Chapter 12 e-commerce

Is defined as the use of digital technologies to permit organizations to work together to design, develop, build, and manage products through their life cycles

Collaborative commerce

Supply chain ———- Refers to differentiating a firms products or prices on the basis of superior supply chain management

Competition

E distributors are sometimes referred to as many to one markets, many sellers serving one firm

False

E distributors are sometimes referred to as mini to one markets, many sellers serving one firm

False

Few large firms today have electronica data interchange systems

False

MRO goods are also known as direct goods

False

Which of the following is not a typical barrier to the implementation of a private industrial network

It requires the large network owners to give up some of its independence.

Which of the following statements about EDI systems is true

They typically serve vertical markets

As a method for ensuring the suppliers precisely deliver ordered parts at a specific time into a particular location

Tight coupling

EDI systems generally serve vertical markets

True

Exchanges are use for spot purchasing of MRO supplies

True

Walmart is the largest producer of consumer goods in the world

True

A ——- Market is one that provides expertise and products for a specific industry

Vertical

Which of the following primarily involve long-term sourcing

e-procurement Net marketplaces and industry consortia

All the following have led to the development of outsourcing of manufacturing around the world except

environmental concerns

Which of the following primarily deal with direct goods

exchanges and industry consortia

Collaborative Commerce systems

foster sharing sensitive internal information with suppliers and purchasers.

Collaborative commerce systems

foster sharing sensitive internal information with suppliers and purchasers.

EDI document structures are defined by:

industry committees.

Which of the following is a method of inventory cost management that seeks to eliminate excess inventory

just-in-time production

All the following are potential benefits of B2B e-commerce except

lower price transparency

The last step in the procurement process is:

sending a remittance payment

Automated order entry systems: A) show goods from a single seller. B) increased the costs of inventory replenishment. C) are typically owned by the purchasing firm. D) no longer play an important role in B2B commerce.

A) show goods from a single seller.

Which of the following statements about B2B marketing is not true

Only 10% of B2B marketers use mobile marketing technologies

Supply chain is one in which the labor conditions and low wage, under developed producer countries are visible and morally acceptable to ultimate consumers and more developed industrial societies

Accountable

All of the following are forms of collaboration among businesses except

RFQs

System continuously links the activities of buying, making, and moving products from suppliers to purchasing firms, as well as in our grading order entry systems

SCM