The Demand Driven Planner (DDP) program is designed for planning, purchasing and supply chain personnel responsible for maintaining a DDMRP implementation.  Designed by the leading authorities on DDMRP at the Demand Driven Institute, the Demand Driven Planner program is comprised of 13 modules of in-depth DDMRP education. The DDP Program is the official preparatory course for the Demand Driven Planner Professional (DDPP)™ certification exam. (Note: DDPP examination fee is excluded)

1. Strategic inventory positioning;

2. Buffer profiles and level determination;

3. Dynamic buffers;

4. Demand-driven planning;

5. Highly visible and collaborative execution. DDMRP can be best summarized as Position, Protect and Pull.

Module 1: Planning in the Modern World

• The MRP Revolution

• Evidence of a Problem

• The New Normal

 Module 2: The Importance of Flow

• Plossl’s First Law

• Demonstrate Flow’s importance in an industry

• Plossl’s Law Caveat

• The Bullwhip Effect

Module 3: Unlocking a Solution - Decoupling 

Module 4: Becoming Demand Driven

• “MRP versus Lean” Conflict

• What “Demand Driven” really means

• Demand Driven Operating Model

• Demand Driven MRP

Module 5: Strategic Inventory Positioning

• Six Positioning Factor

• Decoupled Lead time

• Matrix Bill of Material

Module 6: Distribution Network Positioning

• Unique Distribution Positioning Factors

• Compare and contrast demand driven to push and promote

• Positioning across a supply chain

Module 7: Buffer Profiles and Levels

• Inventory – Asset or Liability

• Buffer Profiles

• Buffer Zones

• Calculating Buffer Levels

Module 8: Dynamic Buffer Adjustments

• Recalculated Adjustments

• Planned Adjustments

• Manual Adjustments

• Factors for Planning Adjustment Factors

Module 9: Demand-Driven Planning

• Part Planning Designations

• DDMRP Planning Process

• Supply Order Generation for Stocked Items

• DDDRP Supply Order Generation Considerations

• Supply Generation for Non-Stocked Items

• Decoupled Explosion

• Prioritized Share

 Module 10: Highly Visible and Collaborative Execution

• Challenging Priority by Due Date

• Buffer Status Alerts

• Synchronization Alerts

• Execution Collaboration

 Module 11: DDMRP and the Operational Environment

• DDMRP Strategic Buffer Criteria

• DDMRP and Safety Stock

• DDMRP and Order Point

• DDMRP and Scheduling

• DDMRP and WIP Priority Management

• Compare/contrast MRP, Lean and DDMRP

Module 12: Demand-Driven Sales and Operations Planning

• DDS&OP

• Analytics for Master Settings changes and model improvement

• DDS&OP protection for critical strategic impacts

Module 13: Program Summary

• Program Summary

• Expected Benefits of DDMRP

• Get Started with DDMRP