Kanban comes from the lean manufacturing concept advocated by the Toyota Production System and invented by Taiichi Ohno. It is used in various ways and one of them is using them as a placard that automated the replenishment of consumable. Here I show a successful Kanban system for re-ordering office supplies at my company www.steelo.co.uk.

Kanbans are great for automating operations in your business, because your business should work without you.