Efficient Consumer Response (ECR): a survey of the Australian grocery industry

Identifying Critical Success Factors for Efficient Consumer Response based on the Australian Experience

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) is a grocery industry supply chain management strategy, making use of electronic commerce and other innovations, to make the industry more efficient internally and responsive to consumer needs. Despite the many potential benefits obtainable from ECR, several studies indicate that the diffusion of ECR has been slow in many regions. There are many factors to whic...

Understanding the Diffusion of Efficient Consumer Response in Australia: A Survey Study

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) is a grocery industry supply chain management strategy designed to make the industry more efficient and responsive. Although ECR originated in the US, the concept has been adopted in many regions. Despite the many potential benefits obtainable from ECR, however, many studies indicate that the ECR diffusion rate has been slow, which is attributable to a number o...

Understanding the Diffusion of Efficient Consumer Response: an Australian survey study

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) is designed to make the grocery industry more efficient. Although it originated in the US, the concept has been adopted in many regions. To enrich the findings of the existing studies that indicate a slow diffusion rate of ECR, this study examines ECR adoption in Australia by conducting a survey. The findings suggest that in Australia, ECR diffusion has also be...

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) in Australia : The Australian Grocery Industry in 1996

Efficient Consumer Response: a Preliminary Comparison of U.s. and European Experiences

Within the domain of Electronic Commerce, Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) is a grocery industry management strategy designed to make the industry more efficient and responsive to consumers' needs. Although ECR originated in the US, the concept has been adopted in Europe, Australia and, slowly, in other regions. This paper discusses the concept of ECR and its development, and then examines the...