Since 2007 Manufacturers and Retailers have been trying to come to agreement on unification and pooling of returnable transport items within ECR Baltic (Efficient Consumer Response Initiative in the Baltic States) framework. The current economic situation simply forces us to maintain and develop our supply chain in a sustainable and cost effective way.
Thus according to September – December 2011 RTI (Returnable Transport Items) Initiative meetings in Riga and Vilnius with participation of major retailers (Maxima, Rimi, Palink and Prisma) and dairy/meat manufacturers (Valio, Rakvere, Valmieras Piens, Rīgas piena kombināts, Rīgas piensaimnieks, Pieno Zvaigzdes, Zemaitijos Pienas) it was decided to start unification with dairy produce categories by implementing 3 crates set for standardization of dairy produce followed by crates set for meat, bakery, fruits and vegetables. As a second step towards unification is to agree on dimensions of proposed “Baltic Standard for Returnable Transport Items” followed by examining business models and tendering potential solution providers for specific crates solutions, pool and RTI management services.
The ECR Russia Shrinkage Conference "Retail Security 2012: Strategy and Tactics of Shrinkage Reduction" was held on 24 November 2011 in Moscow, Russia. It's first conference in Russia on retail loss prevention topic. The organizer of this initiative - ECR Russia Shrinkage Committee, its community numbers about 100 members, almost FMCG, DIY, consumer electronics, fashion retailers and manufacturers.
This event was attended by 103 delegates, experts from the leading retailers:
The set of training courses offered by Indicod-Ecr has expanded with new choices, designed especially for sales and marketing. To improve relations and cooperation between the production side and retail.
