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:
- 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.
- Determine opportunities to optimise the use of Advance Shipment Notices between suppliers and retailers for mutual benefit and develop supporting guidance and tools.
- 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.
Article originally appeared on TPF (http://www.tradingpartnerforum.com.au/).
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