The groundwork is done. The relevance of Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) to your business has been assessed, and both the tangible and intangible levers outlined in our previous article – inventory, service, lead times, and productivity – have...
When evaluating if Demand-Driven Planning is the right approach for their business, companies immediately face a challenge: What are the real benefits of implementing it, and how do you quantify them? Sure, if a company is considering it in the first place, it...
Let’s prove the statement: "The Return on Investment (ROI) of a DDMRP implementation project is determined primarily by the speed and quality of the implementation, much less by its cost."We will use a fictitious manufacturing company and simulate two scenarios for...
In this blog post, I'd like to address a critical issue that many executives face when considering transformative approaches in their supply chains—risk aversion bias. This bias, often underestimated, can significantly hinder the implementation of innovative solutions...
After attending numerous DDMRP conferences and reviewing countless case studies, certain recurring themes have become evident. Despite being repeatedly highlighted—at last year's DD World, the year before, and so on—they seem to be quickly forgotten. of each case...
The evolution of planning tools, from inventory management packages in the early 60s to material requirements planning (MRP) in the 70s and now demand-driven material requirements planning (DDMRP), demonstrates technological change to meet changing business needs. For...