Kanban cards that keep work moving

Put an Arda card at the stock point, in front of the stock that covers your lead time. When someone pulls the last part ahead of it, they pull the card and scan it. Purchasing sees the reorder while there is still stock to run on.

P/N

Minimum

Location

Order

Supplier

The problem

One missing part can take the whole job with it.

Nobody else can see a reorder point that lives in one person’s head. Put the card on the shelf with the part, where the person pulling it reads the minimum without asking anyone.

Arda on the floor

See the card. Start the refill.

The washers in the bin. The wire beside the welder. Place a card where the part lives and scan it when stock reaches the minimum.

01
Scan when stock reaches the minimum.
Scan the QR code with your phone while you are standing at the shelf. Gloves stay on and work keeps moving.
01 / M8 stainless-steel washersView screen
02
Put the refill in the queue.
Check the item. Tap Queue. Purchasing sees the request grouped with the rest of that supplier's order.
02 / MIG weld wireView screen

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How it works

1
Print the card
Print cards for your most stockout-prone parts.
2
Mark the minimum
Place the card as a physical barrier in front of the stock that covers your lead time.
3
Pull the card
When the stock hits the card, pull it and drop it in a drop point or scan it from your phone and keep working.
4
Scan the batch
Scan the collected cards. Each scan adds a reorder to the Order Queue.

Feature breakdown

Make reordering obvious.

Print the minimum, the order quantity, the location, and a photo of the part on each card. Each card is connected to the Arda item database. On plans with Order Queue access, a scan creates a reorder for purchasing.

You see the reorder point before the shelf runs empty.
Each scan records a consumption signal from the reorder point.

P100 filter cartridge

Min qty: 4
Order qty: 12

Consumables · Bay 2

Print what the floor needs.

Print cards, shelf labels, and location markers from one screen. Pick the size and format per item. Printing is unlimited on every plan, including our Free version.

Choose card format item by item.
Yes, even the odd ones like tubing, wire, and coil stock.

Arda card, thermal label and breadcrumb format settings.

Keep the gloves on. Keep moving.

Collect the pulled cards and scan them with a phone. On Team and Pro, anyone on the floor scans without a paid seat. Nobody walks to the office to report a stockout.

Purchasing sees each scanned card land in the Order Queue.
Scan in any order. Arda groups the reorders by supplier.

A gloved operator uses a smartphone to scan a Kanban card on a tray beside a stack of pulled cards.

Get the gear. Get cards where stock lives.

We’ll print and send you your first 25 Arda cards free. Make and print as many kanban cards as you need.

Start with one area of the floor.
No per-card charge on any plan.

A smartphone, populated Arda cards, metal holders and stocked parts on a workshop shelf.

What your team gets back

For operators: Pull the card and get back to the job. The reorder point is right where you need it.
For purchasing: Give every shift the same way to flag low stock. Keep requests moving when someone’s away.
For operations: Catch demand where work happens. Give purchasing time to order before the shelf runs empty.
For the business: Build a routine the next hire can follow. The next hire reads the minimum off the card instead of asking the person who knows.
What’s at stake: A missed reorder stops the job while you wait on the part. The card puts the reorder signal in front of your team while there is still stock to run on.

Kanban cards that keep work moving

One missing part can take the whole job with it.

See the card. Start the refill.

Scan when stock reaches the minimum.

Put the refill in the queue.

How it works

Print the card

Mark the minimum

Pull the card

Scan the batch