Sudhir Behera

How check sheet can be replaced by tools and BPM. Check sheet is the only mechanism to collect the data on real time basis with the followings Who is filling the check sheet What data to be collected Where/When to be collected The most importantly why to be collected So after only the data is collected , then only tools can be used for analysis and modelling.

Though PULL system is very much desired for any industry due to its many +ve impact on the business , but it is not always a strategic move especially during the 1) new product launching in the market 2) Any competitor launching a new product . Till the customer get into the product and company had enough voice /need of a customer points to rework, the company has to push the product into market. It may be through advertising , branding , keeping the stock visibility at customer end etcs. I am considering advertisement and branding is a push mechanism. After the product went into the mind of customer then , it is wiser to shift to Pull. Always company has to closely look the competitor move / listen to voice of the customer and take a decision on pull or push. This is in view of market. But if we consider the internal supply chain , then with a better planning the external push system can be managed thorugh internal pull.