The healthcare sector is reexamining how to build greater flexibility into supply chains while preserving efficiency and preparing for future shocks to the system. Sharing best practices can uncover ...

Like many things in the retail supply chain/technology arena, CPFR (collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment), now one of the industry's more recognized acronyms, started with Wal-Mart.

After running a pilot program with Kmart Corp. last year (see story), vitamin maker Pharmavite Corp. now wants to start using collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) technology on ...

Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment is an industry initiative that has been much talked about but little practiced in the grocery industry -- so far. To practice CPFR, retailers and ...

Compiled By Tonya Vinas A leading Japanese e-marketplace will add CPFR (collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment) capabilities for its 11,500 corporate members using Syncra Systems Inc.'s ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, today announced new Demand ...

Earlier this month, I’ve attended in San Francisco the Connected Planning Experience (CPX) conference—the new name for Anaplan’s annual user conference (formerly known as Hub)—which gathered over ...

Every company that uses sales forecasts possesses its own technique to approach the forecasting process. Some companies have a dedicated team of forecast professionals while others use the sales staff ...