On February 24, 1998, at the Sheraton Hotel in Warsaw, the initiative to establish ECR Poland was presented for the first time at a seminar on ECR. Two days later, at the initiative of the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing, 14 manufacturing and trading companies founded the ECR Poland Club. The goal of the club’s activities was to popularize the ECR strategy in Poland. Five years later, the ECR Poland Agreement was established, modeled after other national ECR organizations. At the same time, ECR Poland obtained the status of a national organization. Currently, the organization has 80 members, bringing together representatives of manufacturing, trading, distribution, and service companies, mainly related to the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, as well as student associations and universities.
The Agreement is seen as a forum where knowledge and developed solutions in the field of supply chain management operating according to the ECR strategy are presented to interested companies in a fast and direct, and thus effective, manner, which should lead to their implementation in economic practice. To encourage companies to join the activities of ECR Poland, the Institute declared that it would take on the role and responsibilities of hosting club meetings, providing the meeting venue and ensuring their support.
More information about the activities of ECR Poland can be found at www.ecr.pl