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1. What is the purpose of a supply chain management information system?
To keep track of customers purchasing products at the end of a supply chain
To manage the financial aspects of an organization’s supply chain management sales
To manage the flow of materials, products, and data throughout a supply chain
To keep track of suppliers providing raw materials
2. What is the main purpose of an ERP system?
Store data from an organization, so that the organization's employees, partners and company shareholders can all view current operational data from within the company.
To create separate data repositories for each business department, so that the data doesn't get mixed up.
Locate all data from an organization with managers and executives so it can be provided to other employees as needed.
Centralize and manage data from throughout an organization.
3. How do ERP systems work?
They use software to integrate an organization's business processes and smaller specialized information systems, which allows access to centralized data and enhanced communication.
They use software to organize data into separate departmental databases so that each department's data does not get confused with another department's data.
They use software to ensure that each department has a separate copy of the organization's customer information; that way each department can update it with only the information their employees need.
They use software to integrate the steps in each individual business process into a single, larger, more complex process.