Material Planning
Strategy alone isn’t enough. True success requires an operating model that’s actively applied across your daily operations. Without it, you risk falling into Spreadsheet Hell - where fragmented files disrupts alignment, and planning devolves into guesswork. Execution drifts, continuous improvement stalls, and visibility fades.
In the end, it’s not just oversight you lose, it’s control.
In the end, it’s not just oversight you lose, it’s control.
What is Demand-Driven Materials Requirement Planning (DDMRP)?
DDMRP is a flow-based planning method built for today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. It combines the best of MRP, Lean Manufacturing, Theory or Constraints, and Six Sigma to create a planning model that works within ranges and decouples the supply chain. This approach eliminates the bullwhip effect and absorbs variability in demand, supply, and operations—bringing agility and stability that traditional MRP can’t match.
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We were able to improve our inventory health by more than 44%.We reduced our obsolescence by more than 40%, while we improved our service level to an OTIF of 95% and now our raw material service has improved from 73% to 90%.
Ricardo Bribiesca, Supply Chain Director LATAM -
How does a Demand Driven Operating Model
enable rapid and sustainable results?
Pull-based planning
Uses real demand and buffers, not forecasts, to drive decisions— cutting nervousness and boosting stability.
Decouples your
Supply Chain
Strategic buffers absorb disruption and kill the bullwhip on both demand and supply.
Visual planning
Clear, transparent charts allows planners to visualize and understand the problem, and then respond faster and smarter.
Clear prioritization
Real-demand priorities eliminate guesswork and sharpen focus.
End-to-end solutions
Merges Lean and MRP for one connected planning model.
Easy to understand
Simple, visual, and easy for anyone to adopt.
The 5 Steps of DDMRP and how to Control
& Adapt your model using DDS&OP
You must place decoupling buffers at strategic points in your supply chain network to safeguard flow, absorb variability, and eliminate the bullwhip effect.
What b2wise adds: Simplifies the setup of decoupling points. With AI Agents, we ensure that buffers are strategically placed in your business so that you can absorb variability and meet the promised fill rates to customers.
What b2wise adds: Simplifies the setup of decoupling points. With AI Agents, we ensure that buffers are strategically placed in your business so that you can absorb variability and meet the promised fill rates to customers.
After grouping items based on similar demand and item profiles, you use the individual item characteristics and master settings to right-size your buffers.
What b2wise adds: Enables users to set, model, and simulate buffer and average daily usage settings for precision. We use ABC/XYZ coupled with 15 different buffer types to segment your items into fast, slow, erratic, intermittent, lumpy, MTO, ETO, VMI, consignment, seasonal, and phantom groups, each with specific buffer logic.
What b2wise adds: Enables users to set, model, and simulate buffer and average daily usage settings for precision. We use ABC/XYZ coupled with 15 different buffer types to segment your items into fast, slow, erratic, intermittent, lumpy, MTO, ETO, VMI, consignment, seasonal, and phantom groups, each with specific buffer logic.
These buffers are automatically updated on daily basis as the item characteristics or demand profiles changes for things like Seasonality or Promotional growth.
What b2wise adds: Monitors buffer performance daily and dynamically adjusts them as the average daily usage (ADU) and the item characteristics change. These characteristics include supply and demand variability, supply lead time, and the planned replenishment cycle, taking into account Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) and order multiples.account Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) and order multiples.
What b2wise adds: Monitors buffer performance daily and dynamically adjusts them as the average daily usage (ADU) and the item characteristics change. These characteristics include supply and demand variability, supply lead time, and the planned replenishment cycle, taking into account Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) and order multiples.account Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) and order multiples.
Replace forecast-driven push replenishment with demand-driven pull replenishment using Net-Flow logic.
What b2wise adds: Adds multi-sourcing, supplier constraints, supply projections, shelf life, aggregate-level planning, component parts availability check, priority share, container building, excess inventory redistribution and many other cool features to make the planning process simple, precise, and fast.
What b2wise adds: Adds multi-sourcing, supplier constraints, supply projections, shelf life, aggregate-level planning, component parts availability check, priority share, container building, excess inventory redistribution and many other cool features to make the planning process simple, precise, and fast.
Once orders are placed, prioritization is key—your suppliers need to know exactly which orders to act on first to protect and improve your fill rates. Without clear direction - delays and missed opportunities quickly follow.
What b2wise adds: Provides a dedicated supplier portal that connects directly with your suppliers, enabling real-time order tracking, proactive follow-ups, and full visibility into overall supplier performance. Your team gains the clarity to act decisively and the tools to consistently deliver on time and in full.
What b2wise adds: Provides a dedicated supplier portal that connects directly with your suppliers, enabling real-time order tracking, proactive follow-ups, and full visibility into overall supplier performance. Your team gains the clarity to act decisively and the tools to consistently deliver on time and in full.
Demand-Driven S&OP is the tactical hub that keeps plans on track - It serves as the tactical engine of your business - built to monitor the health of your operating model and ensure seamless execution of your sales and operations plan.
What b2wise adds: Enhances this tactical hub with powerful variance analysis, intuitive dashboards, and real-time feedback tools. Planners can assign reason codes to quickly identify root causes when performance slips - ensuring the operating model stays relevant.
What b2wise adds: Enhances this tactical hub with powerful variance analysis, intuitive dashboards, and real-time feedback tools. Planners can assign reason codes to quickly identify root causes when performance slips - ensuring the operating model stays relevant.
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