ECR Asia
Chairmen’s summary - ECR Council Meeting – October 17^th 2000, Taipei.

This summarizes agreements and next steps from the ECR Asia Council meeting on October 17th, 2000.

Turnout
With exception of 1 country board and 4 regional companies, the entire council was together.We encourage the same level of commitment for future meetings.

3^rd Annual ECR Conference Greg Worthington gave a last minute update on the conference. More than 700 delegates, 38 exhibitors, 65 speakers and 25 government officials participated.

Senior Executive Forum
Bo Christensen gave an update on the forum. 37 participants.
Bo to ensure that minutes are posted on the ECR ASIA web-site.

Update from new country boards
Japan (not officially formed)

Organisation
Not established yet. Relevant programs related to ECR in progress. Low awareness of global movement. Benefit is not recognized.

Key Activities
CPFR Developed. GCI Scorecard translated into Japanese - waiting for TOP-LINE version. E-mart place - study group - planet/transora.
EDI - protocol standards. ITF - code standardization. Web based e-market place - P&G/UNICHARM & JUSCO/SEIBU. New trade terms.

Next steps - How can ECR Asia Council help?
--KAO should take more leadership - Takagi-san, please work through your Japan organization.
--Show more benefits through activities - This should be encouraged through local collaboration and knowledge sharing
--Encourage government involvement - Learn from Taiwan. Greg/Ed please provide valuable insights to Japan. Can be sent via Yoshitomo Tanaka
--The single most important task of the "country board support" workgroup is to establish ECR JAPAN by end 2001.

India

Organisation
Formation in Oct.1999. Six organized retailers +12 manufacturers. Organized trade taking off. GS1 act as secretariat.
Progress
Completed scorecard - 20 scorecards will be validated by PwC. ECR website has been established. Legal process to establish board - 3 months time. Project teams has been formed. Huge infrastructure constraints. Internet exchange - B2B. Enlist subscribers. EDI linking to GCI. Distribution constraints. To rope in wholesalers. Taxation problems. PwC conducting industry survey - results to determine objectives.
--Chairman suggested that the results of the survey to be sent to ECR Secretariat in order that others could benefit from this exercise. ECR India secretariat to send to ECR ASIA Secretariat and communications group to include a survey section in ECR ASIA web-site.

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