Mohawk's Need for Flexibility Required a Change to Its IT

question 15

Multiple Choice

Mohawk's need for flexibility required a change to its IT architecture. SOA was chosen by Mohawk because Mohawk:

• A) Needed to be able to scale up or down operations as called for by the market or by its own arrangements with suppliers
• B) Wanted to eliminate the dependency on its ERP system.
• C) Needed to upgrade its infrastructure components to meet the increased IT demands.
• D) Believed that SOA provides the appropriate level of security it did not have with its original architecture.
• E) Benefited from standardizing on the SAP suite of products and reducing its reliance on multiple vendors.

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Describe how misestimates of natural unemployment rates can affect economic policies and outcomes.

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Definitions:

Advertising

The action or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services to influence consumer behaviors.

Network Externalities

The value of a product to a consumer increases with the number of that product being sold or used in the market.

Product Variety

The range of different products or services offered by a company or available in a market.

Cost Economies

Refers to economies of scale where the average cost per unit of production decreases as the volume of production increases.