Meijer looks to enhance supply chain

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. As part of Meijer’s new requirement for suppliers to generate their own replenishment orders as part of its scan based trading (SBT) program, the company has partnered with Prescient Applied Intelligence, a provider of supply chain and advanced commerce solutions, to test a store level replenishment (SLR) pilot program with one of its major suppliers.

“The SLR pilot program includes about a dozen stores,” said Tim Cronk, supply chain planner at Meijer. “We are using the pilot phase to set benchmarks and expectations for the 150+ store rollout, currently planned for early 2008.”