Order to Receipt Excellence - Update

ECRA has established a new industry working group focussed on driving improvement in the order to receipt components of the supply chain. The current group membership includes Nestle, Kimberly-Clark, Sanitarium, Simplot, Cerebos, Coca-Cola Amatil, Coles, Woolworths, Metcash and GS1.

At the group’s kick-off workshop a list of three key initiatives for 2013 were identified for further development and approval by the ECRA Board:

1. The establishment of a standard for acceptance of Multi-Coded Pallets (date/batch) into DCs under prescribed conditions. Board members considered the project brief, prior to committing Coles wished to review against internal priorities.
2. Determine opportunities to optimise the use of Advance Shipment Notices between suppliers and retailers for mutual benefit and develop supporting guidance and tools.
3. Understand key issues undermining data alignment and integrity between suppliers and retailers which are critical to both the current and future business/technical environment and identify solutions for implementation.

Stay tuned for more information of the group’s progress and output in future issues of ECRA Extra.