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kanban
[ kahn-bahn ]
noun
- a just-in-time method of inventory control, originally developed in Japanese automobile factories.
kanban
/ ˈkænbæn /
noun
- a just-in-time manufacturing process in which the movements of materials through a process are recorded on specially designed cards
- any of the cards used for ordering materials in such a system
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kanban1
From Japanese kamban literally, “signboard, shopkeeper's in-business sign,” probably alluding to the shop or tavern keeper's final call for orders before taking the sign down, hence '“ast-minute, just in time” in the context of inventory control, from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese kàn “look” + bǎn “printing block”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kanban1
literally: advertisement hoarding
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