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Supply chain glossary

Welcome to our glossary of Supply Chain terms.

Confused by supply chain and logistics jargon? This glossary is designed to offer common definitions of many of the words, phrases and abbreviations commonly used in the industry. It is not however intended to stand as the definitive dictionary for the food and grocery sector, and therefore variations in usage and meaning may exist.

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Vehicle Routing and Scheduling

The construction of delivery routes and schedules with the aim to balance total cost with service for given delivery and capacity constraints.  This can be done manually but the increasingly complex nature of retail distribution operations means that computerised routing and scheduling is more common.

VMI - Vendor Managed Inventory

In VMI the Vendor (supplier) has responsibility for maintaining retail or RDC stock levels in the most cost effective manner appropriate to the agreed service standards. See also Co-Managed Inventory and CRP.

Value Streams

A supply chain management approach that considers the 'horizontal' flow of value for each product family across the organisation from primary supply through to the end customer. Responsibility is given for acting as the guardian of the interests of the overall process and end-to-end value steam, as opposed to allowing individual functions, departments or teams to pull in their own direction. Action can then be taken to drive efficiencies across these value streams.

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