The key to the Demand-Driven enterprise: from traditional MRP to Demand Driven MRP (DDMRP)
The key to the Demand-Driven enterprise: from traditional MRP to Demand Driven MRP (DDMRP)
The key to the Demand-Driven enterprise: from traditional MRP to Demand Driven MRP (DDMRP)
The Higher Polytechnic School organised a conference to raise awareness of DDMRP, an innovative method for materials management.
On 16 December a conference was held at the headquarters of the Higher Polytechnic School, where an innovative solution in materials management was presented, which is achieving extraordinary results. The aim of the seminar was to explain Demand Driven MRP (DDMRP) and to examine in depth the benefits obtained in procurement at Fagor Industrial under the guidance of Eneritz Sáez, the company's Purchasing Manager. To this end, a four-hour seminar was organised, a hybrid between in-person and online, aimed at decision-makers and managers in the operations area (production, logistics) where inventory has a strong impact.
During the morning of 16 December, participants had the opportunity to learn about DDMRP, a component of a much broader business concept called Demand Driven Adaptive Enterprise (DDAE). DDAE is defined as a comprehensive management model that enables organisations to anticipate market changes, adapt to complex and volatile environments and develop market-driven innovation strategies.
Knowledge transfer
The Mondragon Unibertsitatea Higher Polytechnic School is a member of the Demand Driven Institute (DDI), ,which allows it to be a DDI instructor, and thus to offer its courses and have access to its material. Moreover, at the national level, it is one of only three organisations that form part of the DDI, as well as being the only university.
The faculty has four researchers who hold the Demand Driven Leader Professional DDLP title (Aitor Lizarralde, Alaitz Kortabarria, Unai Apaolaza and Itxaso Amorrortu). This working group is currently developing a HAZITEK project in collaboration with the company ANER SISTEMAS, the objective of which is to develop a materials plan based on this methodology. These people also teach on the Industrial Organisation Engineering Degree,course, which means that the students are internalising this methodology, which is taught in very few universities.
*Contact person for information on future courses and seminars on this subject: Aitor Lizarralde (alizarralde@mondragon.edu)