43. Overcome The Challenges of Planning in Today's Environment

Guest Name : Chad Smith, Partner at Demand Driven Institute.  Language : English, Publication date:  Feb, 21. 2020 Chad Smith is a co-founder and Partner in the Demand Driven Institute, an organization dedicated to proliferating demand driven methods throughout the world.  Chad served as the Program Director of the International Supply Chain Education Alliance’s Certified Demand Driven Planner (CDDP) Program from 2012 to 2016.   He is the co-author of the third edition of Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning 3/E (Ptak and Smith, McGraw-Hill, 2011), Demand Driven Performance – Using Smart Metrics (Smith and Smith, McGraw-Hill, 2013), Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (Ptak and Smith, Industrial Press, 2016) and Precisely Wrong - Why Conventional Planning Fails and How to Fix It. Website : www.demanddriveninstitute.com Connect him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demanddrivenchad/ Highlighted: The organizations are still struggling with how to make a proper planning (i.e demand planning, MRP etc.)  which in turn leads to further loss of sales and down the line for example. What's you view ? Can you please tell us : your recommendation on how to overcome these challenges ? Overview on the Demand driven approach.