Voluntary Interindustry Commerce

The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards (VICS) developed a CPFR capability assessment to provide a framework for understanding the gap between a company s existing practices and CPFR best practices, and also to serve as the starting point for change and enable realistic expectations for a CPFR program. 

The CPFR model is explained in detail at www.cpfr.org. CPFR is a registered trademark of VICS, the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association. Vies has recently updated the CPFR model based on its experience with the nine task model described here. 

CPFR Collaborative Planning Forecasting Replenishment. A set of business processes used for supply chain coUaboration. The term is a trademark of the sponsoring organization, the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards (VICS) Association. 

See the website of the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards (VICS) organization at http //www.vics.org/committees/cpfr/ for more details on this set of practices. More information on CPFR is also available in Chapter 2. 

An industry initiative aligned with the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Committee (VlCS) focused on improving the partnership between manufacturers and distributors/retailers through shared information. Chapters 22 and 29... 

Figure 12.1 Forecasting and Replenishment Processes (From Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association, Lawrenceville, NJ)...

Source Adapted from Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards,... 

Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards. Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment, Version 2.0, 2002. 

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