IS-CH 10

The Army's legacy systems are remarkably efficient and effective even though they are so old.

FALSE

less expensive

Organizations typically invest in cloud-based ERP systems because they are _________.

drill-down

A(n) ________ report displays a greater level of detail.

________ integrate the planning, management, and use of all of an organization's resources and are designed to tightly integrate the functional areas of the organization.

Enterprise resource planning systems

Each department or functional area within an organization has its own collection of application programs or _________.

FAIS

As of late 2016, the Army successfully implemented an ERP system.

FALSE

ERP software includes a set of dependent software modules, each with its own database, that provide support for the business processes in the functional areas.

FALSE

Enterprise resource planning software is relatively straightforward to implement.

FALSE

A(n) ________ supports the monitoring, collecting, storage, and processing of data from the organization's basic business transactions, each of which generates data.

TPS

ERP helps get rid of information silos caused by FAIS.

TRUE

Financial management, operations management, and human resource management are core ERP modules.

TRUE

Organizations can use SaaS to acquire cloud-based ERP systems.

TRUE

TPSs collect data continuously, typically in real time.

TRUE

The major objective of ERP Systems is to integrate an organization's various functional areas to facilitate the seamless flow of information.

TRUE

The major objectives of ERP systems are to tightly integrate the functional areas of the organization and to enable information to flow seamlessly across them.

TRUE

fulfillment

The ________ process originates in the sales department and ends in the accounting department.

Custom

With the ________ approach to on-premise ERP implementation, a company develops new ERP functions designed specifically for that firm.

Vanilla

With the ________ approach to on-premise ERP implementation, a company implements a standard ERP package using the package's built-in configuration options.

IBM

________ is NOT an ERP software vendor.

cost

________ is a disadvantage of ERP.

control

________ is a disadvantage of cloud-based ERP systems.

cost

________ is an advantage of cloud-based ERP systems.

Business Intelligence

________ is an extended ERP module.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

________ is an extended ERP module.

Supply Chain Management

________ is an extended ERP module.

Your southern region is not doing very well. You want to know why, so you ask for a special report showing the numbers for the southern region compared to the northern, eastern, and western regions. This is a(n) ________ report.

ad hoc

If your organization collects transactions and processes them at night, this is called _________.

batch processing

Munchery delivers ________ food.

cold

Which of the following is FALSE of Munchery?

revenue model is advertising

________ reports are produced at scheduled intervals.

routine