Assessment of a Cooperative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment

In Supply Chain Management, the coordination of information-, material- and value streams is of central importance. One possible approach is the Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment Model. In this article, the most important success factors from the areas of data quality, product structure, producer, customer and human factors are presented. A graphical method for assessing efforts and benefits, as well as optimizing the cost-benefit ratio, is presented. The method is verified based on an application example from industry.