Demand Driven Supply

Manufacturing companies improve flexibility in the supply chain and they often implement a demand driven flow in their factories. Production is based on concrete customer needs.

For flow producing companies it is a challenge to run the factories under the most stable and economical conditions when material purchase is still not demand driven.

Purchasing has to be demand driven and the purchaser has to focus on the total costs in the material supply.

Minerva services

Minerva is very experienced in implementing LEAN:supply and in the optimization of the supply chains in order for them to become demand driven. Minerva has the tools to make a connection between the strategic purchase projects and LEAN projects in the production. Elements in Demand Driven Supply:

• Purchasing strategies
• Planning of demand and flexibility
• Implementation of demand driven purchasing tools
• Total cost in material supply
• Optimal material flow
• Integration with existing ERP

Selected companies that utilize Minerva

Mikael Pauhlson, Purchasing Director, Phadia AB

"The Lean Supply workshop gave our purchasing department a good basis for being able to support and develop our company in its effort to introduce Lean. Minerva as our partner during this process explained Lean concepts and definitions in a very professional and structured way. This gave us a good understanding of Lean in purchasing and of the way to build an optimum supply chain".

Mogens Henriksen, Supply Process Director, Grundfos A/S

”Minerva has held a Lean Supply workshop for us, giving inspiration and guidance for the completion of an array of projects which the individual factory purchaser is now working on. The objective for the purchaser is to increase his competence and experience, through theory, sparring, and practical assignments, in the usage of tools for demand driven supply which will eventually improve his as well as his company's results”.