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kanban

[ kahn-bahn ]

noun

  1. a just-in-time method of inventory control, originally developed in Japanese automobile factories.


kanban

/ ˈkænbæn /

noun

  1. a just-in-time manufacturing process in which the movements of materials through a process are recorded on specially designed cards
  2. any of the cards used for ordering materials in such a system
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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