inventory or goods or stockpiling? Tangible items awaiting sale or use. Page 9 2nd Ed, Page 11 Click here for Hint

bill of materials or inventory or project? A unique collection of activities creating a particular outcome. Page 15 2nd Ed, Page 17 Click here for Hint

incident or robustness or ethics? complex adaptive system A natural or artificial entity that consists of many semi-autonomous parts, whose actions and interactions define the behavior and success of the whole. 2nd Ed, Page 8 Click here for Hint

value creation or sustainability or scientific management? Achieving positive value-added. Page 3 2nd Ed, Page 3 Click here for Hint

scientific management or sustainability or ethics? Principles governing conduct, delineating good from bad. Page 7 2nd Ed, Page 9 Click here for Hint

remanufacturing or NGO or lean? Production of finished goods from the recycled components of returned goods. 2nd Ed, Page 6 Click here for Hint

green Assures sustainability. ethics or lean or green? Page 6 2nd Ed, Page 6 Click here for Hint

planning horizon or incident or value-added? The farthest point in the future considered in decision making. Page 18 2nd Ed, Page 22 Click here for Hint

strategy or productivity or business analytics? A measurement of value creation, calculated as a ratio of the values of output to input. Page 3 2nd Ed, Page 3 Click here for Hint

planning horizon or tactics or iterative planning? Deliberately adjusting plans at short intervals, to reflect new information. Page 16 2nd Ed, Page 19 Click here for Hint

lean or green or sustainability? Operating without waste. Page 6 2nd Ed, Page 6 Click here for Hint

strategy or tactics or business analytics? A methodology and resulting plan that identifies the long-term goals of an organization. Page 18 2nd Ed, Page 21 Click here for Hint

tangibility or responsibility or sustainability? The degree of perceivable, physical essence of a product. Page 8 2nd Ed, Page 10 Click here for Hint

supply chain or NGO or biomimicry? A nongovernmental organization, understood to be a nonprofit organization as well. Page 13 2nd Ed, Page 16 Click here for Hint

processes or supply chain or operations? A set of activities dedicated to the transformation of inputs into outputs of greater value. Page 2 2nd Ed, Page 2 Click here for Hint

responsibility or productivity or sustainability? An obligation to perform. Page 7 2nd Ed, Page 9 Click here for Hint

biomimicry The imitation of natural processes and systems. biomimicry or supply chain or incident? biomimicry The imitation of natural processes and systems. Page 5 2nd Ed, Page 6 Click here for Hint

tactics or processes or value creation? Activities that transform inputs into outputs. Page 3 2nd Ed, Page 3 Click here for Hint

goods or inventory or project? Tangible products. Page 8 2nd Ed, Page 10 Click here for Hint

scientific management or business analytics or local optimization? Continuous investigation of business performance using large volumes of data. Page 18 2nd Ed, Page 22 Click here for Hint

bill of materials A description of all raw inputs or bill of materials or processes? bill of materials A description of all raw materials and intermediate assemblies required to create a finished product. Page 10 2nd Ed, Page 13 Click here for Hint

biomimicry or NGO or redundancy? Duplication of an element within a system. 2nd Ed, Page 8 Click here for Hint

NGO or scientific management or value chain? A system consisting of’ all functions within an organization that play some role in adding value to the organization’s product. Page 12 2nd Ed, Page 14 Click here for Hint

green or sustainability or ethics? The degree to which activity with immediate benefit does not incur greater costs in the long term. Page 4 2nd Ed, Page 4 Click here for Hint

robustness or lean or tactics? Providing stable reliability despite changing conditions. 2nd Ed, Page 7 Click here for Hint

ethics or business analytics or scientific management? A methodology stressing the use of data collection and analysis to redesign processes and improve efficiency. Page 14 2nd Ed, Page 17 Click here for Hint

bill of materials or stockpiling or business analytics? Producing or securing goods in advance of demand. Page 9 2nd Ed, Page 11 Click here for Hint

project or incident or planning horizon? An unscheduled event requiring immediate resolution. Page 16 2nd Ed, Page 19 Click here for Hint

goods or value-added or stockpiling? The difference between the total value of the outputs and the total value of the inputs associated with an operation. Page 3 2nd Ed, Page 33 Click here for Hint

biomimicry or bill of materials or supply chain? A system consisting of all organizations that play some role in supplying a particular product to a customer. Page 11 2nd Ed, Page 13 Click here for Hint

responsibility or productivity or tactics? Means to pursue strategic goals with available resources. Page 18 2nd Ed, Page 21 Click here for Hint

ethics or scientific management or local optimization? Localized problem solving that ignores any larger problem of which the local decision is a component. Page 12 2nd Ed, Page 15 Click here for Hint

goods or services or productivity? Intangible products. Page 8 2nd Ed, Page 10 Click here for Hint