Exam 2: The Development of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

When the network's capacity can be expanded by the addition of a server,it's called ____________________.

____ is the conducting of business over the Internet.

Silos of information are also known as stovepipes.

Which R/3 module records transactions in the general ledger?

SAP's internal programming language is ____________________.

____________________ states that the number of transistors on a computer chip doubles every 18 months.

Which of the following modules in SAP ERP maintains production information.

The functional model of business and management was useful for decades and is still the current school of thought.

The technology to hold data in an organized fashion,and to retrieve that data easily,is the ____________________.

SAP expanded into international markets but kept the software in a single language,German,and a single currency,the Euro.

Which ERP package is a popular software choice for managing human resources and financial activities at universities?

Discuss the reasons behind a bumpy rollout of an ERP system.Cite some real examples.

Not every company is suited to ERP systems.

In the following figure,data is entered into the system once and then used throughout the organization.

SAP's biggest competitor is ____________________.

The statistical and logical analysis of large sets of transaction data is known as ____________________.

In the 1980s,____,the technology that holds data in an organized fashion,existed for ERP development.

One assessment of a project's value is calculated by the:

SAP's internal programming language is called:

An ERP system for a large company will cost ____,including software,training,and implementation.