Purchasing and production plans must be aligned with market demand. Examine how to calculate material flow from parts receiving, through subassembly, to end-item production. Michael D. Ford, CFPIM, CSCP, principal of TQM Works Consulting, explores the concepts behind demand-based manufacturing. Learn how to calculate flow rates for raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods and sequence mixed-model production (MMP) to match demand. Ford teaches you how to effectively sequence MMP and optimize production sequencing through an algorithm that he will present.