Kanban bin

E-Kanban is the digital form of the Kanban process: sensors, smart labels or RFID report demand instead of staff counting quantities by hand and transferring them from paper into the system. Neoception's solution includes configurable Kanban logic, runs in the cloud, scales and can be maintained centrally. It integrates with leading ERP systems, material postings are automated, and manual stocktaking time is reduced to a minimum.

RFID gives every Kanban bin a unique identity, so stock and movements are automatically assigned to the right bin. At Würth Industrie Service, the bins on the iSCALE scale carry RFID chips so that they can be identified and tracked at any time. Neoception uses RFID or barcodes for its parts bins and combines RFID with optical sensors in the smart labels, for example for pick-to-light processes.

Pick-to-light uses lights to show staff which compartment to take material from, and put-to-light shows where it belongs. In Neoception's solution, both processes can be implemented with optical sensors in the smart labels combined with RFID. The labels on the shelf compartments also display the material number and name, can be changed centrally, and trigger picking, reordering or refilling in the warehouse management system at the press of a button.

Automated replenishment works by placing the Kanban bin on an IoT scale that continuously weighs its contents, in the case of Würth Industrie Service C-parts. If the weight falls below a defined value, a notification, an order and then a delivery are triggered automatically. The data goes straight to the merchandise management system via NB-IoT. Scales are available for bin sizes 3215, 4115 and 4315, and iSCALEpal can also weigh standard Euro pallets.