Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
• Change the status in the kanban board, and with the manual kanban signal
Business Example
The PC component T-T7## (BIOS) is staged with KANBAN on production line T-L3##. The procurement takes place with purchase order handling from an external vendor.
The master data (control cycle, supply area and so on) is already maintained in the ECC System. Kanbans must now be set to full and empty to control the flow of material.
Task 1:
Go to the demand source view of the kanban board for supply area T-P3##.
1. Menu path:
Logistics → Production → KANBAN
Control → Kanban Board → Demand Source View Plant: 1200
Select Supply Area and enter T-P3##.
Choose the menu path Kanban Board → Save Settings to save your user-specific entries.
Enter.
2. How many kanbans should circulate for material T-T7## between supply area T-P3## and the supply source?
______________________________________________________
3. Which material is staged in this supply area, apart from PC component T-T7##?
______________________________________________________
4. Check which numbers (kanban number or kanban ID) is displayed in the graphic for each kanban. To do this, choose:
Settings → Display Kanbans
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In the Kanban Label field, select Kanban number. This is displayed.
If required, you could convert the text to “Kanban ID” and save it as a user-specific setting. However, you should not carry this out here.
Task 2:
Kanban container number 001 is processed.
Display the stock/requirements list, both before and after the kanban is set to empty.
1. Now leave the control cycle display, and go back to the kanban board. Select the line for the material T-T7## and choose
Goto → Current Stock/Requirements List
2. What is the available quantity of material T-T7## at storage location PL03?
______________________________________________________
3. Go back to the kanban table.
Select the kanban with the number 001 for material T-T7##and choose Set Kanban Status to Empty. In this way the kanban is set to EMPTY, and the color changes to red.
Now double-click the red kanban. In the subsequent dialog box (Kanban Information), you recognize the number of the replenishment element.
4. What sort of replenishment element is created when you set the kanban to empty?
______________________________________________________
5. Go back to the kanban board and from there branch to the stock/requirements list for material T-T7##.
Select the line for material T-T7## and choose Goto → Current Stock/Requirements List
Caution: The current stock/requirements list has a time. Therefore, refresh the list by choosing Refresh.
Hint: In this situation you need to constantly refresh the data.
6. Why is the available quantity at storage location PL03 not reduced when you set the kanban to empty?
______________________________________________________
SCM350 Lesson: Applications for Changing the Kanban Status
Task 3:
In the kanban board, set the empty container 001 for PC component T-T7##
(BIOS) to full.
After the kanban has been set to FULL, display the stock/requirements list for material T-T7##, to see the storage location receipts.
1. Select the empty kanban for material T-T7## and choose Set Kanban Status to Full. In this way the kanban is set to FULL, and the color changes to green.
2. Select the line for the material T-T7## and choose Goto → Current Stock/Requirements List
Refresh the list.
3. What is the available quantity of material T-T7## at storage location PL03 now?
______________________________________________________
4. Which activity is automatically carried out in Inventory Management on setting the kanban to FULL?
______________________________________________________
Task 4:
Now use the manual kanban signal to set container 002 for material T-T7## to empty.
1. Menu path:
Logistics → Production → KANBAN Control → Kanban Signal → Manual Entry
Material: T-T7##
Plant: 1200
Supply Area: T-P3##
Kanban number: 002
Choose Save but do not leave the transaction.
If you scroll to the right in the Processed kanbans table, you will see the purchase order number. Note this purchase order number and the item number of the purchase order:
______________________________________________________
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Task 5:
In Inventory Management post a goods receipt for the purchase order above.
Hint: This posting can take some time.
1. Logistics → Material Management → Inventory Management
Goods Movement → Goods Receipt → For Purchase Order → PO Number Known
In the two empty fields after “Goods Issue” and Purchase Order, enter the purchase order number and item number noted above.
Purchase order: Number noted in previous step.
Choose Enter.
Set the indicator Item OK.
Choose Save and confirm the information window that appears by choosing Enter.
2. Now go back to the kanban board for supply area T-P3##. Which status does the previously empty kanban have now?
______________________________________________________
Hint: You could also have set the kanban to full (including posting the goods receipt) using the manual kanban signal. Even with the manual kanban signal, actual quantities can be entered if there are variances from the target quantities.
Task 6:
Optional: For production supply area T-P3##, go to the tabular display of the Kanban board (Demand Source Overview), enhance the application toolbar, check the displayed kanban and set a filter on the active kanban.
1. Menu path:
Logistics → Production → KANBAN
Control → Kanban Board → Demand Source View Plant: 1200
Select Supply Area and enter T-P3##.
Set the indicator for tabular display.
SCM350 Lesson: Applications for Changing the Kanban Status
2. Choose “Change Navigation Profile” and create a user-specific marker for calling the transaction “MD04 - Current Stock/Requirements List” by choosing .
Text: Stock/requirements list
Icon: ICON_DISPLAY
Quick Info: Stock/requirements list Transaction: MD04
Set the indicator “Determine SET/GET Parameters Automatically”.
Save your settings.
Profile: ZKANBAN
Description: Kanban board group ##
Set the indicators “User-Specific” and “Default”.
3. Now define a filter in the tabular display so that only active kanbans are displayed in the list.
Choose “Set Filter” and copy the field “Kanban status” from the column list.
In the filter criterion, exclude the status “1” – “WAIT” from the display.
Solution 3: Applications for Changing the Kanban Status
Task 1:
Go to the demand source view of the kanban board for supply area T-P3##.
1. Menu path:
Logistics → Production → KANBAN
Control → Kanban Board → Demand Source View Plant: 1200
Select Supply Area and enter T-P3##.
Choose the menu path Kanban Board → Save Settings to save your user-specific entries.
