CPFR: Fact, Fiction, or Fantasy?

The article shows how the Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment program has evolved over time, what changes have occurred over time, and why. It also shows how the spirit of collaboration that germinated from this program spread in other areas both inside and outside the enterprise. At the end, the author gives a quiz so you can determine how much collaboration you have within your organization. RON BURNETTE | Mr. Burnette is the Product Director at Logility, Inc. He has more than 20 years of experience in the development, support, and marketing of software, including financial, manufacturing, and collaborative supply chain business processes. He represents his company at the deployment working group of Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) of Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association (VICS). H H ow has CPFR impacted business processes today? Has the original charter of companies sharing and mutually acting upon shared information come to fruition? Or has the collaboration morphed into something diff erent and better? I will try to answer these and many other questions regarding the state of CPFR. But first we must start ...