What Is a Supply Chain Execution System

question 73

Multiple Choice

What is a supply chain execution system?

• A) Views all areas up and down the supply chain in real time
• B) Uses advanced mathematical algorithms to improve the flow and efficiency of the supply chain while reducing inventory
• C) Ensures supply chain cohesion by automating the different activities of the supply chain
• D) Occurs when distorted product-demand information ripples from one partner to the next throughout the supply chain

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Definitions:

Geons

Basic three-dimensional shapes that are the building blocks for recognizing objects, according to the recognition-by-components theory.

Occipital Cortex

The part of the brain located at the back of the head, crucial for processing visual information.

Temporal Cortex

Part of the cerebral cortex involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Unconscious Inference

A process postulated by Hermann von Helmholtz to explain certain perceptual phenomena such as size constancy. For example, an object is perceived to be at a certain distance and this is unconsciously taken into account in assessing its retinal image size, with the result that size constancy is maintained.