Through various informational vehicles, VCF provides you with the resources you need to address, manage, and optimize 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 Surveys
View recent or past surveys 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
Sign up for our newsletters, view past issues, and access our online journal.

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.

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

GS1 US

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International standards

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. Food and Drug Administration