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Retail Packaging Workgroup
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| Retail Packaging Workgroup
Retail Ready Packaging is happening in the UK and this ECR Workgroup seeks to identify opportunities for joint approaches, cost reductions through common goals, standards and the sharing of insights through best practice.
Remit: To provide guidance and best practice that delivers operational and environmentally efficient retail packaging which supports product availability and ease of shopping. To drive synergies and efficiencies within the industry through developing and sharing these best practices and guidelines. |
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September 2007:
Industry is committed to reducing landfill waste through efficient RRP
ECR's Retail Packaging Workgroup is committed to reducing landfill waste by delivering operational and environmentally efficient packaging whilst supporting product availability and ease of shopping. |
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July 2007:
Merchandising Units Formats Guide
A free tool to help you assess ten Merchandising Units (MU) formats and match them to industry needs across the major retailers Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Somerfield, Tesco & Waitrose. |
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July 2007:
Shelf Sizes Standardisation Guide
A free shelf sizes matrix covering four major retailers and 35 categories to help you maximise shelf fill and accommodate retailer ready packaging "easy replenishment" requirements. |
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March 2007:
RRP Assessment Tool
This new version of ECR's RRP Assessment Tool is indispensable in evaluating the potential effectiveness of a proposed RRP solution against alternative options. Request a free copy here. |
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March 2007:
New Packaging Glossary of Terms released
ECR has recently published a new packaging glossary of terms, covering common words used in the printing, corrugated and solid board industries. |
Click on the image to view a larger version.
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James Lennon
General Manager-Flow Logistics, Head of RRP & MU Development, Asda
James has a wealth of retail knowledge built up from a wide variety of roles including store and regional management, central operations, trading, availability, back of house, flow of goods and logistics strategy prior to him taking on his current remit. He has also spent time with the Wal-Mart teams in the US. Prior to joining Asda in 1995, James spent 15 years working in operational management roles with Wm Morrison Supermarkets. |
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Jason Bunce
Customer Service & Logistics Director UK/Ireland, Colgate Palmolive
Jason has spent the past 12 years with Colgate Palmolive where he has gained broad supply chain experience from the factory floor, through manufacturing logistics and sourcing. In his current role Jason's focus is to continue to develop Customer Service and Logistics within Colgate to an extent where it becomes a business driver. A Chemist by profession Jason worked for the UK Atomic Energy Authority for eight years before moving into industry. |
ECR UK’s Retail Packaging Workgroup has several active subgroups made up of retailer and supplier personnel charged with addressing specific priority areas.
The outputs from each can be downloaded free of charge. Simply click on the links below to find out more:
Environment
This subgroup is providing simple and easy to follow guidelines that enable all parties to benefit from effective RRP. More...
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Consumer Insight
The Consumer Insight subgroup is developing RRP best practice principles based on qualitative and quantitative shopper research. They will deliver a summary of findings and key learnings for future RRP development. More...
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Functional Guidelines
This subgroup is providing simple and easy to follow guidelines that enable all parties to benefit from effective RRP. More...
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Communications
To help Suppliers and Packaging Manufacturers deliver optimal RRP solutions by Delivering increased awareness of the activity and outputs of the Retail Packaging Workgroup and Sub-groups. More...
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Business Case
To derive a common understanding of the factors that should influence decisions around a move to RRP through validation of the European ECR RRP Business Case Model using real examples of RRP solutions that have already been implemented in the snack food area. More...
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