Lunch & Learn Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 12:00 PM ET
The Demand Driven Adaptive Enterprise in the VUCA World
Carol Ptak, Demand Driven Institute

Despite spending enormous sums on technology and improvement methods, most businesses are under siege.  The inability to drive adaptation to an increasingly more Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (“VUCA”) set of circumstances has resulted in an unprecedented rate of failure across organizations of all shapes and sizes. Worse yet, the necessary component to break the cycle is being distorted by antiquated models, methods, rules, and tools held over from decades past. Industry is stuck in a rut, and that rut is getting deeper and deeper. Where does common sense turn into common nonsense in organizations? Today, companies lack an effective framework to consistently apply and integrate common sense principles at ALL levels (strategic, tactical, and operational). 

This presentation reveals a new management framework rooted in science, mathematics, economics and most importantly, common sense. It enables an unprecedented level of visibility across resources, products, levels and time ranges to quickly and effectively produce the relevant information that companies are desperately seeking, and is the pre-requisite for surviving and thriving in the VUCA world. That new framework is called the Demand Driven Adaptive Enterprise (DDAE) model.

The DDAE model will not be embraced by everyone, as it challenges conventional practice and systems. Unfortunately, many of those people and organizations are living on borrowed time. So, is your organization ready for something new??

Carol Ptak, CFPIM, CIRM

Carol Ptak is currently a partner with the Demand Driven Institute and was most recently at Pacific Lutheran University as Visiting Professor and Distinguished Executive in Residence. Previously, she was VP for Mfg. & Distr. at PeopleSoft where she developed the concept of demand driven manufacturing (DDM). Ms. Ptak spent four years at IBM Corporation culminating in the position of global SMB segment executive.

A leading authority in the use of ERP and Supply Chain tools to drive improved bottom line performance, Ms. Ptak's expertise is well grounded in four decades of practical experience as a successful practitioner, consultant, and educator in manufacturing operations. Her pragmatic approach to complex issues and dynamic presentation style has her in high demand worldwide about how to leverage these tools and achieve sustainable success.

Ms. Ptak is a frequent educator at the university level and presents at many international conferences including in S. Africa, France, Israel, Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, and many APICS Conferences. She authored or co-authored “DDMRP”, “Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning”, “MRP and Beyond”, “ERP: Tools, Techniques and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain”, “Theory H.O.W.”, and “Necessary but not Sufficient”.

Ms. Ptak’s credentials include an MBA (Rochester Institute of Technology), CFPIM, and CIRM. She was the 2000 President and CEO of APICS in 2000 and as well served in a variety of positions on the board.

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