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:

Price Risk

The risk that the price of a financial asset will fluctuate, affecting the profit or loss of an investment.

Reinvestment Risk

The risk that future proceeds will have to be reinvested at a lower potential interest rate.

Interest Rate Risk

The risk that an investment's value will change due to a change in the absolute level of interest rates, in the spread between two rates, or in any other interest rate measure.

Duration Of Assets

The sensitivity of an asset's price to interest rate changes, expressed in years.