Exam 10: Information Systems Within the Organization

In the ___ process, the company sells goods to a customer.

________ is an extended ERP module.

A TPS supports the monitoring, collecting, storage, and processing of ________ from the organization's basic business transactions.

You get a sales report every month to show the products sold from each state. You notice the sales from California are down from last month, so you click on the state to get more detailed information on each sales person. You notice one salesperson sold 10% of what he did the previous year. This is an example of a(n) ________ report.

There are many laws protecting employee privacy in the workplace and as a result, Three Square Market employees had no privacy concerns with regard to microchip implantation.

________ is part of the ________ process and occurs when the company is trying to increase its inventory.

If your organization collects transactions and processes them at night, this is called _________.

________ systems are interorganizational ERP systems that provide web-enabled links among a company's key business systems and its customers, suppliers, distributors, and other relevant parties.

The Ziosk system allows customers to do all of the following activities except

________ is a disadvantage of ERP.

________ is an approach that integrates various automated factory systems.

Which statement about Olive Garden's experiences is NOT true? .

TPSs are critical to the success of any enterprise.

________ are inputs for _________.

A(n) ________ supports the monitoring, collecting, storage, and processing of data from the organization's basic business transactions, each of which generates data.

Why are TPSs so critical to the success of any enterprise? What must TPSs do to work properly and successfully? How do you think a company like Walmart uses a TPS?

Your southern region is not doing very well. You want to know why, so you ask for a special report showing the numbers for the southern region compared to the northern, eastern, and western regions. This is a(n) ________ report.

List and describe the three cross-departmental processes common to most companies. How could an organization use an ERP system to manage these processes? Would it be better for an organization to use a cloud-based ERP system (why or why not)?

MRP is an earlier evolution of _________.

As the CEO of Widget Inc., you get a monthly report on the percentage of orders going through e-commerce. This is a(n) ________ report.