Push production

Push production is a production control approach in which large batches of items are processed at a maximum rate based on forecasted demand. Completed items are then moved to the next downstream process or into storage regardless of the actual pace of work in that next process. The document states that this makes it virtually impossible to establish the smooth flow of work from one process to the next that characterises lean production.

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Processing is driven by forecasted demand rather than by the actual pace of the downstream process.
Items are processed in large batches at a maximum rate.
Finished batches are moved downstream or into storage whether or not the next process can absorb them.
The document contrasts push production with pull production.
The document cross-references batch-and-queue and production control; neither has a matching entry in the available reference list.
The document presents push production as incompatible with the smooth inter-process flow associated with lean production.