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DDBRIX workshop · November 2026 · 8 min, 16 max

Too much of the wrong stock and not enough of the right?

Spend one day running a LEGO® brick factory with your ops, planning, sales and finance team. Play it four ways, from pushing stock to forecast to planning to real demand, and see for yourselves why stock piles up in the wrong places.

One public session runs this November in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch. The city with the most waitlist sign-ups by Friday 16 October gets it.

Takes 60 seconds. No payment now. Waitlist members get 48 hours' priority booking and special pricing.

Hands sorting coloured bricks on a table
In personhands-on format
9:00 AM–4:30 PMone full day
8–16people (8 min, 16 max)
Fri 16 Octwaitlist closes
How the day runs

Four rounds, one factory, one clear lesson

Each round changes how the factory plans and makes stock. By the end your team has run the same business four ways and felt the difference.

Round 1

Push flow

Build to the plan and watch stock pile up while customers still wait.

Round 2

Pull flow

Switch to Lean pull signals and see what changes on the floor.

Round 3

Forecast-driven supply chain

Plan to a forecast through MRP, the way most NZ manufacturers run today.

Round 4

Demand-driven supply chain

Plan to real demand with DDMRP buffers and compare stock, service and stress.

Wrap-up

What it means for your business

Turn what the team saw into the first changes to make back at work.

What your team leaves with

Three things that stick after the day

Less cash tied up in stock

Strategies to cut tied-up capital while keeping service high.

One shared view

Ops, sales and finance see the trade-offs from each other's seats.

Calmer planning

How demand-driven planning steadies production and cuts firefighting.

Why it matters

The cost of the trade-off, and what changes when you fix it

NZ's listed manufacturers write down about 3% of their inventory in a normal year and over 10% in a bad one. For a $50M manufacturer, that's roughly $300k, or over $1M in a bad year.

Manufacturers who move to demand-driven planning with b2wise typically see:

20–50%

less inventory across finished goods, WIP and raw materials.

15–20%

higher fill rate to customers.

30%

shorter production time through the factory.

70%

more planner efficiency, with routine work automated.

12–18%

better production labour efficiency from steadier schedules and material on hand.

Less stock and better service at the same time. DDBRIX is where your team sees how that's possible, in one day, before anyone commits to a change.

Results from b2wise clients: $15 billion of inventory under management, 10,000+ users, 8,000+ planning locations in 50+ countries. DDBRIX was created by b2wise's Laurent Vigouroux, who ran France's first DDMRP project.

Who should come

Bring the people who sell, plan, build, and pay for stock

General managersFinance leads and CFOsOperations managersProduction plannersSupply chain managersSales and customer service leads

It works best when two or more people from one company come together. Want your whole team? DDBRIX also runs in-house for 8 or 16 people.

Before you join

What happens next

From waitlist to workshop day.

  1. 1

    Join the waitlist

    Add your details and tell us your preferred location and team size.

  2. 2

    Help us pick the venue

    We use your answers to choose NZ locations that suit demand.

  3. 3

    Get first access to dates

    You will be emailed as soon as registration opens, before it goes public.

Pick the city. Get first access.

Waitlist closes Friday 16 October. 8 min, 16 max per session.