document: Comparison of push and pull systems with transporters : a metamodelling approach Analyses push and pull systems with transportation consideration . A multiproduct , multiline , multistage production system was used to compare the two systems . The effects of four factors -LRB- processing time variation , demand variation , transporters , batch size -RRB- on throughput rate , average waiting time in the system and machine utilization were studied . The study uses metamodels to compare the two systems . They serve a dual purpose of expressing system performance measures in the form of a simple equation and reducing computational time when comparing the two systems . Research shows that the number of transporters used and the batch size have a significant effect on the performance measures of both systems
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extractive_keyphrases: transporters pull systems metamodelling approach processing time variation demand variation batch size throughput rate average waiting time machine utilization performance measures
abstractive_keyphrases: push systems multiproduct multiline multistage production system