What Is Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)

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Multiple Choice

What is enterprise application integration (EAI) ?

• A) The management of information flows between and among activities in a supply chain to maximize total supply chain effectiveness and corporate profitability.
• B) Integrates all departments and functions throughout an organization into a single IT system (or integrated set of IT systems) so employees can make decisions by viewing enterprisewide information about all business operations.
• C) A means of managing all aspects of a customer's relationship with an organization to increase customer loyalty and retention and an organization's profitability.
• D) Connects the plans, methods, and tools aimed at integrating separate enterprise system.

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Definitions:

Capillary Action

The ability of water to move in small-diameter tubes as a consequence of its cohesive and adhesive properties.

Surface Tension

The attraction that the molecules at the surface of a liquid may have for one another.

Osmosis

The net movement of water (the principal solvent in biological systems) by diffusion through a selectively permeable membrane from a region of higher concentration of water (a hypotonic solution) to a region of lower concentration of water (a hypertonic solution).

Capillary Action

The ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of, and in opposition to, external forces like gravity.