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Supermarket
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Supermarket

A controlled store of a defined quantity of parts from which the downstream process withdraws.

Examples

  1. 01Each part has a fixed location and a maximum of 4 containers in the line-side supermarket.
  2. 02Withdrawn containers trigger replenishment via Kanban.
  3. 03A visual max/min marking shows when to reorder.

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