DEMAND DRIVEN DISTRIBUTION (DDD) - NEW FOR 2024!
The Demand Driven Distribution (DDD)™ program is designed for planning, purchasing and supply chain personnel responsible for implementing and maintaining a Demand Driven Distribution Requirements Planning (DDDRP) implementation. Designed by the leading authorities on DDMRP/DDDRP at the Demand Driven Institute, the Demand Driven Distribution program is comprised of nine modules of in-depth DDDRP education. The DDD Program is THE official preparatory course for the Demand Driven Distribution Professional (DDDP)™ certification exam.
Bring the Demand Driven Distribution (DDD)™ to your planning and/or purchasing team! If you have a team that wants to explore the DDMRP at a deep technical level, we will send one of our endorsed instructors to you. Contact us about options.
PROGRAM CONTENT AND PREPARATION
There are no prerequisites to attend the DDD program. The content contains some overlap with the Demand Driven Planner (DDP) program but has completely unique distribution related emphasis and scenarios.
PROGRAM CONTENT
Module 1: Distribution Today
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Part 1: Conventional Distribution Planning
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Part 2: The VUCA World
Module 2: The Importance of Flow
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Part 1: It’s ALL About Flow
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Part 2: Flow and Inventory
Module 3: Becoming Demand Driven
Module 4: Strategic Decoupling
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Part 1: The Power of Decoupling
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Part 2: Determining Distribution Strategic Decoupling Points
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Part 3: Decoupled Lead Time in Distribution
Module 5: Buffer Profiles and Levels
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Part 1: Introducing Decoupling Point Buffers
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Part 2: Buffer Profiles and Individual Part Properties
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Part 3: Calculating Buffers
Module 6: Dynamic Adjustments
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Part 1: Recalculated Adjustments
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Part 2: Planned Adjustments
PROGRAM CONTENT (cont)
Module 7: Demand Driven Planning
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Part 1: The Net Flow Equation
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Part 2: Average On-Hand Range and Target
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Part 3: DDDRP Supply Order Generation Simulation
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Part 4: Decoupled Explosion
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Part 5: Prioritized Share
Module 8: DDDRP Execution
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Part 1: A New Execution Perspective
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Part 2: Buffer Status Alerts
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Part 3: Additional DDDRP Alerts
Module 9: Adapting the DDDRP Model
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Part 1: Tactical Adaptation (DDS&OP)
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Part 2: DDDRP Tactical Review
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Part 3: DDDRP Tactical Projections
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Part 4: DDDRP Model Reconfiguration
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Part 5: DDDRP Tactical Exploitation
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Part 6: DDDRP Strategic Recommendation
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Part 7: DDDRP Strategic Reconciliation
PROGRAM PREPARATION
The official texts of the DDD are:
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Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning V3 (Ptak and Smith, Industrial Press 2019)
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Orlicky's Material Requirements Planning 4E (Ptak and Smith, McGraw-Hill, 2023)
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Program attendees should visit the DDMRP - All in One Page on this website.
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Program attendees should review the Demand Driven Institute Dictionary.
The official DDP textbooks
PROGRAM CONTENT ACCESS
This program's content will be added once the initial program has completed.
ACHEIVING THE DDDP PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENT
The Demand Driven Distribution (DDD)â„¢ Program is official preparatory education for the Demand Driven Distribution Professional (DDPP)â„¢. The Demand Driven Distribution Professional (DDPP)â„¢ is a professional endorsement certification offered by the Demand Driven Institute, the global authority for Demand Driven education, training, certification and compliance. The DDDPâ„¢ is earned by an individual who can apply the demand driven concepts, analyze an environment and evaluate an environment using the Demand Driven Distribution Requirements Planning (DDDRP) methodology. For more information on the DDDP endorsement certification process visit the Demand Driven Distribution Professional (DDPP)â„¢ page. EXAM TO BE LAUNCHED IN Q3 2024.
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