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Fehlmaterial Kanban PST

English translation: Kanban PS, Kanban PC

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German term or phrase:	Fehlmaterial Kanban PST
English translation:	Kanban PS, Kanban PC
Entered by:	Emal Ghamsharick

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15:54 Dec 17, 2009

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German term or phrase: Fehlmaterial Kanban PST

What does PST mean? Is Fehlmaterial missing material or faulty material?

Emal Ghamsharick KudoZ activity Questions: 4 (none open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 14 Germany
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Kanban PS, Kanban PC

Explanation:
Unfortunately there isn't a lot of context. Your text may be related to what is described here: http://www.heilind.com/valueadded.asp. A Kanban system is an auto-replenishment system. If material is missing on the production floor, new material is ordered automatically. This occurs when the available material falls below preset safety stocks. Thus, "Fehlmaterial" should be "missing material".<BR>
PST might stand for "Produktionssteuerung". This abbrevation is used in a presentation on logistics on page 12: http://logistics.de/logistik/branchen.nsf/901E6A0F65159FB1C1...$File/bornewasser.pdf <BR>
"Produktionssteuerung" literally translates to "production control (PC)", but "production scheduling (PS)" seems to be the more common term. The following link describes Kanban as a system for production scheduling: http://www.leanvelocity.ca/Content.cfm?C=6681&SC=1&SCM=1&MI=...

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Oops - second links doesn't work: http://logistics.de/logistik/branchen.nsf/901E6A0F65159FB1C1...$File/bornewasser.pdf

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-12-17 21:25:46 GMT)
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The system doesn't seem to like the $ character in hyperlinks. You can google for "Logistik-Prozessketten von einem Fertigungsstandort im Ausland" to find the document.

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Kanban PS, Kanban PC

SusanneM

Missing Kanban PST

dasein_wm

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39 mins confidence:

Missing Kanban PST

Explanation:
fehlmaterial=missing material
PST=personal Storage Table

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Note added at 42 mins (2009-12-17 16:37:01 GMT)
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missing Kanban cards, perhaps

Reference: http://textsandterms.com/glossaries/control-software/f-g.htm...
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Storage_Table

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