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Push and pull factors in migration according to Everett S. Lee (1917-2007) are categories that demographers use to analyze human migration from former areas to new host locations. Lee's model divides factors causing migrations into two groups of factors: push and pull.
The original meaning of push and pull, as used in operations management, logistics and supply chain management. In the pull system production orders begin upon inventory reaching a certain level, while on the push system production begins based on demand (forecasted or actual demand). The CONWIP is a hybrid between a pure push and pure pull system.
Human migration#Push and Pull, factors pushing migrants out from home, or pulling them toward a new host; Push–pull agricultural pest management, in farming, an intercropping strategy for controlling agricultural pests. Push–pull strategy, in logistics, supply chain management and marketing; Push–pull workout, a type of weight-lifting routine
Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, [1] with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one country to another (external migration), but internal migration (within a single country) is the dominant form of human migration globally.
The business terms push and pull originated in the logistic and supply chain management, [1] but are also widely used in marketing. Social pull marketing is the adaptation of the traditional push–pull strategy marketing concepts to social media websites. It utilizes the traditional "pull" concept for a new way of social media marketing. [2]
Propulsion is the generation of force by any combination of pushing or pulling to modify the translational motion of an object, which is typically a rigid body (or an articulated rigid body) but may also concern a fluid. [1] The term is derived from two Latin words: pro, meaning before or forward; and pellere, meaning to drive. [2]
Push-pull technology has also been more widely seen as culturally acceptable and congruent because of the way it provides traditional roles for men and women in the agriculture work. [15] Because push-pull technology can fit within existing family frameworks, the practice does not demand an overhaul of existing dynamics. [15]
Push and pull are concepts in supply chain management. Push and pull or Push & Pull may also refer to: "(Do The) Push and Pull", a 1970 soul song; Push-and-pull enteroscopy, an endoscopic technique for visualization of the small bowel; Push & Pull, a 2006 album by Blackthorn; Push & Pull, a 2009 album by Strung-Out Troubadours