Heidi Ho, Senior Supply Chain Management Consultant of GS1 Hong Kong welcoming all participants with a brief introduction of GS1 Hong Kong’s Membership Composition and the services provided to Hong Kong businesses.

香港貨品編碼協會高級供應鏈管理顧問何雅賢歡迎各參與者出席, 並簡略介紹協會成員及為香港各業界所提供的服務。

David Pun introducing the title of his presentation stressing that forecast accuracy refers to sales forecast.

潘國樑介紹這次演講的專題，並強調預測準確性是指在營業額的預測方面。

Highlighting the contents of the presentation focusing on the importance of forecast accuracy in inventory management.

重點講解這次演講專題的內容，並指出營業額預測的準確度對存貨管理的重要性。

Sharing knowledge of how local and international best practices forecast sales based on store level SKU sales data and variable treatments for different stages of product life cycle.

分享本地及國際業界在營業額預測方面的最佳做法，以個別分店單品銷售量數據為基礎，就商品生命週期的不同階段作恰當的調節。

Vendor Managed Inventory (“VMI”) introduced as a tool commonly used by best practices to minimize out-of-stocks.

指出「存貨由供應商管理」(“VMI”)很普遍地受採取最佳做法的零售商歡迎。

Joshua Suen citing a real experience in forecasting volume for the launch of a new product to show how collaborative mindset among internal and external stakeholders has a strong impact on increasing forecast accuracy.

孫永耀引用一新產品在香港推出時預測貨量的真實個案，指出與內部其他部門與外部「拍檔」的互利互惠心態對提升營業額預測準確性的效益。

Joshua Suen highlighting the forecasting tools deployed by best practices in achieving highest accuracy possible.

孫永耀重點介紹業界為在銷量預測方面能達到最高準確度而採用的最佳做法。

Sales/Procurement and logistics executives of major local and multinational suppliers and retailers are among the participants.

參與者是來自具規模的本地及跨國供應商與零售商的销售/採購和物流行政人員。

Category Management is presented as the function of optimizing assortment, new product introductions and promotions to create consumer value with the support of effective technology and full integration with operations and logistics.

「貨品類別管理」功能，就是運用高效的科技及透過與營運與物流的互相配合，提供最高效的貨品組合、新產品的推出及促銷推廣，為消費者增值。

Pointing out that the goal of Category Management, a key function within Supply Chain Management, is to maximize consumer satisfaction, i.e., ensuring the right products are in the right place at the right time and at a price acceptable to the consumers, through collaboration of suppliers and retailers.

指出推行供應鏈管理的主要功能 -「貨品類別管理」，目標是透過供應商與零售商的緊密合作，盡量滿足消費者，即保證以消費者可接受的價格在恰當地點及恰當時間提供恰當商品。