Supply Chains are getting ever more complex to manage. Competitive pressures are driving us towards sourcing from low cost locations, extending the geographic scope and timeframes of our Supply Chains. Outsourcing is doing the same to the number of levels of the Supply Chains we have to manage.

At the same time, customers are becoming more demanding and are less prepared to hold inventory - driven by the fickle habits of their own customers. This is drastically shortening the Customer Tolerance Time.

The conflict which arises - a dramatic and ever widening gap between shortening Customer Tolerance Time and lengthening Supply Chain fulfilment time - is at the root of the current Supply Chain Challenges.

Through our connections, I&J Munn Ltd provide training and software solutions which address this core problem and can lead to dramatic and lasting improvements to Supply Chain performance.

We have been providing Supply Chain training and solutions for over 15 years based on the "Replenishment" principles of Constraint Management. These principles have recently been extended by the concept of "Demand Driven MRP" or "DDMRP" as detailed in the latest edition of "Orlicky's MRP" and we offer training programmes and software solutions which are fully DDMRP compliant.

The essence of these approaches is that they align your re-supply activity to ACTUAL consumption rather than needing to rely on ever more complex and seemingly sophisticated forecasts.

We offer training courses, as detailed in the left hand column below, and software solutions as detailed on the right. Additionally, on the right you can find links to further information about the principles of DDMRP including links to other sites.

We offer half day, one day and two day training courses in Supply Chain Management. A brief description of each course is outlined below, together with an explanation of who the course is targeted towards. You can click on the box titles to access a detailed description of each course, including how to book onto the courses.

This half day programme introduces the key concepts in moving to a Demand Driven Supply Chain, and how you transform from a Forecast Driven "PUSH" system to a Demand Driven "PULL" system.

The course is ideal for organisations wanting to find out more about Demand Driven Supply Chain principles, and is usually the first step in evaluating the concepts, and understanding what is available in both training and software support.

It is also a very suitable course for use as part of a deployment programme as it can provide background understanding for staff in parts of your organisation who interact with supply chain activity but who are not directly involved on a day to day basis.

This course is usually provided at our training centre in Melton Mowbray, but can be provided "on-site" as part of a deployment programme.

Re-configuring your business using Demand Driven Supply Chain principles has implications far outside of the realms of logistics, planning and purchasing. It can affect how you can take your products to market, how you price your products, how you interact with key customers. It releases working capital and it could affect strategic supply relationships.

It has the capability to positively affect your entire business.

This course, aimed at boards and senior management teams, addresses these issues and teaches what is possible in a new "Demand Driven" world. It covers Demand Driven fundamentals, but only to the depth necessary to understand the key principles. The rest of the day focuses on the business impacts, and possible strategic options which can be created by being truly "Demand Driven".

The course is run at our training centre in Melton Mowbray as our experience of training many senior teams over more than two decades indicates that getting away 'off site' is an essential contributor to this level of learning.

This programme, run over two consecutive days, teaches the full principles of Demand Driven MRP - which is at the heart of the Demand Driven Supply Chain. You will learn all aspects of how DDMRP works, and the five major components which are essential to make it work.

This course is targeted at departmental managers and operational practitioners in the supply chain functions of your business. It addresses how to control and manage a DDMRP environment, make decisions which are consistent with Demand Driven principles, and direct and grow the business using DDMRP as a platform.

The course would also be suitable for IT staff who need to understand the essence of the systems implications.

The course is run at our training centre in Melton Mowbray and uses a number of interactive simulations to teach and understand how DDMRP works.

"Leaving a training course excited and ready to go can quickly end up being a total let-down when you get back to base and find that you simply do not have the support tools to enable you to implement and use that knowledge"

We have seen this happen many times over our 25 year history and this drives us, wherever possible, to provide access to software tools which allow businesses to rapidly implement the knowledge they have gained on our training programmes.

Demand Driven MRP is very new. The core text of this new knowledge - "Orlicky's MRP - 3rd Edition" was only published in August 2011. This means that the range of solutions which are compliant with DDMRP is currently extremely limited.

There is however, one solution which is available right now, and has a track record of success running back over eight years. How come? Because it was created by the authors of "Orlicky's MRP" and in some senses provided the platform for the development of the DDMRP knowledge.

There are a number of places you can find out more about Demand Driven Supply Chain principles and Demand Driven MRP in particular.

The newly published "Orlicky's MRP - 3rd Edition" dedicates a quarter of the book to describing and defining the new DDMRP principles. You can jump to the book details on Amazon by clicking the book image.


You can also access knowledge from the Demand Driven Institute in the USA, which was established by the authors of Orlicky's MRP - 3rd Edition to be a base for furthering the knowledge.