Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards VICS

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. 

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. 

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. 

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