Organizations Must Have a Strategy for Managing All the Resources

question 144

Multiple Choice

Organizations must have a strategy for managing all the resources that are involved in meeting customer demand for their product or service. This strategy is developed in the ________ component of SCM.

• A) deliver
• B) make
• C) plan
• D) return
• E) source

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Definitions:

Spreadsheet Software

An application program such as Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 that enables a user to do calculations and numerical analyses easily.

Enterprise Resource Planning

A type of software that organizations use to manage day-to-day business activities such as accounting, procurement, project management, and manufacturing.

Back Office

The administrative and support personnel in an organization who are not client-facing.

Database Software

An electronic filing system best used for larger and more complicated groups of data that require more than one table and the ability to group, sort, and retrieve data and generate reports.