Key takeaways
Short answer: Push scheduling releases work based on a forecast and MRP — make it because the plan says so. Pull releases work only when downstream demand consumes something — make it because it was used. Push tends to overproduce and build WIP; pull keeps inventory low but needs reliable signals and buffers. Most plants blend the two. See also oee for manufacturing.
Push amplifies forecast error into excess inventory and the bullwhip effect. Pull minimises inventory but stalls if buffers are mis-sized or demand spikes beyond them. Neither is universally right.
Push for planning and long-lead procurement; pull for shop-floor execution and replenishment. The plan sets the envelope; consumption sets the pace inside it.
Pull smooths flow and reduces the starve-and-block that hurts OEE Performance. Push can keep a bottleneck fed but at the cost of WIP and the losses it hides.
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No — push suits forecastable, long-lead demand.
MRP is push — it plans from forecast.
Yes — hybrid push-plan, pull-execute is common.
It reduces starving and blocking that cause Performance loss.
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