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1. Cloud-based ERP systems are similar to traditional ERP systems. They do have some extra benefits. Which of the options below is a benefit of cloud-based ERP?
All of an organization's IT staff can be eliminated because the organization no longer needs any hardware or software.
More affordable because little or no additional software or hardware are needed to run the system.
Cloud-based ERP systems run faster, so they save cost less for an organization to implement.
Only cloud-based ERP systems can be customized to an organization's specific business needs, so they cost an organization less to implement.
2. What does Blue-White's ERP system enable them to do?
Handle the complex bill of materials and business processes on the manufacturing shop
Enable real-time visibility for all users throughout the company
Make the business processes more lean, efficient and reduce waste
All of these are capabilities of the ERP
3. You may have heard in some of the assigned videos that ERP and SCM systems have some overlapping capabilities. Which of the following statements is true regarding each system's functionality?
SCM and ERP systems have mostly the same function and are used interchangeably.
ERP systems integrate all a company's functionalities and business processes into an organization-wide information system that can be built to integrate many supply chain management functions.
Companies don't really utilize either type of these information systems, so the differences aren't important.