Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment: How to Create a Supply Chain Advantage FROM THE PUBLISHER
The groundbreaking Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) process is taking supply chain efficiency to unprecedented new heights. Using CPFR, both long- and short-term information regarding point-of-sale data, forecasting, shipping, production plans, and order generation is jointly planned by key trading partners using Web-based collaboration software -- creating a "glass pipeline" where all relevant information is shared in real time. Based on original research conducted at the Harvard Business School, Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment gathers the insights and experiences of 38 leading CPFR practitioners from around the world and from a variety of industries, including manufacturers, retailers, consulting companies, and IT-solutions providers. Packed with valuable case studies and insider accounts from some of the most powerful companies using CPFR today.
Using the insights and recommendations in Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment, companies can make vast improvements in consistently troublesome areas, such as sales and order forecasting. In former models, sales forecasting was done solely by the sales department, which then drove the supply chain with frequently incorrect information. CPFR removes this kind of "silo" decision making and gets departments to gather and share crucial information, removing the walls between strategy formed on the supply side and that formed on the demand side. The Efficient Consumer Response concept ushered in a new era of cooperation between retailers and manufacturers, marketing and logistics. And it has now jumped light years ahead with CPFR, which promotes unprecedented cooperation among trading partners throughout the value chain. This important book will help you implement CPFR quickly, successfully, and in almost any setting.
SYNOPSIS
A manual by and for manufacturing and retail executives, this book describes the advantages of Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR), outlining the demands of a successful CPFR effort and the logistics involved. Case studies from around the world illustrate the principles behind the approach. The book is dense with graphs, tables, and flow charts, and not a Dilbert cartoon in sight. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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