Exam 18: Supply Chain Information Systems and Electronic Sourcing

SRM and CRM applications are directly focused on planning and managing the firm's internal linkages.

Because of the Internet,SRM and CRM systems allow access to ERP systems from external sources.

Before ERP,every functional area had its own set of software applications,often running on completely different systems.

____ is a communications standard that supports interorganizational electronic exchange of common business documents and information.

A/An ____ is an integrated collection of computer files capable of storing operational data essential for managing a department.

In a regular reverse auction,prices are anonymous,and the identity of the competitors is provided to all sellers.

As organizations continue to face increasing cost pressure,they are relying more on people to do the work of systems.

In ERP,visibility of specific transactions taking place in each business process is accessible to everyone in the organization.

Which of the following is not one of the spending reduction strategies used following a spend analysis?

A/An ____ is a request to submit a proposal based on a set of specifications provided by a buyer.

The most important benefit of a visibility system is not that the system is able to correct a supply chain problem but that it allows people to become aware of problems earlier and thus take corrective actions more quickly that they would otherwise.

In a/an ____,prices are revealed to all sellers; however,the identity of the competitors remains anonymous.

____ is Internet-based,and users share software and other information that is provided to computers and mobile devices on demand.

Participants in blog sites are free to post their reactions,and individuals can respond to other participants' responses.

A/An ____ is typically organized around specific modules that interact with different elements of the purchasing database,elements of the ERP system,and integration of data obtained through external EDI or web-based communications with suppliers or customers.

____ systems attempt to allocate fixed logistics capacity in the best possible way,given business requirements.

When it comes time to create an information system around business processes,few companies discover that they must also reengineer or change those business processes before they can build an information system around them.

In theory,a data warehouse is organized around informational subjects rather than specific business processes.

A/An ____ system provides the means for tracking organizational resources,including people,processes,and technology.

When companies map what they believe a process looks like,they discover that the actual process is quite different from what they thought it would look like.