User's Manual
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3. Use as a security card or open-close control of gate and door for controlling of entry and exit of people and
vehicles to a controlled area
Underground
tunnel
Computer in
ground-based
station
A
llows controlling where workers are
located.
Æ Contributes to efficient worker allocation
as well as improvement in safety.
A Kanban reader is installed for each work section. A person has a Kanban
storing personal data and has the data read by the Kanban reader. A computer
in a ground-based station controls the presence and destination of persons.
Kanban carried by a worker stores personal ID data.
A
lso possible to identify whether the person is allowed
to enter the work area or not.
In this case the card is used as an ID card not as a Kanban.
4. Use as a tag for collecting information of work progress
When an ID tag is incorporated in a Kanban attached to key parts running on the production process,
information can be received and transferred for each process as needed.
At the start of the work, a part Kanban is taken out from the part box and inserted into the Kanban holder of the
Kanban reader. Whe the work is complete, the Kanban is pulled out from the Kanban holder and returned to
the part box as a part Kanban. Information is written in the Kanban tag on the time when the Kanban was
inserted into the Kanban holder and removed from the Kanban holder as well as the number of finished parts in
each process. By performing these operations in all processes, the Kanban collects work records and
man-hour records in all the processes.
5. Use as a barcode reader
• The barcode of a Kanban does not provide reliable reading performance due to smudges on a case.
• In case of a colored kanban, the contrast is low for a barcode reader, thereby resulting in unreliable reading.
• There are a number of problems in reading a barcode on the Kanban including difficulties in setting a
common standard for positioning of a barcode due to various sizes and shapes of a Kanban. A Kanban
incorporating a tag is free from these problems.