{"id":1387,"date":"2019-03-20T19:33:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:33:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-01-16T19:15:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:15:45","slug":"minimizing-chaos-with-demand-control-and-execution-d6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/uncategorized\/minimizing-chaos-with-demand-control-and-execution-d6\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimizing Chaos With Demand Control and Execution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why near-term Demand\u00a0Execution is needed<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It is probably safe to say we all have lived through a bit of chaos at times, where we feel things are out of control and fires are popping up everywhere. This can apply to a number of areas. If we think about how this applies to Demand Execution, we see executives getting involved in the details. Monthly Executive Reviews that are intended to be long-term views of the business can\u2019t seem to address anything but the current month or the current quarter. We made the wrong product because plans keep changing with the resulting impact on working capital at the end of the year from Excess and Obsolete inventory. The list goes on and on. I\u2019m sure we can all see symptoms that resonate.<\/p>\n

Integrating Execution with the Plan<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There is an interesting book called Execution – The Discipline of Getting Things Done<\/span><\/em>, by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan<\/span>. Demand Execution is doing what it takes to make demand happen. This encompasses prioritizing demand, understanding orders, updating the near-term demand, and continuous improvement.<\/p>\n

I have been involved in the design and implementation of this process as part of enterprise-wide transformations to define the roles, accountability, agenda, etc.<\/p>\n

Demand Control fits into the larger context of an Integrated Business Planning Model that integrates monthly, weekly, and daily activities over the various time horizons and time fences.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is we must manage the change<\/p>\n

Clear Roles and Accountability to drive decision making and action<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In order to manage change, we must monitor what\u2019s going on and decide who gets to make the decision when things change and how to get things done.<\/p>\n

Daily and weekly processes ensure that actual demand is proactively managed in line with market segment plans and that the business can respond to the requested demand plan.<\/p>\n

The Demand Execution Manager<\/u> <\/strong>is the facilitator of the process, ensuring Sales participation and prioritization<\/u> <\/strong>in decision making, and appropriate feedback <\/u><\/strong>into longer-term demand planning.<\/p>\n

Once we understand roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities – lines of communication are open and clear.<\/p>\n

The 10 Keys to Demand Execution are:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    1. Time fences have been established and are respected.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Available to promise is used for order promising.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Abnormal demand is identified and managed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. Formalized ongoing demand monitoring is in place.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                    1. Formal processes and rules are established for forecast consumption and roll.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                        1. Change inside the planning time fence is formally managed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                            1. Demand execution is fully integrated with demand planning.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                1. Weekly, daily cadence is in place.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                    1. Roles and responsibilities have been defined.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                        1. ERP system capability has been exploited.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                          Establishing a Demand Execution process with a particular focus on establishing time fences to know when and who should be making changes, the roles and responsibility of key players in a weekly and daily cadence, and how Demand Execution is fully integrated with demand planning and Integrated Business Planning will go a long way in reducing chaos.<\/p>\n

                                          If you would like to explore more in the areas of demand execution, feel free to reach out to me<\/a> and download the Webinar here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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                                          Minimizing Chaos With Demand Control and Execution<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                          It is probably safe to say we all have lived through a bit of chaos at times, where we feel things are out of control and fires are popping up everywhere. This can apply to a number of areas. If we think about how this applies to Demand Execution, we see executives getting involved in the details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/blog_demandex_900.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2820,"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions\/2820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/design.brafton.com\/oliverwight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}