Due Week 8 and worth 60 points
Read Application Case 10.6 titled, “CPFR Initiatives at Ace Hardware and Sears”, located in Chapter 10 of the textbook.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1.Examine the business drivers for implementing Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) at Ace Hardware.
2.Explain how Ace Hardware deployed its CPFR system and suggest at least two (2) improvement opportunities.
3.Explain why Sears started using CPFR with tires. Recommend an alternative area that Sears should start with CPFR and explain your reasons.
4.Explain the business benefits of CPFR to Sears and to its suppliers, and explain how the suppliers may improve Sears’s operational efficiency.
5.Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
