Collaborative Planning

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) and Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) both are operations models in the consumer goods industry to ensure delivery capability and avoid stockouts based on an automated replenishment of outlets using product inventory, historic and/or planned sales information at the point-of-sales (POS). CPFR focuses on a close cooperation between retailer and manufacturer. ECR focus on the customer-facing reaction on customer responses in logistics, sales and promotions. 

How should collaborative planning and bidding processes be ideally designed within the rolling monthly planning ... 

Dudek G (2004) Collaborative Planning in Supply Chains A Negotiation-Based Approach, Springer, Berlin et al. 

Dudek G, Stadtler H (2005) Negotiation-based collaborative planning between supply chains partners. European Journal of Operational Research 163 668-687... 

HDRA (Henry Doubleday Research Association) (1995) The Henry Doubleday Research Association s guidelines for organic gardening , HDRA, Coventry Healey P. (1997) Collaborative Planning Shaping Places in Fragmented Societies, Macmillan Press, London... 

Kilger C, Reuter B (2005) Collaborative Planning. In Stadtler H, Kilger C, (eds) Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin et al., pp 259-278... 

Users require collaborative tools—DSS wiU need to aUow for collaboration in the same company and across different companies. One of the first tools in this area is the forecasting portion of collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment (CPFR), which aUows partner companies to collaborate on forecasting and utilizes a DSS that assists in finding discrepancies in the process. 

Berning, G., Brandenburg, M., Giirsoy, K., Kussi, J. S., Mehta, V., and Tolle, F.-J. Integrating collaborative planning and supply chain optimization for the chemical process industry (i)—methodology. Computers Chemical Engineering, 28(6) 913-927, 2004. 

Collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR) is based on information sharing between supply ehain members in these areas to... 

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment, stream consolidation, cross-docking, better traceability, etc.), it must be backed up and henceforth take in the transporters, warehouse operators and the small and medium-sized industries hitherto not generally incorporated in this approach. 

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment Voluntary Guidelines Roadmap to CPFR, VICS, 1999. 

For people driven forecast, it is suggested to apply Sales and Operations Planning (S OP) and Collaborative Planning and Forecast Replenishment (CPFR), as they represent structured and formal processes to align demand figures across different functional areas and different organizations. 

The CPFR model has a general framework, illustrated in Fig. 4.13, by which a buyer and seller can use collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishing processes in order to meet customer demand. To increase performance, the buyer and seller are involved in four collaboration activities that are fisted in logical order, but companies often engage in these activities simultaneously. 

Category Collaborative Planning and Forecast Replenishment (CPFR)... 

Advanced technologies (e.g., web based application) provide information seamlessly between trading partners to enable collaborative planning, evaluation, and... 

Collaborative planning requires the firm to work with customers and suppliers to ensure that every day all of them have production and delivery schedules that agree with the needs of the customer. This has to be done routinely and not when the supply chain or a member is in a crisis. 

Barratt, M., Oliveira, A. (2001). Exploring the experiences of collaborative planning initiatives. InternationalJournal of Physical Distribution Logistics Management, 37(4), 266-289. 

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