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1. Accurate Response
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SCM103 p. 3
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2. Activity-Based Costing
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SCM102 p. 22
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3. Allocation Gaming
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SCM101 p. 7 SCM102 p. 15
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4. Automated Transactions
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SCM104 p. 15
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5. B2B
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SCM104 p. 2
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6. B2C
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SCM104 p. 2
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7. Beer Game
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SCM102 p. 8 SCM102 p. 9 SCM102 p. 10
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8. Build-to-Order
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SCM101 p. 5 SCM103 p. 4 SCM105 p. 6
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9. Build-to-Stock
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SCM101 p. 5 SCM105 p. 4
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10. Bullwhip Effect
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SCM101 p. 7 SCM102 p. 7
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11. Bullwhip Metric
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SCM105 p. 10
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12. Business Process Modification
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SCM104 p. 12
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13. Business Strategy
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SCM105 p. 3
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14. Cash Conversion Cycle
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SCM101 p. 9 SCM105 p. 8
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15. Chain-Wide Metrics
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SCM101 p. 9 SCM105 p. 12
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16. Component Commonality
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SCM102 p. 7 SCM103 p. 6 SCM106 p. 2
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17. Conjoint Analysis
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SCM106 p. 14
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18. Contribution Margin
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SCM102 p. 3 SCM103 p. 7
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19. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
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(Used throughout; definition provided) |
20. Decision Support System
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SCM104 p. 12
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21. Demand Variability
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SCM101 p. 4
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22. Direct Sales
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SCM102 p. 19
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23. Downstream
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SCM101 p. 2
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24. Dynamic Pricing
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SCM101 p. 10 SCM104 p. 15
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25. Efficient Supply Chain
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SCM101 p. 12 SCM102 p. 4 SCM102 p. 5
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26. Engineering Change Order (ECO)
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(Used throughout; definition provided) |
27. Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
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SCM104 p. 13
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28. EVA
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SCM105 p. 9
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29. Functional Product
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SCM101 p. 12 SCM102 p. 3
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30. Hedging
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SCM103 p. 12
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31. Hockey Stick Effect
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SCM102 p. 13 SCM102 p. 16
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32. Information Distortion
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SCM101 p. 7 SCM102 p. 12
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33. Information Hub
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SCM104 p. 10
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34. Innovative Product
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SCM101 p. 12 SCM102 p. 3
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35. Integral Design
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SCM102 p. 7 SCM106 p. 2
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36. Inventory as Time Supply
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SCM105 p. 7
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37. Inventory Control
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(Used throughout; definition provided) |
38. Inventory Holding Cost
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SCM105 p. 7
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39. Inventory Turns
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SCM102 p. 4 SCM105 p. 7
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40. Inventory Value
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SCM105 p. 7
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41. Lead Time
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SCM101 p. 3 SCM102 p. 4
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42. Line Item Fill Rate
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SCM105 p. 4
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43. Long-Term Contract
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SCM104 p. 11
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44. Markdown
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SCM102 p. 3
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45. Market Capitalization
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SCM105 p. 9
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46. Mass Customization
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SCM103 p. 4 SCM106 p. 14
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47. Metrics
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(Used throughout; definition provided) |
48. Modularity
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SCM102 p. 7 SCM106 p. 2
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49. Newsvendor Model
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SCM103 p. 7 SCM103 p. 8
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50. NPI
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(Used throughout; definition provided) |
51. Order Batching
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SCM101 p. 7 SCM102 p. 13
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52. Order Fill Rate
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SCM105 p. 4
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53. Organizational Silos
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SCM101 p. 3 SCM101 p. 6
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54. Overage Cost
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SCM103 p. 7
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55. Plant Utilization
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SCM105 p. 2
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56. Postponement
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SCM101 p. 8 SCM102 p. 7 SCM106 p. 7 SCM106 p. 8 SCM106 p. 9 SCM106 p. 10 SCM106 p. 11
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57. Pre-Positioning
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SCM103 p. 5
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58. Price Elasticity
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SCM103 p. 13
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59. Private Exchange
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SCM104 p. 9
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60. Process Variability
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SCM101 p. 4
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61. Product Life Cycle
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SCM102 p. 3 SCM102 p. 6
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62. Promotions
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SCM101 p. 7 SCM102 p. 14
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63. Public Exchange
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SCM104 p. 9
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64. Push-Pull Point
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SCM101 p. 5 SCM106 p. 13
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65. Responsive Supply Chain
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SCM101 p. 12 SCM102 p. 4 SCM102 p. 5
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66. RFID
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SCM105 p. 12
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67. Risk Sharing
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SCM103 p. 14 SCM103 p. 15 SCM103 p. 16
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68. Risk-Based Production Planning
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SCM103 p. 3
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69. ROI
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SCM105 p. 9
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70. Safety Stock
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SCM102 p. 20 SCM106 p. 9
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71. SKU
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(Used throughout; definition provided) |
72. Spot Market
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SCM104 p. 11
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73. Stockout
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SCM102 p. 3
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74. Supplier-Managed Availability (SMA)
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SCM102 p. 18
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75. Supply Chain
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SCM101 p. 1
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76. Supply Chain Cycle Time
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SCM105 p. 8
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77. Supply Variability
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SCM101 p. 4 SCM103 p. 10
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78. Tradeoff Curve
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SCM101 p. 6
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79. Underage Cost
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SCM103 p. 7
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80. Unit Cost
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(Used throughout; definition provided) |
81. Unit Fill Rate
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SCM105 p. 4
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82. Universality
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SCM106 p. 3
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83. Upstream
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SCM101 p. 2
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84. Value Proposition
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SCM105 p. 3
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85. Vendor-Managed Inventory
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SCM102 p. 17
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86. Virtual Integration
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SCM104 p. 6
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87. Web Services
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SCM101 p. 11 SCM104 p. 13
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