Kanban Dashboard

Kanban Dashboard

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Learn how to use the Kanban Dashboard to track the status of planned batches across your production sections, easily and clearly.

Step 1: Permission Control

To be able to use this new update on the system, you have to make sure that you are granted the new permission created for viewing Kanban dashboard, by following those steps:
  1. Go to Garment IO system
  2. Go to Configuration
  3. Then click on System Configuration
  4. Then Navigate to Roles
  5. Check who exactly you want to grant the permission to from the "Company Roles", then click on the edit button 
  6. it will open the permissions page for that Role, Go to the "Reports" and check the "Kanban Dashboard" Permission. This will grant that role the permission to view the Kanban dashboard page
Permissions

Step 2: How to open the Kanban Dashboard

  1. Go to Garment IO system 
  2. Go to the production department
  3. Then go to the Production reports
  4. Then navigate to the Kanban Dashboard
When you open the Kanban dashboard, you can set the date to any day you want. The Kanban Dashboard would show you the plan for todays date with 4 days in advance only.
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Note: you can't select an old date, and if a batch was planned to start on day x and it hasn't started then its plan is going to get shifted for the next day.
Also, you can select which sections you want to view the plan for. Moreover, you can use the filter feature that is added too to make it easier to show the wanted details. You can filter using the following: 
  1. Status
  2. Color
  3. Size
  4. Cutting Orders 
  5. Style
Kanban Dashboard

Batches/Kanban Statuses

The Kanban Dashboard would show the status of the planned batches/Kanban with the following Color Codes:
  1. Not Ready: This status has the Red color, which means that the batches/Kanban haven't completed prerequisite processes.
  2.  Ready: This status has the Blue color, which means that this Batch/Kanban are prepped (finished dependent processes) but haven't started processes in the selected sections.
  3. In Line: This Status has the Yellow color, which means that the Batches/Kanban are currently undergoing at least one process in the section.
  4. Done: This status has the Green color, which means that the Batches/Kanban have completed all processes in the section.

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If you Click on any of the batches/Kanban you would be redirected to the batch/Kanban history page to give you more details on the batch/Kanban itself. Also, it would navigate you directly to the processes table to show you the uncompleted processes.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who can use the Kanban Dashboard?
    Only users who have been granted the "Kanban Dashboard" permission under "Reports" on the Roles page in System Configuration.
  • Can I view a past date's plan on the Kanban Dashboard?
    No, you can't select an old date. The dashboard only shows the plan for today's date plus four days in advance.
  • What happens if a batch doesn't start on its planned date?
    Its plan is automatically shifted to the next day.
  • What do the four status colors on the Kanban Dashboard mean?
    Red means the batch hasn't completed its prerequisite processes (Not Ready), Blue means it's ready but hasn't started work in the selected section, Yellow means it's currently undergoing at least one process, and Green means it has completed all processes in the section.
  • What happens when I click on a batch in the dashboard?
    You're taken to the batch's history page for more detail, with a direct link to the table of uncompleted processes.
  • How can I filter the data shown on the dashboard?
    You can filter by Status, Color, Size, Cutting Orders, or Style, and also choose which sections to view the plan for.

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