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    Subassembly flow control with the Kanban system as a component of Lean Manufacturing at a production enterprise
    (AGH University of Science and Technology Press, 2009) Michlowicz, Edward
    The paper analyses the Kanban system introduced at a company manufacturing multiple types of rotors for electricity-powered engines. The system comprises two loops of Kanban cards: the production card loop and transport card loop. The main assumptions for the system is the capacity minimisation for buffers between operations and streamlining the information flow between individual production cells. The analyses use the 7M, 5S and SMED methods, as well as a combination of the ABC and XYZ classification methods for materials. The introduction of the Kanban system significantly reduced warehouse stocks and improved communication between individual production lines.