| Eiji and Ohno came up with the kanban system of labeling, an early precursor to bar codes, to keep the flow of parts smooth. |
| Autoliv uses this kanban trolley to replenish material to the assembly lines. |
| The system calculates the number of kanbans or the kanban quantity on the basis of a formula. |
| The inventory database would become more important, since the data printed on the kanban cards was being reduced to a bar-code label. |
| When the kanbans are full, the preceding operation stops producing until a kanban space is once again available. |
| In the electronic kanban system Mathis decided to move to, the inventory database would go online. |