Enter.
a) (no solution required)
2. How many kanbans should circulate for material T-T7## between supply area T-P3## and the supply source?
______________________________________________________
a) 5 kanbans circulate between the demand source and the supply source.
3. Which material is staged in this supply area, apart from PC component T-T7##?
______________________________________________________
a) The PC assembly T-B7## (processor coolant unit) is also staged in supply area T-P3##.
4. Check which numbers (kanban number or kanban ID) is displayed in the graphic for each kanban. To do this, choose:
Settings → Display Kanbans
In the Kanban Label field, select Kanban number. This is displayed.
If required, you could convert the text to “Kanban ID” and save it as a user-specific setting. However, you should not carry this out here.
a) (no solution required)
SCM350 Lesson: Applications for Changing the Kanban Status
Task 2:
Kanban container number 001 is processed.
Display the stock/requirements list, both before and after the kanban is set to empty.
1. Now leave the control cycle display, and go back to the kanban board. Select the line for the material T-T7## and choose
Goto → Current Stock/Requirements List a) (no solution required)
2. What is the available quantity of material T-T7## at storage location PL03?
______________________________________________________
a) The current available quantity of material T-T7## at storage location PL03 is 100 pieces.
3. Go back to the kanban table.
Select the kanban with the number 001 for material T-T7##and choose Set Kanban Status to Empty. In this way the kanban is set to EMPTY, and the color changes to red.
Now double-click the red kanban. In the subsequent dialog box (Kanban Information), you recognize the number of the replenishment element.
a) (no solution required)
4. What sort of replenishment element is created when you set the kanban to empty?
______________________________________________________
a) On setting to EMPTY, a purchase order is created.
5. Go back to the kanban board and from there branch to the stock/requirements list for material T-T7##.
Select the line for material T-T7## and choose Goto → Current Stock/Requirements List
Caution: The current stock/requirements list has a time. Therefore, refresh the list by choosing Refresh.
Hint: In this situation you need to constantly refresh the data.
a) (no solution required)
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6. Why is the available quantity at storage location PL03 not reduced when you set the kanban to empty?
______________________________________________________
a) Because the goods issue in KANBAN is backflushed.
Task 3:
In the kanban board, set the empty container 001 for PC component T-T7##
(BIOS) to full.
After the kanban has been set to FULL, display the stock/requirements list for material T-T7##, to see the storage location receipts.
1. Select the empty kanban for material T-T7## and choose Set Kanban Status to Full. In this way the kanban is set to FULL, and the color changes to green.
a) (no solution required)
2. Select the line for the material T-T7## and choose Goto → Current Stock/Requirements List
Refresh the list.
a) (no solution required)
3. What is the available quantity of material T-T7## at storage location PL03 now?
______________________________________________________
a) The current available quantity of material T-T7## at storage location PL03 is now 120 pieces.
4. Which activity is automatically carried out in Inventory Management on setting the kanban to FULL?
______________________________________________________
a) When you set the kanban to full, the goods receipt for the purchase order is posted.
Task 4:
Now use the manual kanban signal to set container 002 for material T-T7## to empty.
1. Menu path:
Logistics → Production → KANBAN Control → Kanban Signal → Manual Entry
SCM350 Lesson: Applications for Changing the Kanban Status
Material: T-T7##
Plant: 1200
Supply Area: T-P3##
Kanban number: 002
Choose Save but do not leave the transaction.
If you scroll to the right in the Processed kanbans table, you will see the purchase order number. Note this purchase order number and the item number of the purchase order:
______________________________________________________
a) (no solution required)
Task 5:
In Inventory Management post a goods receipt for the purchase order above.
Hint: This posting can take some time.
1. Logistics → Material Management → Inventory Management
Goods Movement → Goods Receipt → For Purchase Order → PO Number Known
In the two empty fields after “Goods Issue” and Purchase Order, enter the purchase order number and item number noted above.
Purchase order: Number noted in previous step.
Choose Enter.
Set the indicator Item OK.
Choose Save and confirm the information window that appears by choosing Enter.
a) (no solution required)
2. Now go back to the kanban board for supply area T-P3##. Which status does the previously empty kanban have now?
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______________________________________________________
Hint: You could also have set the kanban to full (including posting the goods receipt) using the manual kanban signal. Even with the manual kanban signal, actual quantities can be entered if there are variances from the target quantities.
a) After posting the goods receipt for the purchase order, the kanban belonging to the purchase order is set to status full.
Task 6:
Optional: For production supply area T-P3##, go to the tabular display of the Kanban board (Demand Source Overview), enhance the application toolbar, check the displayed kanban and set a filter on the active kanban.
1. Menu path:
Logistics → Production → KANBAN
Control → Kanban Board → Demand Source View Plant: 1200
Select Supply Area and enter T-P3##.
Set the indicator for tabular display.
a) (no solution required)
2. Choose “Change Navigation Profile” and create a user-specific marker for calling the transaction “MD04 - Current Stock/Requirements List” by choosing .
Text: Stock/requirements list
Icon: ICON_DISPLAY
Quick Info: Stock/requirements list Transaction: MD04
Set the indicator “Determine SET/GET Parameters Automatically”.
Save your settings.
Profile: ZKANBAN
Description: Kanban board group ##
SCM350 Lesson: Applications for Changing the Kanban Status
Set the indicators “User-Specific” and “Default”.
a) (no solution required)
3. Now define a filter in the tabular display so that only active kanbans are displayed in the list.
Choose “Set Filter” and copy the field “Kanban status” from the column list.
In the filter criterion, exclude the status “1” – “WAIT” from the display.
a) (no solution required)
Lesson Summary
You should now be able to:
• Use the kanban board and the kanban signal to change the kanban status
• Describe other options for changing the kanban status
SCM350 Lesson: Printing Kanban Cards