Push and Pull Strategy in Optimal Supply Chain

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In today's contemporary business world, push and pull strategy plays a crucial role in formulating an optimal supply chain. Although the push and pull strategies are inexplicably linked, they are mutually independent and complement each other to achieve optimality under different circumstances. The push and pull strategies are at risk of shifting market forces due to political instability, inflation, labor costs, manufacturing cost, speed to market establish an optimal system. However, despite the tumultuous market forces, supply chain managers collaborate to devise ways to develop optimal strategies.
With the drastic rise of production cost over the last decade, businesses can leverage low labor costs to increase capacity to meet the demand profile and demand variation. Under a ceteris paribus, the demand influences the stability and consistency of manufacturing...