DEMAND DRIVEN WORLD 2024

2024 SPONSORS

Demand Driven Technologies was the pioneer in Demand Driven software applications and continues its markets leadership with hundreds of installs around the world. With deep Demand Driven solutions in the DDMRP space as well as Demand Driven Scheduling and Execution and Demand Driven S&OP tools Demand Driven Technologies can make the Demand Driven Operating Model (DDOM) a reality in your business.

b2wise is a globally recognized company specializing in DDMRP (Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning) solutions. With a presence in Europe, the UK, USA, Latin America, Australia, and South Africa, b2wise provides software, consulting, and training to help businesses optimize their supply chain performance. Our goal is to enable companies to leverage DDMRP as a competitive advantage. Over 173 customers from manufacturing, distribution, and retail sectors rely on our expertise to adapt DDMRP to their specific industry, market, size, and IT environment. Recognizing the importance of education, b2wise has developed DDBrix, a hands-on workshop using Lego bricks to demonstrate how DDMRP can stabilize production, reduce stress, and improve the flow of information and materials.

A pioneer in simulation and trusted by thousands of users over the past 15 years, Simio is committed to continuous innovation and delivering solutions designed to meet the challenging requirements of complex supply chains and manufacturing environments. Simio’s state-of-the-art simulation-based digital twin technology is architected to use a single detailed constraint model of your process to provide comprehensive support for DDMRP, detailed scheduling, and process optimization. One of the key advantages of a digital twin implementation powered by Simio is the tight integration with other enterprise systems such as ERPs, MESs, planning applications, IoT devices, and structured data sources (databases, data warehouses & data lakes). This enables the Simio digital twin model to be generated and driven through current (near real-time) data – making it extremely accurate and effortless to maintain when changes occur in your environment. To learn more about Simio’s digital twin for supply chain planning, manufacturing scheduling, and process optimization, visit us at simio.com.

Since 1998, Omega has partnered with companies to drive digital innovation in processes and achieve business objectives. With extensive experience garnered from over a hundred projects focused on Supply Chain Management and Demand-Driven Planning suite applications, Omega has emerged as a national leader for companies seeking to enhance their performance and tackle the challenges of the VUCA world.

Camelot is a global leader in end-to-end supply chain orchestration from strategy, process, and application consulting to implementation and adoption. We provide experience from supply chain and IT leadership positions in the chemical, life science, consumer goods, and industrial manufacturing industry. This combination of industry, functional, and application knowledge enables Camelot to transform complex business processes and IT ecosystems. Moreover, Camelot is a long-standing partner of leading technology providers.

Cybertec was born more than 30 years ago from the meeting of technology and planning in the supply chain. The aim was to provide manufacturing companies with the right tools to achieve the goals required by the business: cost containment, service level, efficiency, and waste reduction. Today we carry on the original mission: to support manufacturing companies on their improvement journey with CyberPlan thanks to our experience in many different industries and specific expertise in production planning. Since 2020, Cybertec has become part of the Zucchetti Group, the first software house in Italy, thus enriching the Group's offerings for manufacturing.

Axsens bte is a Franco-German consulting and training firm, DDI affiliate, which cultivates operational excellence expertise and performance to offer tailor-made solutions. We share our knowledge to increase your skills and improve your value chain.

Because the future of industry is human-centered and data captured on the shop floor transforms our work, Yelhow invents digital tools for frontline workers with skill buffers to protect flows.

Since 1991, AfrSCM has been a French-speaking association of Supply Chain Management professionals for Supply Chain Management professionals. AfrSCM distributes the BOKs of its international partners ASCM, DDI, TOCICO, ISCEA and was proud to introduced the DDMRP and DDAE methodologies in France in 2012 as a pioneer.

SESSIONS AND CONTENT

MAIN CONFERENCE SESSIONS (OCTOBER 17 & 18)

CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONS

FREDRIK HELGESSON, LOGISTICS DIRECTOR

The ASSA ABLOY Group is the global leader in access solutions. The Group operates worldwide with 61,000 employees and sales of 12.3 billion euros. The Group has leading positions in areas such as efficient door openings, trusted identities and entrance automation. ASSA ABLOY's innovations enable safe, secure and convenient access to physical and digital places. Every day, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Fredrik Helgesson, Logistics Director, will share the Entrance Systems Division experience of using DDMRP over the last four years to achieve significantly improved delivery precision and material throughput times in their factories and spare parts distribution centers. Learn more about ASSA ABLOY at www.assaabloy.com.

ANTONIO TREVIÑO, SUPPLY CHAIN DIRECTOR

At MEGA ALIMENTOS, we are dedicated to producing food products such as hot sauce, chamoy, mayonnaise, ketchup, and beverages. Our most well-known brand, 'La Botanera', is recognized as one of the leading hot sauce brands in Mexico. Our Chamoy Mega is the number one chamoy brand in both Mexico and the USA. Antonio Treviño, CIO & SCM, will share their journey of a record-setting implementation of DDMRP. Learn more about MEGA ALIMENTOS at www.megaalimentos.com.

