Supply Chain Collaboration

How to Implement CPFR and Other Best Collaborative Practices

Ronald Ireland, Colleen Crum

• Publisher: J. Ross Publishing
• Year: 2005
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9781604276190
• Subtopic: Operations
• Index: Business

Ron Ireland was one of the leaders in Wal-Mart's effort to develop its supply chain processes for collaborative forecasting and replenishment execution using retail links for communicating point-of-sale, forecasts, and inventory information to its suppliers. As a result he helped pioneer the retail industry standard called Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR). This collaborative process, which involves sharing information with supply chain partners in real-time, enables substantially improved planning and financial results. Using his extensive knowledge and first-hand experience, Ireland, with Colleen Crum, demonstrates what is necessary to achieve successful win-win trading partner collaborations and describes what companies give up when they don't collaborate. Since an effective supply chain collaboration effort requires flexibility when adapting to each partner's capabilities and the business environment, this book presents a blueprint that you can customize to fit your company's and your company's trading partners' needs to achieve success. Supply Chain Collaboration shows you how to implement CPFR and other best collaborative practices quickly and successfully in almost any organization. Wal-Mart, Procter & Gamble and other highly successful companies are reaping huge competitive benefits from the CPFR process. Learn from the "pioneer" of CPFR how your organization can as well.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• About APICS
• Chapter 1 - The Lure of Supply Chain Collaboration
• Chapter 2 - The Bullwhip Effect and Resulting Supply Chain Costs
• Chapter 3 - Wal-Mart Case Example
• Chapter 4 - Warner-Lambert Case Example
• Chapter 5 - An Industry Standard for Supply Chain Collaboration
• Chapter 6 - Early Wins and Failures
• Chapter 7 - How to Implement Supply Chain Collaboration
• Chapter 8 - Technology Overview
• Chapter 9 - Best Implementation Practices
• Chapter 10 - Case Examples
• Chapter 11 - Internalizing Trading Partner Data
• Chapter 12 - Experiences in Optimizing a Value Chain with Multiple Trading Partners
• Chapter 13 - Are You Ready for Supply Chain Collaboration
• Chapter 14 - Are Your Trading Partners Ready To Collaborate?
• Chapter 15 - A Proven Path to Implementign Supply Chain Collaboration
• Chapter 16 - Supply Chain Collaboration: Next Steps
• Appendix
• Index