store which is near to work center). So in this example, the pallets are called as "containers". Am i right?

Consider the below example:

3. In control cycle i have maintained the number of kanban as 4. As you said above, i need to maintain 4 containers. But i have only one field to maintain the container. How to maintain 4 containers in one field?

Thank you.

psk

[madlercm · Accepted solution]

Psk, I don't think that KANBAN is suited for replenishing production with pallets of raw materials.

I also said that you should learn and get familiar with the method, and that will help you better assess when and where it is suitable.

For staging materials in production storage locations there are other tools in SAP, like the pull list.