kanban /ˈkänbän, ˈkɑnbɑn 
/ ▸ noun (also kanban system) a Japanese manufacturing system in which the supply of components is regulated through the use of an instruction card sent along the production line. ▪ an instruction card used in a kanban system.
– ORIGIN 1970s: Japanese, literally ‘billboard, sign’.
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