According to Sam Bayer, President of Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com). "Kanban implies partnership. Both parties have a responsibility to share information and strive towards process improvement. Sounds great in theory but how do you enable it in practice? Share real time "actionable" information between both parties." This level of e-kanban Lean efficiency is achievable.

Fax Kanban is not Efficient and not Lean

At ten minutes per fax, someone is spending 3.5 hours per day in administration time. That inefficiency results in less time to utilize more suppliers or improve the relationships with existing suppliers.

Furthermore, even if 99% of those faxes are trouble...