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Exploring The Experiences Of Collaborative Planning Initiatives, Mark Barratt, Alexander Oliveira
Exploring The Experiences Of Collaborative Planning Initiatives, Mark Barratt, Alexander Oliveira
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Supply chain integration (or synchronisation) is to a large extent still only a promise, despite many considerable efforts by organisations and their customers and suppliers. Lack of visibility of true consumer demand and collaborative relationships based upon joint decision making remain significant barriers to the goal of supply chain integration. Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) is a strategy which promises to overcome these barriers, and seeks through joint planning, joint decision making and the development of a clearer understanding of the dynamics of the supply chain replenishment process to deliver some of the promised benefits of actual supply chain …