Demand-Driven Supply Chain Management

Many manufacturing and distribution companies are moving from the traditional ''forecast push MRP'' to demand-driven supply chain management (SCM). Demand-driven SCM is an ''end-to-end'' supply chain planning and replenishment process that enables companies to achieve their planned service levels from up to half the average level of inventory and requiring significantly less throughput capacity - irrespective of the level of demand volatility or lead-time length.

Demand-Driven Supply Chain Management is the go-to source for industry supply chain/operations executives and students. It describes the ''what, how and why'' of the demand-driven SCM process. The key themes in the book are: what is demand-driven? why is demand-driven so effective? how to operate a demand-driven supply chain? and how to adopt the demand-driven process in your company? Readers can quickly grasp the essential concepts from one of numerous self-contained sections that present the book''s key concepts from different perspectives. Online resources available include full-colour figures.