%0 Journal Article %T KANBAN SYSTEM USED TO OPTIMIZE INVENTORY LEVELS %A DIANA T£¿G£¿DUAN %J Lucr£¿ri £¿tiin£¿ifice : Management Agricol %D 2009 %I %X The Kanban System introduced in this paper was developed by the Vice-President of Toyota Motor Company, Mr. Taiiohi Ohnos. Kanban is the production control system that ¡°pulls¡± production JIT allowing smaller stocks to be produced. Kanban is a method to control the material flow by a JIT production system by using cards to authorize a work station to transfer or produce materials. %K inventory system %K materials flow %K cards %U http://www.usab-tm.ro/Pdf/2009/xi3/finante09_46.pdf