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The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow students to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the DB question. Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB will be accepted after the end of each unit.

You got a call from the CEO following your meeting with the schedulers and planners. All of the people left that meeting shocked at how much their job would change, especially when you said 98% of transactions would no longer need to be processed, 95% of schedules would not have to be written, and that many of their jobs would simply cease to be needed. He asked you to join him to discuss these sensitive issues affecting many of the firm's good employees.

Be prepared to discuss the following specific questions:

Describe how schedules used to be created using a forecast driven push system.

Describe how, under JIT, it is more of a pull system and how it works.

Which would you prefer to use, and why?