Which one of the following enterprise systems is social technologies increasingly integrating with?

Reengineering is all of the following except:Gradual and systematicThreatening to employeesAssociated with very high reward if it succeedsAssociated with quick rewards if it succeedsSometimes suspected to be used to justify downsizing

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The major difference between an ERP and ERP II system is this feature.Advances in software usability and flexibilityInformation is made immediately available to external stakeholders using social and collaborative toolsInformation is made available to all departments in the companyAdvance quering and reporting capabilitiesClose integration with e-business technologies

Information is made immediately available to external stakeholders using social and collaborative tools

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Early computer systems were designed to support the silo perspective rather than a cross-functional business process approach.TrueFalse

Which one of the following enterprise systems is social IT increasingly integrating with?ERPSCMPLMCRMSAP

ERP systems have all of the following characteristics except:They are expensiveThey are implemented in all, or nearly all, large organizationsThey are difficult to implementOrganizations use them to reduce redundancy and make better decisionsThey are expensive but are easy to use

They are expensive but are easy to use

Enterprise systems are useful for organizations seeking to do all of the following EXCEPT:Encourage duplication of dataCentralize decision makingMake effective use of organizational databasesUnify operationsStandardize processes (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

Encourage duplication of data

ERP systems are expensive for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:The software is costly to purchase.There is an enormous amount of work required to implement.There are a number of hidden costs such as project management, training and support.They require organizational changes and impact the way people work.They do not require business process redesign.

They do not require business process redesign.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car was able to model and better understand how service requests were handles and then optimize the process, greatly benefiting the customer experience. Enterprise achieved this benefit using which tool?Business Process Management (BPM)Radical redesignNew Product Development (NPD)Six sigmaProduct life cycle management

Business Process Management (BPM)

These are comprehensive software packages that incorporate all modules needed to run the internal operations of business. They should include the following modules: Manufacturing, Accounting, Human Resources and Sales.SCM systemsGroupware systemERP systemsCRM systemsPLM systems

In this business structure the firm is a hierarchy organized around a set of functions. Each group has a core competency that it concentrates upon. TechnologyBusiness reengineering approachFunctionalProcess ControlBusiness process

Apple Inc. has developed iTunes, a unique propriety software system that supports Apple's need to delivery digital content to its customers. Apple chooses to develop iTunes rather than use an existing enterprise system solution, most likely because:The critical process of content delivery is Apple's strategic advantage.The ability to integrate with existing enterprise systems does not exist.It was too costly for Apple to purchase an enterprise system.The existing solutions were developed by a fierce competitor.Apple was not satisfied with the look and feel of existing enterprise systems.

The critical process of content delivery is Apple's strategic advantage.

Sloan Valve Company redesigned their new product development process and as a result greatly reduced time-to-market as well as improved quality. Which one of the following enterprise systems supported Sloan's transformation?ERPSCMPLMTQMNPD (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

The system should drive the transformation in a company when:The firm has competitive advantage because of its processes.Advantageous processes exist in the organization.When a firm has been around for a long time.When the systems are in a crisis.When employees have quite a lot of knowledge about transformation in the firm.

When the systems are in a crisis.

When would an organization elect to use BPR over TQM?When they want to make small, incremental changesWhen they need to attain aggressive improvement goalsWhen they have time to refine their improvement goalsWhen there is not a need to make significant immediate changesWhen they want the employees to have control over the changes

When they need to attain aggressive improvement goals

ERP systems are credited with establishing new business models, rather than simply making a firm improve its practices.TrueFalse

At the heart of how a business operates, you will find a collection of core business processes.TrueFalse

All of the following are negative outcomes found in a firm that is set up using a functional model, EXCEPT for:suboptimizationcommunication gapslose site of the business goalslost informationredundancy of expertise

The Six Sigma process received its name from:The intersection of six bell curves, where there are no errorsSix degrees of freedom in removing an error, called "sigma"Six tries to change or give upSix standard deviations, or less than 3.4 defects per millionSigma, the computer company that invented it

Six standard deviations, or less than 3.4 defects per million

Organizations use the enterprise system to drive the redesign of a business process (rather than the process driving the system implementation) for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:The organization is just starting out and has no defined processes.The business process itself is not seen as a competitive strategic advantage.There is little time or resources to deviate from best practices.The organization has highly specialized processes that are not seen as best practices.The needs of the business are met by the enterprise system.

The organization has highly specialized processes that are not seen as best practices.

The inability to coordinate workflow across organizational boundaries

____________ is an all-encompassing tool used for modeling, building, executing and monitoring business processes that go across organizational boundaries (and often systems).Enterprise systemWorkflow diagramsSharePointBusiness Process Management systemsIntegrated information systems

Business Process Management systems

Computer systems in the 1960s and early 1970s were typically designed around a specific departmental need and did not interface very well. These systems were designed to support:The functional perspective.The entire enterprise.The silo perspective.Incremental change.Social IT and mobile needs.

The Process Perspective is also called the Silo perspective,TrueFalse

All of the following are good metrics a firm can use to measure the success of a business process EXCEPT for:A customer's satisfaction with the quality of the product received.The time elapsed from when the customer placed an order to the time the product is received.The change is demographics of a region.The number of orders the customer places in a given timeframe.Revenue received from a service.

The change is demographics of a region.

Personnel often react more favorable to incremental change rather than radical change because incremental change gives them control and ownership of improvements.TrueFalse

ERP has all of the following advantages except:Modules throughout a corporation can communicate with each otherWhile purchasing is difficult, the vendors such as SAP make it worthwhile due to easy implementationHave predefined software that represents "pretty good practices" or even "best practices"Enables standardized procedures in an organizationReduces inconsistent data stored in various locations of the organization

While purchasing is difficult, the vendors such as SAP make it worthwhile due to easy implementation

The functional perspective keeps the "big picture" in view.TrueFalse

Business processes are functional in nature and rarely cut across different departments in an organization.TrueFalse