Chapter 1 Introduction to Enterprise Systems for Management

55) ERP system implementation failures are often caused by lack of attention to the business processes and the ________ components.

A) interrelated

B) hardware

C) software

D) database

E) people

56) The ________ approach to implementing an ERP system helps organizations lower the long-term maintenance of the ERP application.

A) RAD

B) layered

C) waterfall

D) data flow

57) ERP systems help to increase the efficiency of the organization and worker productivity by providing a ________ for all corporate data, information, and knowledge.

A) network

B) platform

C) architecture

D) central repository

E) decentralized archive

58) In the tiered architecture, the ERP application is stored on the ________ tier.

A) presentation logic

B) business logic

C) middleware

D) data

E) hardware

59) A strong commitment from ________ is critical for the success of an ERP system.

A) people

B) vendors

C) management

D) users

E) system administrators

60) ________ an ERP system during the implementation increases the cost of the system and increases the implementation risks.

A) Integrating

B) Diagramming

C) Delaying

D) Outsourcing

E) Modifying

61) A ________ implementation involves considerable modifications to the ERP software.

A) chocolate

B) vanilla

C) cross-functional

D) vendor-driven

E) web-enabled