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Introduction

This is not a book about the intricacies of traditional Materials Requirements Planning (MRP). In 2011, at the request of McGraw-Hill, the authors wrote Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning, third edition. That book was 542 pages and provided an expansive view of conventional planning tactics that were born in the 1950s, codified in the 1960s, and commercialized in the 1970s. That book also devoted nearly 100 pages to an emerging alternative method of formal planning and execution—Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP). This book is entirely about that alternative method.

This book will provide an extensive blueprint for DDMRP. It is the authors’ intention that this text will serve the same purpose as the first MRP book written by Joe Orlicky in 1975 by ushering in a new era in planning and execution methodology, rules, and tools. The body of knowledge of this alternative method is advancing rapidly and gaining acceptance worldwide. The authors hope that this book will open the door for many other books on specific aspects, applications, and extensions of this method.