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Newsletter 7-2011

 

Read in this ECR Baltic Newsletter:

1. ECR Baltic Forum 09-10 Nov 2011
2. What you can expect more from ECR Baltic Forum 2011?

Supply Chain:
3. Hot: What do retailers want from your supply chain workshop  on 20 Oct 2011, Tallink Hotel Riga
4. Pallets Quality Assessment working group meeting feedbacks
5. RTP (Returnable Transport Packaging) standardization for Dairy and Meat Categories initiative meeting feedbacks from Riga Food Fair

Shopper – Category Management:
6. Hot: Shopper engagement workshop on 27 Oct 2011, Radisson Blu Elizabete, Riga
7. Insights from IGDs Investment and Promotion effectiveness workshop

Enabling Technologies:
8. GS1 eCom (EDI) for Retail workshop and ECR Baltic EDI working group meeting feedbacks.

9. Welcome new members:  Jysk Linnen'n Furniture, Container Centralen

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This year we celebrate 5th ECR (Efficient Consumer Response) Baltic Forum by gathering Baltic FMCG and Retail Industry professionals and solution providers together on 10th November 2011 in Radisson Blu Latvia Hotel in Riga.

Register Here!


ECR Baltic Forum 2011 sponsors:

 ecr baltic sponsors

2. What you can expect from the forum this year:

  • More Local and near local business cases and best practices
  • More networking including evening event with ECR Baltic board, speakers and sponsors
  • Field trips (retail and manufacturer tours)
  • Progress on ECR Baltic collaboration and standardization initiatives for Category Management, EDI, Returnable Transport Items and Pallets Quality Assessment;
  • Separate working streams on Shopper –Category Management and Supply Chain
  • Deep dive in EDI and Category Management subjects during the workshops
  • Pallets Quality Assessment working group meeting
  • Sponsors specials:  Chep – the leading pallet pooling operator to announce its entrance in the Baltic market during the forum.
  • Learn more:

About the Forum | Agenda | Speakers | Sponsors | Investment opportunities | Book Hotel | Register here!

Follow ECR Baltic Forum on Social Media:

Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Flickr | Draugiem.lv | Mobile
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Supply Chain

3.  Hot! "What do retailers want from your supply chain"workshop  on 20 Oct 2011, Tallink Hotel Riga

Following successful Introduction to Supply Chain workshop with IGD UK earlier this summer on behalf of ECR Baltic we would like to invite you to the advanced level: “What Retailers Want From Your Supply Chain” workshop.

This one day workshop explores the needs of retailers, and how suppliers are responding to develop a customer centric supply chain strategy. You'll learn about grocery supply chain developments, understand key retailer supply chain strategies and discover how to deliver unrivalled service to your customers. Learn more …

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4. Pallets Quality Assessment working group meeting feedbacks
 

06 Sep 2011 Vilnius, ECR Baltic Pallets Quality Assessment working group met together to align EURO pallets quality requirements between Baltic retailers and suppliers based on EPAL standards and ECR Poland methodology and quality assessment cards. This time it was broadly presented not only by major retailers (Rimi, Maxima, Iki, Prisma), but also suppliers and distributors like Eugesta, Sanitex, Coca-Cola, Kraft, Royal Unibrew and others.

By the end of October working group shall finalize draft requirements for euro pallets quality assessment and the next working group meeting to be called during the ECR Baltic Forum on 10th of November. Learn more,…

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5. RTP (Returnable Transport Packaging) standardization for Dairy and Meat Categories initiative meeting feedbacks from Riga Food Fair 
07 Sep 2011 Riga Food Fair SC managers of major retailers met together with dairy manufacturers, solution providers (MegaPool Systems, Schoeller Arca Systems, Container Centralen, Bepco) to discuss returnable transport packaging standardization between dairy producers in Baltics. Presented manufacturers and retailers delegated ECR Baltic to continue with coordination of this project. The next meeting to be called in Lithuania. For more information, please contact ECR Baltic!
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Shopper - Category Management

6.  Hot! Shopper engagement workshop on 27 Oct 2011, Radisson Blu Elizabete, Riga

Ensure the shopper is at the heart of your brand/ category/retail/commercial decision-making! This workshop will help you to deliver processes to keep up to speed with shopper trends and continually develop shopper engagement in the future. Learn more ...

Shopper Engagement workshop has been designed for everyone who needs to understand shopper needs, behaviour, and trends – from retailers and suppliers to data companies and agencies. Register here!

 

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7. Insights from IGDs Investment and Promotion effectiveness workshop from 08 Sep 2011

08 Sep 2011 Jurmala. The second workshop with IGD on trading excellence gathered participants from  Rimi Baltic, Eugesta, Sanitex, Pieno Zvaigzdes, Wrigley, Kraft Foods, Reckitt Benckiser, Latvian Investment Agency, Felix and more. Please check picture gallery and participant feedbacks, here!

Check all ECR Baltic trainings and workshops you can still catch up by the end of the year, here!

 

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Enabling Technologies

 8. GS1 eCom (EDI) for Retail workshop and ECR Baltic EDI working group meeting feedbacks

 15 Sep 2011 joint ECR Baltic, GS1 Sweden and GS1 Latvia workshop on GS1 eCom (EDI) for retail followed by ECR Baltic EDI working group meeting. Please check available presentations from the meeting, here!
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9. Welcome new ECR Baltic members:  Jysk Linnen'n Furniture, Container Centralen

 

 
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