VICS VICS Supply Chain

Trading Partner Alignment and Compliance (TPAC) Sub-Committee

TPAC Foundational eCourses

Chair

Katy Keane, Big Lots

Mission:

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.

Objective:

Assist suppliers in properly implementing VICS guidelines through training and education programs designed to ensure compliance with retailer requirements.

Who should participate?

  • VP Operations
  • VP Distribution
  • VP/Director Vendor Relations
  • Appropriate subject matter experts (SME's) when topics to address are identified.

Strategies:

Determine proper role for VICS (e.g. repository of information vs. provider of guidance/recommendations to ease information sharing) and provide guidelines on how to recognize and assess non-compliance

Metrics

  • Ensure current VICS guidelines are clear, consistent and easy to follow
  • Determine if developing a common vendor scorecard is desirable / useful
  • Measure adoption and compliance with the guidelines via member surveys
  • Recommend changes to ease compliance, e.g. standard naming conventions

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Archives

Title: The Destination of Choice for Actionable Research New Strategies for Global Trade Management Delivered by: Beth Enslow, Vice President, Enterprise Research, Aberdeen Group Description: This PowerPoint presentation includes topics such as Global Trade Growing Pains, Best in Class Practices, and Building Preemptive Business Networks. Title: UTi Presentation Delivered to: VICS Delivered by: UTi Description: A PowerPoint presentation addressing data flow, documentation, shipment integrity and the future.

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