Authors: Mose Gallo, Teresa Murino, Emanuele Guadalupi, Liberatina Carmela Santillo
This work is focused on presenting the implementation of the kanban tool in the more general context of the Total Flow Management model. This imposes to radically restructure, in a lean perspective. internal and external logistics processes, considering the whole supply chain, through which it is possible to get a global optimization of enterprise?s operations. The Total Flow Management model will be explained, analyzing the pillars that sustain it. A simulation based implementation of this model in a typical automotive production plant has been presented.