Exam 11: B2b E-Commerce: Supply Chain Management and Collaborative Commerce

Define and explain supply chain management systems, supply chain simplification, and collaborative commerce, and the relationship between these concepts.

________ is another name for transorganizational business processes.

An ________ primarily serves businesses that primarily buy direct goods on a spot purchasing basis.

An ________ primarily serves businesses that primarily buy indirect goods on a contract purchasing basis.

An ________ is an independently owned, online marketplace that connects hundreds to potentially thousands of suppliers and buyers in a dynamic, real-time environment.

________ can be viewed as "extended enterprises" in the sense that they often begin as ERP systems in a single firm and are then expanded to include the firm's major suppliers.

Which of the following primarily deal with direct goods?

All of the following have led to the development of outsourcing of manufacturing around the world except:

Analysts predict that B2B e-commerce in the United States will grow by 2016 to approximately:

Which of the following statements about B2B electronic storefronts is not true?

In 2012, the total amount of B2B e-commerce in the United States was approximately:

Industry consortia are more focused on optimizing short-term supply relationships than independent exchanges, which tend to focus more on long-term transactions.

The last step in the procurement process is:

An ________ provides electronic catalogs that represent the products of thousands of direct manufacturers.

The majority of inter-firm trade involves:

Office supplies are an example of:

All of the following are potential benefits of B2B e-commerce except:

An example of an indirect good in the fast-food industry is:

What are private industrial networks? In what ways can they support collaborative commerce?

All of the following statements about e-distributors are true except: