The second mechanism, "Pull," also limits WIP by making the production velocity of the upstream process dependent on the downstream consumption velocity.

第二个机制——“拉动式”——通过依据下游消耗速度来确定上游工序的生产速度，这种机制也限制了在制品的数量。

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But in the mid-19th century, Britain's stagnant agricultural production, food consumption, the UK, increasingly dependent on meat and agricultural raw materials imported from abroad.

但到了19世纪中期，英国的农业生产停滞不前，英国消费的粮食、肉类和农业原料越来越依靠从外国进口。

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Nor is Mr Shilling very optimistic about emerging markets, since he believes they are still dependent on American consumption.

Shilling先生对新兴市场也不乐观，他认为新兴市场仍然依赖美国人的消费。

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"It is a strategy in which Asian and Pacific markets are open to our exports, and one in which prosperity around the world is no longer as dependent on American consumption and borrowing, but rather more on American innovation and products,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

"It is a strategy in which Asian and Pacific markets are open to our exports, and one in which prosperity around the world is no longer as dependent on American consumption and borrowing, but rather more on American innovation and products."

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

One thing for sure, though, if this trend does continue, it suggests that consumers are retrenching, not a good sign for an economy where 70% of economic growth is dependent on consumption.

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It's a strategy in which Asian and Pacific markets are open to our exports -- and one in which prosperity around the world is no longer as dependent on American consumption and borrowing, but rather more on American innovation and products.

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In my previous post I pointed out the broad scope of new recruitment and given the US is dependent on private sector consumption it is gratifying to see that the retailers have their hiring hats on.

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