The Demand Driven Planner Professional ™ Program

Demand Driven Planner Program – Official preparatory education for the Demand Driven Planner Professional (DDPP)™ exam.

The Demand Driven Planner (DDP)™ Program is designed for planning, purchasing and supply chain personnel responsible for implementing and 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: Each participant of the DDP will receive a certificate of completion from the Demand Driven Institute.

Official DDPP Certificate

DDP course content

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 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

The Demand Driven Planner Program presented  by Carol Ptak and Sviatoslav Oliynyk is to be given over two days as follows:

22 – 23 March, 2018, 2 days for 8 hours, Moscow

Carol Ptak

Carol Ptak is currently a partner with the Demand Driven Institute (www.demanddriveninstitute.com) and was most recently at Pacific Lutheran University as Visiting Professor and Distinguished Executive in Residence. Previously, she was vice president and global industry executive for manufacturing and distribution industries at PeopleSoft where she developed the concept of demand driven manufacturing (DDM). Ms. Ptak spent four years at IBM Corporation culminating in the position of global SMB segment executive.

A leading authority in the use of ERP and Supply Chain tools to drive improved bottom line performance, Ms. Ptak’s expertise is well grounded in four decades of practical experience as a successful practitioner, consultant and educator in manufacturing operations. Her pragmatic approach to complex issues and dynamic presentation style has her in high demand worldwide on the subject of how to leverage these tools and achieve sustainable success.

She holds an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology and completed the EMPO program at Stanford University. Ms. Ptak is a frequent educator at the university level and presents at many key technical conferences around the world including South Africa, France, Israel, Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands and fourteen APICS International conferences. She is the author of numerous articles and the books Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning 3/E with Chad Smith, MRP and Beyond, ERP, Tools, Techniques and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain, Theory H.O.W. with Harold Cavallaro, Necessary but not Sufficient with Dr. Eli Goldratt and Eli Schragenheim. Together with Dean Gilliam she updated Quantum Leap, originally written by John Constanza. Ms. Ptak has lent her name to the internationally coveted Ptak Prize for Supply Chain Excellence that is awarded annually by ISCEA (International Supply Chain Education Alliance.)

Ms. Ptak is certified through APICS at the fellow level (CFPIM) and was certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) with the first group internationally. Ms. Ptak was the President and CEO of APICS, The Educational Society for Resource Management for the year 2000. Prior to her election as APICS President, she served on the Society in a variety of positions.

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demanddrivencarol

Follow Carol Ptak on Twitter: @itsallaboutflow

Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Carol-A.-Ptak/e/B001K8FI44/

Sviatoslav Oliynyk 

• Co-founder of Representative office of Demand Driven Institute in CIS region, business trainer, stock management consultant at ABM Cloud.
• Business process re-engineering project manager / Lean/ 6 Sigma/ ToC
• Certified expert in Innovative Solutions for Supply Chain optimization, specialized in DDMRP methodology implementation
• Author of various case studies and business media publications, event speaker, founder and coordinator of business training clubs, practicing expert in corporate culture development, coaching, team building