VICS VICS Supply Chain

VICS Board Committees

VICS Board Committees address a variety of issues within the retail and manufacturer communities. VICS' committee meetings are open to all employees of VICS Member companies. Only VICS members may develop guidelines and specifications and vote for their approval. Please click on the links below for further information about the individual committees.

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR®) Committee


Mission

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

Sub-Committees

Floor-Ready Merchandise (FRM) Committee


Mission

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

Sub-Committees

Logistics Committee


Mission

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.

Sub-Committees

Item-Level RFID Committee


Mission

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