BI 255 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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In a manufacturing firm's supply chain, raw materials are transformed into
finished goods through which process?
Supply Chain Management
A key decision in supply chain management (SCM) related to manufacturing is
what?
Location, inventory, production, and transportation
A key decision in supply chain management (SCM) related to inventory is what?
When an order should be placed/how much should be ordered
Who are the vendor/s that offer/s comprehensive solutions for organizations that
do not have in-house resources to develop a supply chain management (SCM)
system?
SAP, Oracle, JDA Software, Ariba, and Manhattan Associates
5. What do you understand by the word "auctions"?
Inviting people to submit bids for products and services (one to many relationship)
6. What do you understand by the word "e-ditribution"?
A marketplace owned and operated by a third party that provides: Electronic catalog of
products, maintenance, repair and operations (MRO services), Fast delivery, lower
prices. Assistance to reduce time and expense of searching for goods
7. What are the processes that will help businesses maintain a competitive edge
in the supply chain by solving time-constraint problems for international trade
and making it possible to conduct business around the clock?
Collaborative Planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR)
8. What do many companies substitute for printing, mailing, and faxing paper
documents, such as purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notice in supply
chain management (SCM)?
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
9. What markup languages have helped organizations use the Internet and Open
electronic data interchange (EDI) perform the same function as that of traditional
EDI in the context of supply chain management (SCM) systems?
XML
10. The decisions about the type of file structure to be used are taken by whom in
a decision support system (DSS)?
Technical Designer
11. Who in executive information system (EIS) is responsible for managing data
access?
Administrative Module
12. What module of an executive information system (EIS) is responsible for
using the system?
Runtime Module
13. Managers use executive information systems (EISs) to do what?
LATEST UPDATE
In a manufacturing firm's supply chain, raw materials are transformed into
finished goods through which process?
Supply Chain Management
A key decision in supply chain management (SCM) related to manufacturing is
what?
Location, inventory, production, and transportation
A key decision in supply chain management (SCM) related to inventory is what?
When an order should be placed/how much should be ordered
Who are the vendor/s that offer/s comprehensive solutions for organizations that
do not have in-house resources to develop a supply chain management (SCM)
system?
SAP, Oracle, JDA Software, Ariba, and Manhattan Associates
5. What do you understand by the word "auctions"?
Inviting people to submit bids for products and services (one to many relationship)
6. What do you understand by the word "e-ditribution"?
A marketplace owned and operated by a third party that provides: Electronic catalog of
products, maintenance, repair and operations (MRO services), Fast delivery, lower
prices. Assistance to reduce time and expense of searching for goods
7. What are the processes that will help businesses maintain a competitive edge
in the supply chain by solving time-constraint problems for international trade
and making it possible to conduct business around the clock?
Collaborative Planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR)
8. What do many companies substitute for printing, mailing, and faxing paper
documents, such as purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notice in supply
chain management (SCM)?
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
9. What markup languages have helped organizations use the Internet and Open
electronic data interchange (EDI) perform the same function as that of traditional
EDI in the context of supply chain management (SCM) systems?
XML
10. The decisions about the type of file structure to be used are taken by whom in
a decision support system (DSS)?
Technical Designer
11. Who in executive information system (EIS) is responsible for managing data
access?
Administrative Module
12. What module of an executive information system (EIS) is responsible for
using the system?
Runtime Module
13. Managers use executive information systems (EISs) to do what?
