CatMan
Now working on Category Management manual for Industry specialists to be used as general reference book for starting Category Management with Retailer. Initiators and project mentor is P&G Baltics.
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EDI
This workgroup consists of IT and logistic managers of member companies
as well as invited participants from the industry and solution providers.
Main function is evaluation of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solutions
and its compliance to Global standards, setting up requirements to EDI
solutions and sharing the best practices of EDI in Baltic States and Europe.
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Education and Training Committe.
This working group aims and main deliverables would be setting up Academic Partnerships for the Industry (FMCG) and Universities / High Schools in Baltics for development of joint learning, education and research projects. Student's best paper awards, scholarships, apprenticeship.
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Empties Optimization and Standardization
The core issues to be covered by Empties Optimization and Standardization Working Group is currently inefficient use of resources in the whole supply chain from manufacturer to the shelf created by a number of various different non-stackable types of secondary returnable packaging in use in the Baltic States.
Initial direction for the working group shall result in defining guidelines for introduction of standardized pool for empties and roadmap for efficient returnable secondary packaging in Baltics.
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Sustainable Transportation.
Initiated by ECR Baltic C-Chairs based on Europe priority roadmap and case studies from ECR Europe for more references please check ECR Europe roadmap for sustainable transport and self assessment tool, here!
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Retail/Shelf Ready Packaging trainings for Rimi suppliers
Retail Ready Packaging (RRP) is a prerequisite for doing business with some retailers. Without asking for RRP solutions other retailers often receive them from
multinational suppliers. Used well RRP solutions have the potential to increase the productivity of scarce replenishment labour; improve on-shelf availability and appearance; increase sales and loyalty; and reduce environmental impact.
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VMI (Vendor Manager Inventory)
It is planned to kick-off the ECR Baltic VMI workgroup initiative on the 23rd of October 2008 in Riga. We welcome all retailers, vendors and logisticians, who are interested in VMI or other collaborative strategies.
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Shrinkage (tbc)
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ECR Baltic Forum
ECR Baltic Forum is the meeting place for the managers of various roles,
including Supply Chain, Category Management, Commercial, IT and
any other relevant functions operating in FMCG sector to share experience
and evaluate best practice cases. The aim is to facilitate the development of
FMCG sector in the Baltic countries, knowledge management and
implementation of new globally existing solutions on the local market.
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