An Enterprise Resource Planning System Can Best Be Described as

question 77

Multiple Choice

An Enterprise Resource Planning System can best be described as

• A)a collection of programs that use a variety of unconnected databases.
• B)a single database that collects data and feeds it into applications that support each of the company's business activities, such as purchases, production, distribution, and sales.
• C)a database that is primarily used by a purchasing department to determine the correct amount of a particular supply item to purchase.
• D)a sophisticated means of linking two or more companies to facilitate their planning processes.
• E)exception reporting system for plant managers.

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Definitions:

Inactive Substance

A substance with no intended therapeutic effect, commonly used in clinical trials as a control to test the efficacy of treatments.

Experimental Group

In research, the group of participants who are exposed to the independent variable or treatment of interest.

Control Group

In an experiment, the group of participants who are not exposed to the independent variable, used as a comparison to measure the effect of the treatment.

Experimental Group

The group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested, allowing researchers to determine the effect of that variable.