An alternative to scheduling individual processes, in which the customer process withdraws the items it needs from a supermarket (see listing) and the supplying process produces to replenish what was [..]

A customer driven work replenishment system involving ‘pulling’ the exact quantity of parts required out of a finished parts stores. A Kanban issues the instruction to replenish the stock

A production method in which the production of an item starts only when there is actual demand from a customer (as opposed to anticipated from a forecast). The demand of that customer starts (pulls) the next downstream operation into the production process, etc. The opposite of pull production is push production.

An alternative to scheduling individual processes, where the customer process withdraws the items it needs from a supermarket, and the supplying process produces to replenish what was withdrawn. Used [..]

A system for controlling work flow and priorities whereby the processes needing materials (or attention) draw them from the feeding processes or storage areas as needed, typically using "kanb [..]

A manufacturing planning system based on the communication of actual real-time needs from downstream operations. A pull system is in contrast with push systems, which schedule operations according to theoretical downstream results, based "best-guess" planning, MRP, or other methods.

Drug distribution system in which each peripheral facility determines the drug quantities to be requisitioned from the procurement unit or warehouse. Compare push system

Manufacturing system in which production is based on actual daily demand (sales), and where information flows from market to management. See push system.