VALERI CARRASCO, HEAD OF GLOBAL PLANNING

METTLER TOLEDO (NYSE:MTD) is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services. We are recognized as an innovation leader and our solutions are critical in key R&D, quality control, and manufacturing processes for customers in a wide range of industries including life sciences, food, and chemicals. Valeri Carrasco, DDMRP Project lead, will explain the DDMRP implementation over the last 3 years that includes 20 plants and >180,000 parts and with results that improve service levels, inventory turnovers and planning visibility. Learn more about Mettler Toledo at mt.com.

FEDERICO MAURI, MANAGING DIRECTOR

Federico Mauri will present A2A, a prominent Multiutility Company in Italy, renowned for managing critical networks across Northern Italy, including Electricity Distribution, Gas Distribution, District Heating, Water Distribution, and Public Lighting. With over five years of implementing DDMRP/Demand Driven principles, A2A has effectively mastered inventory management, ensuring optimal control while maintaining satisfactory service levels without inflating costs. Infrastructure management is highly dependent on availability of materials in principle to do full renovations of the assets, and later during the asset lifecycle to perform planned and emergency maintenance. Attendees will gain valuable insights into A2A's innovative approaches during the conference. Learn more about A2A's groundbreaking initiatives at www.a2a.it.

DARIN WOLDING, VP SUPPLY CHAIN

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, USA, JELD-WEN represents a global family of market-leading brands that design, manufacture, and deliver high performance interior and exterior building products. With over 12 different ERP instances, more than 65,000 stock SKUs, tens of thousands of special-order materials, and a massive lead time disparity between customers and suppliers; the planning environment is the embodiment of a VUCA world. Darin Wolding, VP Supply Chain will discuss how the company leveraged a run-walk-crawl DDMRP approach to create millions of dollars in free cash flow while improving performance to the customer. Learn more about JELD-WEN at: www.jeld-wen.com.

IGNACIO ELIZAZU, HEAD OF PLANNING

SAPA is a well established company in the defense sector in Europe with unique world leading mobility systems technology for heavy vehicles. The introduction of DDMRP principles has been the key to face the great production challenges ahead for the company. Ignacio Elizazu, production planning manager will share their experience. Learn more about SAPA at: https://sapa.es.

DOUG BELL, GLOBAL SME, PLANNING & SCHEDULING

Koch Engineered Solutions is a dynamic global network of businesses consisting of global engineering and sales offices, research and development, manufacturing facilities, comprehensive aftermarket support and more than 9,000 employees that work together seamlessly to create an ecosystem of domain expertise. In an industry where time is the ultimate constraint, hear how this global leader is using Demand Driven methods to slash lead times and deliver on time. Doug Bell, Global SME, Planning and Scheduling will present their story. Learn more about Koch Engineered Solutions at: https://kochengineeredsolutions.com/

RICARDO BRIBIESCA, LATIN AMERICA SUPPLY CHAIN DIRECTOR

PPG Industries, Inc. is a prominent American Fortune 500 company and a global supplier of paints, coatings, and specialty materials. PPG operates in 17 countries in LATAM through a network of six plants and 17 warehouses and distribution centers, serving customers in the Automotive, Industrial, Packaging, Refinish, and PMC segments. With a diverse and complex product portfolio and sourcing materials from around the world, PPG Industries faces the challenge of ensuring customer satisfaction while optimizing inventory management. Ricardo Bribiesca, the Latin America Supply Chain Director, will share insights on the successful implementation over the last 3 years of Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) in LATAM. Learn more about PPG at https://www.ppg.com/

BREAKOUT TRACTS & SESSIONS

Practitioner Basics Focus – These sessions are for planning, scheduling and supply chain management personnel that are new to the operational components of Demand Driven methodology.

The Demand Driven Operating Model (DDOM)
Intro to Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP)
Intro to Demand Driven Distribution Requirements Planning (DDDRP)
Intro to Demand Driven Scheduling & Execution
Intro to Demand Driven Sales & Operations Planning (DDS&OP)

Practitioner Advanced Focus – These sessions are for planning, scheduling and supply chain management personnel that have experience in the application of the operational components of the Demand Driven methodology. The emphasis of these sessions is to build on that existing knowledge and experience.

The Role of Forecasting in Demand Driven
Beyond DDMRP – Driving to the Next Stages of a Demand Driven Implementation
Connecting Demand Driven to the Retail Level
Demand Driven Applied to Copmplex Engineer to Order Environments
Understanding the DDAE Metric Suite

Advanced Technology and People Focus – These sessions are for personnel at all levels that want to understand some of the newest developments and trends in supply chain management and how they intersect and or integrate with the Demand Driven methodology.

Probabilistic Forecasting and Demand Driven
Digital Twins and Their Ability to Help Drive Adaptation
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Demand Driven
The Demand Driven Skills Model (Buffering Your Human Capital)

Leadership Focus – These sessions are for tactical and strategic management personnel that are looking to understand how the Demand Driven methodology impacts organizational planning and metrics as well as its value proposition to the market.

The Key for Resilience in the VUCA World
Tips for Large Scale Demand Driven Roll-Outs
Adaptive Sales & Operations Planning
Adaptive Systemic Thinking

Solution Provider Focus – These sessions allow attendees to learn more about the products, services, and success stories of our 2024 Platinum and Gold sponsors.

2024 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE