"kanban" meaning in All languages combined

See kanban on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkanban/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kanban.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kanbans [plural], kanban [plural]
enPR: ˈkän-ˌbän Etymology: From Japanese 看板 (かんばん, kanban), from 看 (kan, “visible”) + 板 (“board or card”), developed and first used in the Toyota Production System. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{l|ja|看板}} 看板, {{lang|ja|かんばん}} かんばん, {{lang|ja|kanban|sc=Latn}} kanban, {{ja-l/helper|看板|かんばん|kanban}} 看板 (かんばん, kanban), {{ja-l|看板|かんばん|kanban}} 看板 (かんばん, kanban), {{m|ja|看||visible|tr=kan}} 看 (kan, “visible”), {{m|ja|板||board or card}} 板 (“board or card”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|+|kanban}} kanban (countable and uncountable, plural kanbans or kanban)
  1. (countable) A card containing a set of manufacturing specifications and requirements, used to regulate the supply of components. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Manufacturing, Software engineering
    Sense id: en-kanban-en-noun-TCXnbaRQ Disambiguation of Manufacturing: 46 48 6 Disambiguation of Software engineering: 41 25 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 14 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 25 36
  2. A coordinated manufacturing system using such cards. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Manufacturing, Software engineering
    Sense id: en-kanban-en-noun-t8Q~jRCf Disambiguation of Manufacturing: 46 48 6 Disambiguation of Software engineering: 41 25 34 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 25 36
  3. (by extension) A system to manage, visualise, and improve work across teams, often as part of an agile methodology. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Software engineering
    Sense id: en-kanban-en-noun-uNGz6KdD Disambiguation of Software engineering: 41 25 34 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 25 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Kanban Derived forms: Scrumban Related terms: just-in-time, red tag

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} kanban
  1. Rōmaji transcription of かんばん Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: かんばん

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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