A Kanban card is a visual representation of an item of work. It’s an essential component of Kanban, a work management framework that helps you visualize your work, limit work in progress, and maximize efficiency.​

 

When Toyota looked to improve its manufacturing processes in the 1940s, it used cards to visually track work. Not unlike the proverbial sticky note, these cards helped Toyota improve its manufacturing processes.

 

​When the Kanban method was developed in the 1990s, as a way to use the same methods of visual signals for knowledge work, Kanban cards became an integral part of work processes.

 

It’s an essential component of the Kanban method, a work management framework that helps visualize work, limit work in progress (WIP), and maximize efficiency (or flow).

 

Each Kanban card represents a single work item as it moves through various stages of completion which are represented on either a physical or virtual Kanban board.​

 

ATC is the latest incarnation of a Kanban T-Card board but in a digital online format.

 

It enables automotive companies to visually see the status of an order throughout its journey to the customer.

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It also enables effective vehicle management for fleets as the sytem is process driven.