Exam 2: The Development of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

The observation that the number of transistors built onto a computer chip doubles every 18 months is known as:

One benefit of ERP systems is the elimination of updating and repairing many separate computer systems.

After a company chooses the modules they want to implement,they must decide on about ____ options,which allow the customer to customize the modules to fit their business to some extent.

The most current version of SAP's software is known as SAP ERP.

R/3's design incorporates ____________________,which means that R/3 designers choose the best,most efficient ways in which business processes should be handled.

Tolerance groups can be set in the SAP system as shown below.A tolerance setting is an example of one of the many _____________ settings in the SAP system.

Old systems are known as ____________________.

Individual information systems for each functional area in a company are known as silos.

In an ERP system,all modules access the ____________________.

Software ____ are individual programs that can be purchased,installed,and run separately,but extract data from the common database.

When a piece of equipment's capacity is exceeded,its capacity can be increased by adding new hardware.This is commonly known as:

Scalability refers to a piece of equipment's capacity being exceeded and that capacity being expanded by adding new hardware.

An assessment of an investment's project value that is calculated by dividing the value of the project's benefits by the value of the project's cost is known as a(n)____________________.

Defining the dollar limits on transactions in the SAP R/3 system is known as limiting the tolerance groups.