How important is Kanban to the success of a Supply Chain?
Supply Chains are reliant upon a pull-based system. Kanban is a pull-based system. The Supply Chain in the ideal profile would obtain point-of-sale information (consumption), which triggers replenishment of the final product. Producing the final product consumes lower level components, triggering replenishment signals internally and externally to the supply base. This Supply Chain is often fully automated and can literally respond immediately.
