VCF understands that perfecting supply chain execution requires comprehensive solutions that enable with our customers' business processes. We work with the following organizations to support our members' needs.

Sponsors

afterBOT, Inc. is an innovator in the development of real time business solutions for the extended retail enterprise. afterBOT's TransAccess application leverages a web portal infrastructure to deliver secure, unique views of POS data for employees, customers, and suppliers; improving operational efficiency, increasing marketing effectiveness and enabling an enhanced vendor collaboration platform.

Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive labeling materials, office products and retail tag, ticketing and branding systems. Based in Pasadena, Calif., Avery Dennison is a FORTUNE 500 Company with 2006 sales of $5.6 billion. Combined with Paxar, Avery Dennison now employs more than 30,000 individuals in over 50 countries worldwide who develop, manufacture and market a wide range of products for both consumer and industrial markets. Products offered by Avery Dennison include Avery Dennison and Paxar brand products for the retail and apparel industries. These include woven and printed labels, heat transfers, graphic tags, patches, integrated tags, price tickets, custom hard and soft goods packaging, RFID carton and item tags, electronic article surveillance tags (EAS), barcode printers, software solutions, molded plastic fastening and application devices, as well as service bureau, printing applications for supply chain and security management.

Part of the Inmar family of companies, Carolina Logistics Services (CLS) is an industry leader in providing technology-driven reverse logistics and supply chain solutions to the consumer goods and healthcare markets. Our retailer and manufacturer solutions include: Returns Management – Asset Recovery – Risk Management – Recall Management – Supply Chain Analysis – Information Intelligence. By combining excellent execution with information intelligence, our solutions provide the foundation for collaboration between our clients and their trading partners to improve the overall supply chain.

CAS is the leading, global provider of Demand Side Management solutions for the Consumer Products industry. With more than 20 years of industry specific experience, CAS has unrivalled expertise in delivering solutions that manage profitable growth across the customer facing enterprise. To enable this, their CPWerx™ solution supports a multi level architecture of transactional, analytical and optimization technology. By supporting closed loop business processes, CPWerx delivers integrated solutions to meet the most demanding requirements of the industry – including Trade Promotion Management, Field Sales Management and Category Management.

Compliance Networks delivers profit improvement solutions that optimize performance throughout the extended supply chain in order to increase sales, decrease costs, and mitigate risk. Compliance Networks solutions enable collaboration, leveraged business intelligence, and optimized flow, speed, and flexibility. CN offers supplier performance management, vendor compliance optimization, and distribution management solutions. Compliance Networks' customers include Kohls, Burlington Coat Factory, Pep Boys, The Sports Authority, Bon-Ton Stores, and Gottschalks Stores.

DemandTec delivers on-demand price optimization, trade promotion management, price markdown management and assortment optimization solutions. DemandTec’s demand management platform enables retailers and consumer products manufacturers to optimize marketing and merchandising to achieve revenue, profitability and sales volume goals. DemandTec enables companies to implement consumer-centric merchandising and marketing, set prices strategically, understand customer segmentation, sharpen price image, perform market basket analysis, and create strategic store zones.

Dynamic Distribution is a worldwide, full service, apparel logistics organization. The Dynamic network supports the movement of product from the point of production to the selling floor. Dynamic provides a complete service to the retail trade, with warehouses in NY/NJ, Miami and Los Angeles. Services include: Consolidation, Distribution, Third Party Floor Ready Services, LTL Service and Coast-to-Coast Transportation (Garment-on-Hanger and Flat Pack).

EDI Specialists, Inc. provides the supply chain consulting and training that your organization requires. EDI Specialists works with retailers, distributors and manufacturers, and other industries, to assess and evaluate their current systems and business processes. We offer customized workshops, webinars and roundtables specifically to fit your needs with RFID, bar codes, EDI, logistics, supply chain, data synchronization, etc. EDI Specialists is the premier provider of managerial and technical resources, both permanent and contract type professionals, in the EDI, EAI and ERP space.

FineLine BarCode Technologies is the premier provider of ColorSync Color to Size tickets and labels to the retail industry. In addition, FineLine is pre-approved as a label and tag service bureau for hundreds of retailers and also maintains their latest specs to insure current requirements are met.

FineLine has global offices in the United States, Canada and Asia to insure that labels and tags will arrive at worldwide destinations quickly and accurately. Our innovative products and services are always on the leading edge of industry trends and make marking your products accurate, simple and efficient.

H.H. Brown Shoe Company Inc. is a major supplier of premier work shoes and boots, rugged outdoor footwear and men's and women's golf, bowling and comfort casual shoes.

Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA) is the premier global supply chain management and technology consulting firm to the retail and consumer products industries. KSA's business process expertise enables clients to reduce costs, implement best practices, improve customer satisfaction through better in-stock performance, and continuously advance the flow of goods through the supply chain. KSA's portfolio of services helps clients achieve significant gains by transforming their businesses in the areas of strategy and marketing, performance, merchandising, information technology and logistics. KSA achieves lasting improvements for clients in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Oracle
Oracle's business is information—how to manage it, use it, share it, protect it. For nearly three decades, Oracle, the world's largest enterprise software company, has provided the software and services that let organizations get the most up-to-date and accurate information from their business systems.

SAP
As the world's leading provider of business software solutions, SAP pursues a commitment to innovation that delivers sustainable business value for our customers and shareholders, and sets the foundation for a strong, stable company positioned for long-term growth.

Smyth Solutions is the leader in supply chain management and consulting, accounts receivable outsourcing and management, deductions recovery and profit audit services, and is currently putting best practices to work in Fortune 1000 companies around the globe. Smyth works with companies at every stage in the supply chain to improve efficiency and profitability.

Collaborating Partners

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) is the national trade association representing apparel, footwear and other sewn products companies, and their suppliers, which compete in the global market. AAFA's mission is to promote and enhance its members' competitiveness, productivity and profitability in the global market by minimizing regulatory, commercial, political, and trade restraints.

International Housewares Association is the 68-year-old voice of the housewares industry, which accounted for (US) $265 billion at retail worldwide in 2004. The not-for-profit, full-service association sponsors the world's premier exposition of products for the home, the International Home & Housewares Show, and offers its 1,700 member companies a wide range of services, including industry and government advocacy, export assistance, State-of-the-Industry reports, point-of-sale and consumer panel data through Housewares MarketWatch, executive management peer groups, a unique Web-based community at www.housewares.org and group buying discounts on business solutions services.

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