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QAD Kanban Series: Execution
Posted on: October 16, 2025 | By: Alexa Leitner | QAD Business Process
This is the third in a four-part series of blogs that will discuss QAD Kanban. In the first blog we discussed an overview of Kanban in QAD highlighting benefits and use cases, and in the second we discussed the set up needed to implement kanban. In this blog we will discuss system execution and transactions related to using kanban and finish the series with managing the kanban processes in your environment.
It is important to note that based on the way your business works with Kanban the execution of transactions in QAD may look a little different depending on your manufacturing or supplier set up.
Using Kanban Workbenches
QAD offers two Kanban Workbenches: the Kanban Sizing Workbench, and the Kanban Process Workbench. These workbenches let you view and modify kanban sizing and process data either directly in a grid or in individual frames which fields are based on their function. These two workbenches display most of the same data, but the sizing workbench allows you to search on criteria related to loops sourced by processes, external suppliers, or inventory supermarkets whereas the process workbench search allows drill down to specific Kanban process.
- Tool Bar: Control Workbench actions
- Search Frame: Standard .NET UI filtering
- Sizing Option Panel: Set default values for fields used on the workbenches
- Navigator Frame: Tree structure to select records
- Main Grid: View and Update Sizing or process data in grid view
- Tabbed Detail Frames: View and update sizing or process data in arranged field collections
Kanban Card Create
Kanban Card Create (17.22.16.12) is used to create kanban cards for a new loop that have been manually sized by entering the number of cards and quantity per card in Kanban Master Maintenance (17.22.4). It is also used to create cards for a loop that has been sized using the Kanban Workbenches.
Working with Kanban Transactions
Kanban transactions on the 17.22.19 menu let you run programs that can accumulate empty cards and automatically authorize replenishment when the order quantity is reached. They can record kanban cards by scanning or entering them using a program specific to where the material is in the production cycle. These transactions record consumption for batches of cards based on loop selection criteria or information imported in a file. You can also use these transactions to view information about the status of kanban cards.
Accumulator Monitor (17.22.19.6) is used to check the status of cards in kanban loops that are set up as time or schedule accumulators. When the program is running, it scans the database for loops with values on the Next Date and Next Time that have been reached. When the total empty cards reach the order point the system will automatically authorize the cards.
Depending on how closely you would like to track kanban material as it moves through your processes, you can use the five below programs to record cards and update their status.
- Kanban Consume/Post (17.22.19.1) to record that the items on a kanban have been used and authorize production of the kanban quantity.
- Kanban Authorize (17.22.19.2) to manually authorize cards when required. In two-card loops, this program can be used only for replenishment cards.
- Kanban Acknowledge (17.22.19.3) to indicate that the source has received the authorization to replenish a kanban. In two-card loops, this program can be used only for replenishment cards.
- Kanban Ship (17.22.19.4) to record that a supplying source has sent the completed kanban items to the supermarket. In two-card loops, this program can be used only for replenishment cards.
- Kanban Fill/Receive (17.22.19.5) to indicate that a kanban has been filled. Depending on how the loop is defined, this program can automatically generate system receipt and inventory transactions.
Conclusion
At a high level we touched on the two kanban workbenches, creating kanban cards, and the programs in the 17.22.19 menu structure that can record and update the status of kanban cards throughout the process. As you have read, QAD has an in-depth kanban process that can handle a multitude of manufacturing scenarios so the set up and transactions used throughout the process may look different in each business.
In the last blog of the series, we will discuss management of the kanban process in your business environment, tips/tricks that may benefit your process, and review reports related to kanban activity.
Next Steps
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