Collaborative Material Standards Specifications (CMSS) Committee

Establish raw materials specifications for item identification and turn industry consensus into global standards with the involvement of buyers and sellers in the Apparel and Textiles Industry. The goal is to transform unstructured data into structured data format for raw materials and product specifications presentation and to enable enterprise systems integration for Business-to-Business communication with the aids of the best-of-breed technology. Learn more

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR®) Committee

Develop business guidelines and roadmaps for various collaborative scenarios, which include upstream suppliers, suppliers of finished goods and retailers, which integrate demand and supply planning and execution. Learn more

• Content & Execution Sub-Committee
• Metrics Sub-Committee
• S&OP Sub-Committee
• Education Sub-Committee

Floor-Ready Merchandise (FRM) Committee

Promote effective and efficient supply chain practices by identifying opportunities and defining standards for speeding up product flow to the retailer's sales floor and enhancing the consumer's shopping experience, which should result in improved consumer satisfaction, increased sales, increased profits, and better use of capital. Learn more

• Hangers Sub-Committee
• Packaging Sub-Committee

Logistics Committee

Take a leadership role in defining and driving adoption of common processes for planning and enabling the efficient and effective flow of products, the effective use of service providers and the development and use of information to improve the performance of the retail supply chain while encouraging the use of GS1 standards. Goals, objectives, strategies and metrics are used to measure the relevancy and progress of the committee while providing implementation guidelines and educational opportunities. It encourages member companies to report the use of the logistics standard to the GCI Global Scorecard.

• Collaborative Transportation Management (CTM) Sub-Committee
• Direct to Consumer (D2C) Sub-Committee
• Distribution Center Bypass (DC Bypass) Sub-Committee
• Global Logistics Management (GLM) Sub-Committee

Trading Partner Compliance and Alignment (TPAC) Committee

Identify the primary causes of compliance violations which impact the flow of products to the sales floor. Determine costs and reasons for vendor non-compliance with VICS guidelines. Assist suppliers in properly implementing VICS guidelines through training and education programs designed to ensure compliance with retailer requirements. Learn more

VICS & AAFA Item-Level RFID Committee

The mission of this committee is to identify practical business applications and guidelines for the use of EPCglobal standards using RFID technology and the expected benefits, within the Apparel & Footwear retail supply chain. Learn more