Fhyzics brought out this series of articles on supply chain terminologies to help the supply chain aspirants better prepare for supply chain and procurement job interviews. Each article will contain a set of terminologies in one of the supply chain or procurement sub-domains and are equally applicable to all industries.

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Top Managing Teams and Individuals Terminologies

Activities
Alienation
Assertiveness
Autopoiesis
Behaviors
Bench strength
Bureaucracy
Co-operativeness
Collective efficacy
Competencies
Complementarity
Construct validity
Contingency
Critical-dialectical discourse
Cybernetics
Dialogic
Diversity
Domino
Double-loop learning
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)
Employee voice
Flexible Working
Formal learning
Frame of reference
Function
G Factor
Generativity
Groupthink
Habit of mind
Heterogeneous
Honesty
Idiographic
In-group
Integrity
Intellectual capital
Job design
Job satisfaction
Learning
Metaphor
Motivation
Network management
Neuroplasticity
Nomothetic
Organisational behaviour
Organisational learning
Out-group
Person-job fit
Personality
Pluralist
Policies
Postmodernism
Predictive validity
Psychological collectivism
Psychological contract
Psychosocial crisis
Psychosocial development
Referent group
Reflection-on-action
Self-efficacy
Single-loop learning
Social capital
Socio-technical
Spontaneous learning
Strategic drivers
System theory
Taxonomies
Transactional leadership
Unitarist

The fifty questions presented above will help the following supply chain job interviews. Demand Planner; Production Planner; Supply Planner; Supply Chain Analyst; Supply Chain Head; Inventory Controller; Materials Planner; VP Supply Chain; Warehouse Executive; Warehouse Manager; Inventory Analyst; Master Planner; Master Scheduler; Materials Manager; Category Manager; Commodity Manager; Procurement Specialist; Purchasing Manager; Sourcing Manager; Operations Manager; Operations Director; Production Manager; Production Scheduler; Logistics Coordinator; Logistics Manager; Transportation Analyst; Inventory Manager; Director of Supply Chain; Consultant; Buyer Planner; Logistics Resource Planner; Load Planner; Quality Manager; Production Supervisor; Production Operative; Strategic Sourcing Manager; Purchasing and Inventory Clerk; Logistics Administrator; Reverse Logistics Manager; Transport Administrator; Supply Chain Solution Design Analyst; Warehouse Clerk; Production Clerk; Production Technician; Inventory Associate; Export Manager; Capacity Manager; Manufacturing Manager; Plant Manager; VP of Operations; VP of Manufacturing; Supply Clerk; Replenishment Manager; Director of Procurement; Purchasing Agent; Vendor Manager; Fulfillment Associate; Route Manager; Import Manager; Distribution Manager; Director of Transportation; Operations Assistant; Quality Technician; Business Process Analyst; Quality Assurance Engineer; Continuous Improvement Manager; Planning Engineer; Lean, Six Sigma Specialist; SAP Consultant; Import Export Executive; Supply Network Specialist; Material Availability Analyst; Team Manager SCM; SCM Trainer; Sr. Specialist Supply Chain Logistics Management; Sustainable Supply Chain Specialist; Supply Chain Planner; Manager Supply Chain Management Analytics; Procurement Lead; Manager Store; Procurement Professional; Logistics Specialist; Global Delivery Manager; Sourcing Support Specialist; Category Head; Regional Logistics Incharge; Dispatch Incharge; Digital Transformation Leader for Supply Chain; Field Delivery Executive; Indirect Procurement Officer; DC Manager; Regional Procurement Lead; Yard Supervisor; Principal Buyer; Procurement HR; Fleet Coordinator; Supplier Developer; Vendor Consultant; Transportation Analyst; Manager Hub Operations; Supply Chain Planning System Manager;