Exam 5: Information Systems for the Enterprise

CNN deployed Salesforce.com for its sales team; it provides real-time web-accessible metrics showing number of new accounts for each rep, and it automatically sends e-mails to the whole organization to recognize and congratulate the top performers. This works on which of the following principles?

Companies have replaced sharing information through electronic markets with electronic data interchange.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the engineered suite?

Which sensing device would be appropriate for the supply chain of a blood bank?

Which of the following strategies for integrating ERP modules is built from the ground up with consistent user interfaces, integrated backend database, and a single architectural foundation?

How does integration of components in a financial management system lead to paperless workflows?

Which of the following metrics helps organizations in retaining customers?

Transportation management software (TMS) is used to ________.

Which of the following software is used to ensure compliance for cross-border transactions for importers and exporters?

________ describes how easily managers can track timely and accurate supply chain metrics.

Laid-off workers, who are hired back when business recovers based on their positive attitude and networking capabilities, are also called ________.

In China, different accounting standards have been used to judge the value of companies that were formed as a result of mergers between state-controlled and privately-held enterprises.

An electronic bridge between partner companies in a supply chain that is used to transmit real-time information about orders, inventories, invoices, and other data is called ________.

Modules such as collections, debt management, travel and expense management, and installment payments, are usually found in a ________.

Nonprofits need additional modules for their financial systems to track and manage grants and gifts from foundations or individuals.

In an ERP suite that includes modules specialized for higher education, which of the following would be used to track donations, pledges, and gifts, and manage contacts and donor relationships?

Which of the following would airport operators and airlines use for optimizing their staff schedule of ground personnel?

Which of the following is a function of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)?

Why does a clothes manufacturing company that follows a low-cost leadership strategy post the "All sales final" sign on its products?

Demand forecast accuracy is important because overestimating demand leads to ________.