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SUPPLY CHAIN has also improved , with sales and operational planning helping to move from the push to pull methodology in response to changing market needs .
Implementation in Australia The Australian engineering and Rail sectors spent a lot of time where a push supply chain strategy was the best option according to Newman , because it was simply more important to keep customers ’ rolling stock moving in industries such as mining . Compared with the FMCG ( fast moving consumer goods ) world , which has a far more mature advancement of pull strategies , mining and Rail have been slower on the uptake .
Newman suggests the Rail industry in Australia is now also awakening to this pull methodology though . He said : “ It ’ s been a tough road at times because it has been a paradigm shift from the way in which the business operates , and the entire mindset has to change . We ’ re moving from buying ‘ just in case ’ and trying to push that to a market where we move to a strategy that says ‘ no , let ’ s understand what we will need and when we
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“ The outlook is positive in that we ’ ll continue to diversify and serve our customers with exceptional service , and as we migrate from a push to pull inventory strategy it will help us to help them .” www . ugllimited . com 67