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Course: Bcom International Supply Chain Management (IMM)
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Seasonal Unemployment

Seasonal unemployment refers to people who are employed in seasonal jobs and become unemployed out of season.

Seasonality

Seasonality refers to predictable changes that occur over a one-year period in a business or economy based on the seasons including calendar or commercial seasons. One example of a seasonal measure is retail sales, which typically sees higher spending during the fourth quarter of the calendar year.

Securities

Securities are documents that state the interest rate payable on a loan and when the loan must be paid back.

Selection

Entails the process of deciding on the most suitable candidate for appointment in a position.

Selection Criteria

Selection criteria is a principle or standard (criteria) by which something may be judged or decided. It is how you choose something like customers, suppliers or staff memebers.

Sell Sequence

The SELL sequence is a selling technique that helps the salesperson to stress product benefits that would satisfy the needs (wants) of the customer.

Semi-durable Goods

Semi-durable goods are goods that can be used repeatedly for a short period of time, example sports equipment.

Services

Services are non-tangible actions, example haircuts.

Shareholders' Value

Shareholder value is a business term, sometimes phrased as shareholder value maximization or as the shareholder value model, which implies that the ultimate measure of a company's success is the extent to which it enriches shareholders.

Shift of the Demand Curve

Shift of the demand curve refers to moving an entire demand curve to a new position.