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Push vs. Pull Systems in Manufacturing

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Share Some manufacturing businesses make for stock, others make to order, and a number do a little of both. The first two are considered “push” and “pullmanufacturing respectively, while the third is a hybrid approach. Production is therefore detached from customer purchasing patterns.

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Takt Time in Manufacturing

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Share One of the tenets of lean manufacturing is that goods should flow like water through production. That flow is smoothed by determining the takt time and configuring manufacturing to achieve it. This blog explains takt time in manufacturing.