| Article ID: | iaor1991512 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 24 |
| End Page Number: | 43 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1990 |
| Journal: | Journal of Operations Management |
| Authors: | Cohen Morris A., Pyke David F. |
| Keywords: | distribution |
The paper is organized as follows: following an introduction and a review of various definitions of push and pull, the authors describe integrated production-distribution systems. In the next section they present their framework for defining push and pull systems. Throughout this section the authors refer to commonly used planning and control systems. Finally, they present a summary and conclusions.