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Why has CPFR failed to scale?
The consumer goods industry has paid too much attention to planning and forecasting, and too little to synchronizing product flow with demand, according to a longtime industry observer.
From the Quarter 02 2007 issue
When efficient consumer response (ECR) was introduced in 1993, supporters predicted that the demand-driven replenishment system would generate $30 billion of savings for companies in the grocery industry. Ever since, trading partners in the grocery supply channel have attempted to focus on the processes that would make ECR a reality....
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