Sales & Operations Planning is an important process in most companies. Yet, with the increased volatility in supply and demand, it’s easy to wonder, “What’s the point?”
DDMRP
Remote Demand Driven Implementation
This period of health crisis has paradoxical effects on the progress of DDMRP implementation projects. Some corporations are putting all improvement / transformation projects on hold: expenses must be cut.
How to Manage a Demand Driven Recovery From This Crisis
You have implemented all or part of the Demand Driven operating model to drive your operations, so you should be prepared to deal with situations of uncertainty.
However, the current period presents an unprecedented level of disruption.
Using Lead Time To Be More Agile in VUCA Conditions
In my previous blog, I described how the outbreak of the Coronavirus was an illustration of the Volatile, Unpredictable, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) conditions supply chains are encountering. Given that VUCA conditions are unpredictable, it’s imperative that supply chain leaders evaluate the actions they can take to improve the overall agility of their operations. The more agile your supply chain operations, the more adept you’ll be in dealing with unpredictable conditions.
What Supply Chain Leaders Must Learn from the Latest Pandemic
In recent weeks, the news media has been flooded with reports on the growing spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe. This highly contagious disease has shut down travel to and from China and several other regions of the world as governments implement aggressive measures to control the spread of the virus. At the time of this writing, there are nearly 130,000 documented cases of COVID-19 infection, and over 5000 people have died.
Demand Driven Technologies Secures $3.6 Million in Series Seed 2 Funding
The global leader in Demand-Driven supply chain planning solutions to accelerate expansion of sales and product development. Atlanta, GA – Demand Driven Technologies, the company that pioneered Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP), announced today that it has raised an additional $3.6 million in Series Seed 2 funding. Shawn Welch of Midtown Capital Advisors led the … Read more
Is DDMRP Really a New Idea?
Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) is compatible with, and even supportive of, many other manufacturing philosophies: Lean, TOC, Flow, Pull, etc. However, since some of these ideas have been around for decades, most notably Lean Manufacturing, it can seem like DDMRP is an old idea given new life under a different name.
The Bottom Line Benefits of DDMRP
In my last post, I talked briefly about the benefits of being demand driven using Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP): lower inventory levels and increased service levels.
You may be thinking, “Yeah, Ivan, that all sounds good, but isn’t that what other methodologies like Lean Manufacturing were supposed to do? What’s the difference here?”
If so, you’d be right. DDMRP exploits some of the principles found in other methodologies, but it also modifies them and arranges them into a consistent, organized, and easily executable process. The first key principle, and the one that separates DDMRP from many other approaches, is that of decoupling stock buffers.
How DDMRP Can Help You Improve Operations in 2020
As the DDMRP practice leader for PwC, I’ve had to do my fair share of explaining demand-driven concepts both internally and to customers. I want to thank Demand-Driven Technologies for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts on their blog.
In this first post, I want to speak to the business leaders in the company about why they should be exploring the benefits of DDMRP. In a follow-up post, I’ll dig more into some key DDMRP concepts for the practitioners in the audience who are well-versed in traditional material requirements and supply chain planning.
A Paradigm Shift in Supply Chain Thinking
A DDMRP Practitioner Talks About the Evolution of PwC’s Global Operations Practice
Ivan Lavatelli is the operations leader for PwC Italy and the global lead for PwC’s DDMRP practice. He’s also been a driving force behind Demand Driven Technologies’ presence in the European market. We sat down to chat with Ivan about his experience evolving PwC’s operations focus from traditional APICS thinking about supply chain management to demand-driven MRP.
20 Startups to Watch in 2020
Introduced in 2019, Atlanta Inno selected 20 startups to watch and just like they predicted, these companies went on to raise more cash, expand, enter accelerators and climb that ladder! They brought it back around for 2020; and Demand Driven Technologies was selected. Click here to discover the 20 startups they’re keeping a real close eye … Read more
Insights From The Gartner Supply Chain Summit
I had the privilege of attending the Gartner Supply Chain Summit in Denver, Colorado, last month. Gartner put on a great conference with very informative presentations in both the plenary and breakout sessions. The food was excellent, and a wide range of technology companies were represented in the exhibition hall.
