Push system vs Pull system in your value stream

The five principles of Lean look at Value, Value Stream, Flow, Pull, and Perfection.
To apply Pull you must first have Flow, or have a product or service actually being delivered to your customer.
Most organizations start in a Push system. Each person or step in their value stream or process works as hard as they can and as fast as they can to provide value to the next step.
A Pull system instead works at the speed of the customer, ideally only producing a product or service when a customer demands it.
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[@AdnanMuazzam1]

Great visual example 👍

[@AbdulQadir-gf5nv]

Wow … Excellent video with best simulation of real time situation 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@julianbaudler3309]

Thank you! Now I finally understand what it's about!

[@anupampal616]

Nicely explained....love from India

[@mmercer48]

This is a very good video. I'm going to use this with my team as a very good visual example of pull. Thank you for creating this.

[@BeautifulOpportunities]

Thanks Matthew!

[@AuSiuWai]

it is the best visual example I have ever see.

[@BeautifulOpportunities]

Thank you, and it is very easy to do during a training. You just need 5 people and a rope!

[@MegaZord23]

Hi! Thanks for the video, i´m a little new in this. At 1:36, shouldnt the bootleneck be the step 2? it´s seems to be the slower process

[@BeautifulOpportunities]

That's a great call out. Certainly both step 2 and 3 at different points are the slowest steps and definitely where I've called out waste building up in the video would indicate step 2 being the bottleneck (at 1:36). If we improve step 3 we still must fix step 2 or no benefit will be seen.

[@MegaZord23]

@@BeautifulOpportunities Thank you for your reply ;) and keep the good work.

[@imtiaze2k9]

In PUSH system, inventory level is zero which is kind of ideal, isn't it?

[@BeautifulOpportunities]

It is unusual for an inventory level to be zero whether it is Push or Pull. The right level inventory has to be determined by the organization. Push systems are generally more likely to have a 'hidden factory' where scrap and other inventory builds up without a lot of oversight or acknowledgement.