Demand Driven Distribution (DDD) Program

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.

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Official preparatory education for the Demand Driven Distribution Professional (DDDP)™ exam.

SCHEDULED DEMAND DRIVEN PLANNER PROGRAMS (ONLINE AND IN-PERSON)

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

Part 1: Conventional Distribution Planning
Part 2: The VUCA World

Module 2: The Importance of Flow

Part 1: It’s ALL About Flow
Part 2: Flow and Inventory

Module 3: Becoming Demand Driven

Module 4: Strategic Decoupling

Part 1: The Power of Decoupling
Part 2: Determining Distribution Strategic Decoupling Points
Part 3: Decoupled Lead Time in Distribution

Module 5: Buffer Profiles and Levels

Part 1: Introducing Decoupling Point Buffers
Part 2: Buffer Profiles and Individual Part Properties
Part 3: Calculating Buffers

Module 6: Dynamic Adjustments

Part 1: Recalculated Adjustments
Part 2: Planned Adjustments

PROGRAM CONTENT (cont)

Module 7: Demand Driven Planning

Part 1: The Net Flow Equation
Part 2: Average On-Hand Range and Target
Part 3: DDDRP Supply Order Generation Simulation
Part 4: Decoupled Explosion
Part 5: Prioritized Share

Module 8: DDDRP Execution

Part 1: A New Execution Perspective
Part 2: Buffer Status Alerts
Part 3: Additional DDDRP Alerts

Module 9: Adapting the DDDRP Model

Part 1: Tactical Adaptation (DDS&OP)
Part 2: DDDRP Tactical Review
Part 3: DDDRP Tactical Projections
Part 4: DDDRP Model Reconfiguration
Part 5: DDDRP Tactical Exploitation
Part 6: DDDRP Strategic Recommendation
Part 7: DDDRP Strategic Reconciliation

Module 10: The Inventory Target Ratio (ITR)

PROGRAM PREPARATION

The official texts of the DDD are:

Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning V3 (Ptak and Smith, Industrial Press 2019)
Orlicky's Material Requirements Planning 4E (Ptak and Smith, McGraw-Hill, 2023)

Program attendees should visit the DDMRP - All in One Page on this website.

Program attendees should review the Demand Driven Institute Dictionary.

The official DDP textbooks

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Staying Up To Date

DDI programs keep giving you value. Anyone that has attended a Demand Driven Distribution™ Program can:

Watch the latest recorded online version of the program conducted by Carol Ptak and Chad Smith,
Take a sample DDDP™ exam comprised of 10 questions,
Watch a video tutorial of how to solve the sample test questions.

You must request access to the recordings through the DDD Video Recording Access form. All fields are required. Once your DDD participation has been verified you will receive rights to access DDD content at no charge through our OnDemand membership section.

**Please create a DDI membership account before requesting video access. To create a membership account simply hit the "Login/Signup" button at the top of this page**

DDD Benefits and Recording Access is intended solely for people who have taken the DDL Program.

ACHEIVING THE DDDP PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENT

The Demand Driven Distribution (DDD)™ Program is official preparatory education for the Demand Driven Distribution Professional (DDPP)™. The Demand Driven Distribution Professional (DDPP)™ is a professional endorsement certification offered by the Demand Driven Institute, the global authority for Demand Driven education, training, certification and compliance. The DDDP™ 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 (DDDP)™ page. EXAM TO BE LAUNCHED IN Q3 2024.

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