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Demand Driven Operating Model (DDOM)

A supply chain execution and scheduling approach that uses actual demand, strategic decoupling, and buffer management to create a predictable, agile, and responsive system. The DDOM ensures smooth material and information flow by leveraging stock, time, and capacity buffers at key control points. © Copyright 2025 Demand Driven Institute. Used with permission.

How is it used?


DDOM's parameters are set through Demand Driven Sales & Operations Planning (DDS&OP) to align supply chain performance with business and market objectives while minimizing working capital and expediting costs. It is the model in which DDMRPworks.


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