Through various informational vehicles, VCF provides you with the resources you need to address, manage, and implement collaborative trading practices helping to optimize vendor compliance, increase supply chain efficiencies, integrate enterprise processes, and protect margins.

For members only, the VCF Resource Center includes:

Agendas
Review current and past Conference agendas to help you locate presentations you missed the first time or are looking to see again.

Presentations
Access topical presentations given at past events for further review after our conferences or in case you were unable to attend.

Research and White Papers
View research and white papers conducted and analyzed on your behalf by the VCF.

Open Forums
View recent and past notes taken during the Open Forum sessions at VCF conferences. These facilitated, interactive sessions feature real issues and solutions posed by conference attendees.

The VCF Resource Center includes the following for the public:

Publications
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Check Digit Calculator

EDI Transaction Set Listing

Glossary of Retail Supply Chain Terms
A listing of common terms and definitions pertaining to the retail supply chain

Harmonized Tarriff Schedule

Pallet Calculator

Uniform Commercial Code

Websites
The following websites contain information about government regulations, industry standards, and other reference material pertinent to the retail supply chain.

Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12
Develops EDI standards and related documents

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

ASTM International
Source for technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services.

Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA)
ASC X12 EDI and XML standards development

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Prevents unfair methods of competition in commerce

GS1 US

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International standards

National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA)
Publishes the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) and Standard Carrier Alpha Codes (SCAC)

Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA)

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)
Provides information about CPSIA, the latest news and guidelines

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Provides information about the Lacey Act

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Conserves, protects and enhances fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
Investigative responsibilities on matters of trade

World Customs Organization (WCO)
Intergovernmental organisation focused on customs matters

World Trade Organization (WTO)
Deals with the rules of trade between nations at a global or near-global level