Seminars and Presentations

  
 

Winning in January Seminar - 24 February 2010 Sydney


Throughout  2009 ECRA had significant focus on product availability for the month of January. 

In an industry first ECRA coordinated the collection of out bound service level data from retail organisations along with in bound service level information from suppliers. The consolidated data was reviewed at the Winning in January Seminar on Wednesday 24 February. Results from the whole of industry were supplemented by retail specific information and discussed during an industry panel of supply chain leaders.  

Welcome and introductions

The Industry Outlook   Review of retailer service to stores in January 2010

Issues faced by suppliers in delivering high service levels in January 2010 

Woolworths Ltd - (Woolworths has not yet made this presentation publicly available)

Coles Group

Metcash Trading - (Metcash has not made this presentation publicly available)

 The focus on improving availability during the month of January commenced with a workshop in March 2009 to examine the problem, underlying causes, issues and potential industry wide opportunities. The workshop was followed up by the publication How to Win in January, providing guidance on the best ways for retailers and suppliers to meet the challenges and make the necessary improvements for January 2010. To further assist industry partners a range of practical tools and measures was developed by retail and supply trade partners. The Winning in January - improving product availability toolkit provided a reference for companies working on advancing January 2010 performance. 

 

CAS8 Seminar - 16 February 2010

ECRA presentation available here.

 

Retail Ready Toolkit - Workshops February 2010

Efficient Consumer Response Australasia (ECRA) recently launched an updated toolkit that provides the basis for industry standards in the development of retail ready packaging (RRP). It also offers a framework for engaging with trading partners in the development of solutions that is not prescriptive in its application.  

 RRP is  one  of the most contentious initiatives currently underway in the retail food and grocery sector. One that impacts a broad range of disciplines;  has the potential to create tension in the trading relation;  has significant impact on environmental packaging factors; and can place a cost impost on suppliers and manufacturers.  Samantha Blake, Manager ECRA  recently presented the toolkit at workshops held in conjunction with the Australin Insttitute of Packaging.  A copy of this presentation is available here. 

 

Inaugural ECRA conference a success

More than 150 senior industry executives attended the inaugural Efficient Consumer Response Australasia (ECRA) Conference held in Sydney on 22-23 October .

The conference offered delegates the unique opportunity to hear from global and local FMCG experts, and featured an afternoon with leading Australasian retailers.

With a theme of Working Together for the Shopper, the conference focussed on placing the shopper at the centre of the business process. Other focuses of the event included the way the industry thinks about doing business, the strategies chosen, the goals set and the measures used to evaluate them.

To continue this journey, the industry agreed on the need to share more information, collaborate where possible and embrace the notion that the best way to manage increasing complexity is through transparent and collaborative approaches to issues.

Please click here to download a copy of the conference report.

Conference presentations are available only to conference delegates.  For conference delegates provided with password details please select the ECRA Conference link below once you have logged in.

To access the Global Commerce Initiative (GCI) publications on the Future Value Chains and New Ways of Working as outlined during the conference visit http://www.gci-net.org/e29/ .

To access Planet Retail's recent work on Costco in Australia visit http://www1.planetretail.net/ECRA.

 

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