Instructor:
Cecil Bozarth , PhD
North Carolina State University
Author of "Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management," 2nd edition, Pearson, Prentice-Hall
SECTION Index
2. Demand and Supply Management
3. Execution
4. Analysis -
a. Exception Management
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR): A Tutorial
CPFR Model: 3. Execution
CPFR Execution
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Place orders, prepare and deliver shipments, receive and stock product on retail shelves, record sales transactions and make payments. Also called the order to cash cycle.
- Order generation
- Transitions order forecasts into firm demand
- Order fulfillment
- Producing, shipping, delivering, and stocking the products
Order Generation Overview
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- This step marks the transformation of the order forecast into a committed order.
- Either the seller or buyer can handle order generation depending on competencies, systems, and resources.
- Regardless of who completes this task, the created order is expected to consume the forecast.
Order Generation Steps
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Order Generation Output
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- A committed order generated directly from the frozen period of the order forecast.
- An order acknowledgment sent by the customer



