Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning

Content: Cover (Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP_Version2))
 Front Matter
 Title Page
 Copyright
 Contents
 Foreword
 Definitions in This Book
 Introduction
 About the Authors
 Chad Smith
 Carol Ptak
 Acknowledgments
 Part 1 Perspective
 Chapter 1
 Planning in the New Normal
 The Material Requirements Planning Revolution
 Evidence of a Problem
 Return on Asset Performance Degradation
 Work-Around Proliferation
 The Inventory Bimodal Distribution
 The New Normal
 Summary
 Chapter 2
 The Importance of Flow
 Plosslâ#x80
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 Establishing Flow as the Foundation Relevant Information and MaterialsThe Bullwhip Effect
 Summary
 Chapter 3
 Material Requirements Planning in the New Normal
 What Is MRP?
 Distortions to Relevant Information
 Demand Signal Input
 Nervousness
 The Weekly Bucket
 Flattening the Bill of Material
 Distortions to Relevant Materials
 Common Cause Variation
 Delay Accumulation
 Amplifying the Distortions to Relevant Information and Materialsâ#x80
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Batching Policies
 Summary
 Chapter 4
 Unlocking a Solutionâ#x80
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The Power of Decoupling
 Decoupling
 Decoupling Point Buffers
 Summary
 Part 2 Becoming Demand Driven
 Chapter 5 Supply Order Generation and Execution for the New NormalMRP Versus Leanâ#x80
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What Can We Learn?
 Dependence Versus Independence
 Supply Order Generation (Planning Versus Execution)
 Lean and Technology
 Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning
 The History of â#x80
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 Position, Protect, and Pull
 Summary
 Chapter 6
 Strategic Inventory Positioning
 Positioning Factors
 Customer Tolerance Time
 Market Potential Lead Time
 Sales Order Visibility Horizon
 External Variability
 Inventory Leverage and Flexibility
 Critical Operation Protection
 Applying the Positioning Criteria A New Form of Lead TimeAdvanced Inventory Positioning Considerations
 Distribution Positioning Considerations
 Summary
 Chapter 7
 Strategic Buffers
 Inventory: Asset or Liability?
 Introducing Decoupling Point Buffers
 The Green Zone
 The Yellow Zone
 The Red Zone
 Buffer Profiles
 Factor 1: Item Type
 Factor 2: Lead Time
 Factor 3: Variability
 Individual Part Attributes
 Part Average Daily Usage
 Length-of-Period Consideration
 Frequency-of-Update Consideration
 Past, Forward, or Blended Consideration
 ADU Exceptions
 Establishing ADU for Items with No History
 Part Lead Time Part Minimum Order QuantityPart Location
 Calculating Replenished Part Buffer Levels and Zones
 The Green Zone
 Option 1: An Imposed or Desired Minimum Order Cycle
 Option 2: Using a Lead Time Factor
 Option 3: Minimum Order Quantity (if Applicable)
 The Yellow Zone
 The Red Zone
 Continuing with Company ABC
 Iterations
 Calculating Replenished Override Buffers
 Calculating Min-Max Buffers
 Summary
 Chapter 8
 Buffer Adjustments
 Recalculated Adjustments
 Planned Adjustment Factors
 Demand Adjustment Factor
 Rapid Buffer Adjustment
 Product Introduction, Deletion, and Transition