Demand Driven Manufacturing

What is a demand driven manufacturing system?
The DBA Demand Driven Planning System Demand driven planning removes tentative demand from your action plan and uses strategic stocking of critical item...
Wed, 22 Jan, 2020 at 5:48 PM
Isolated planning solutions and pieces do not work
The software industry is wrong   The software industry gives you the false impression that you can use only the software pieces you need to run your manuf...
Thu, 23 Jan, 2020 at 9:28 AM
All traditional planning methods lead to the "bull whip" effect
Avoid the “bull whip” effect   When you introduce tentative demand into your planning profile small errors in your forecasts and projections get amplified...
Wed, 22 Jan, 2020 at 6:38 PM
Stocking critical items reduces lead days and time to shipment
Over-reliance on job linking destroys efficiency  A common planning mistake we see in support is the attempt to manage production with linked Job chains...
Wed, 22 Jan, 2020 at 6:36 PM
Safety is found in your item settings and not on the calendar
Most companies in support think that in order to have more safety built into their profile that they need to expand their planning horizon further out in th...
Wed, 22 Jan, 2020 at 6:37 PM
What happens when my actual sales and usage in Jobs differ from my MRP demand settings?
Monthly Demand settings do not need to be perfect Sample Item MRP Settings: Order Policy = Stocking Demand Monthly Demand + Safety = 30 Supply Day...
Thu, 23 Jan, 2020 at 9:37 AM
Priority based activities are superior to traditional scheduling and job linking
Traditional scheduling and job linking does not work for small business We see a lot of examples in support of customers trying to schedule their shop t...
Wed, 22 Jan, 2020 at 6:55 PM
Does stocking tie up capital?
The following data is a simplistic example to help illustrate some key principles of the DBA demand driven stocking. Sample Item MRP Settings: Order...
Wed, 22 Jan, 2020 at 6:46 PM
How do I handle long lead day purchasing?
Our Demand Driven Order Policy combined with the use of Supply Days to control your PO intervals is the ideal way to handle long lead day purchasing.   The ...
Thu, 14 Sep, 2023 at 11:19 AM
Does DBA offer shortage reports for planning?
Demand Driven MRP replaces static shortage reports We get a very high volume of requests for shortage reports from our customers.  This is the dominant ...
Thu, 23 Jan, 2020 at 10:26 AM