• Days to Finished Goods Inventory (FGI) for Best In Class is 8x faster than Laggards.
• Best In Class companies have a lead time that is over 3.5-times faster than Industry Average and is over eight-times faster than Laggards.
• Best In Class are 3.7x more likely to integrate performance and order data and use the combined data as actionable intelligence.

Demand driven manufacturing involves a synchronized, closed loop be-
tween customer orders, production scheduling, and manufacturing execu-
tion; all while simultaneously coordinating the flow of materials across the supply chain. Creating such a network very often requires mature Lean initiatives, interoperating across disparate business processes and technologies, and, not surprisingly, the daring of visionary executives.