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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Enterprise resource planning






2. Incremental way of transforming business processes






3. R/3 (made by SAP)






4. Relates business strategy with IS and organizational strategy; business strategy at the top - organizational and information strategy at the base






5. Information and organizational strategy must also change






6. Web- oriented architecture






7. Software systems developed in the mid-90s which were not integrated across organizations and could not interface well with each other






8. Firms achieve competitive advantage through cost leadership - differentiation - or focus

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9. Enterprise systems usually require...






10. Service- oriented architecture






11. Because they are complex and usually need continual modification to meet the organizations needs






12. Radical way of transforming business processes






13. Integration - packages - best practices - some assembly required - evolving






14. Incremental approach to changing business processes (a management program that seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects and variation in the various processes.)






15. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






16. Strategy where companies cooperate and compete at the same time with companies in its value net






17. Processes are horizontal across a corporation - many functional areas of the business will be involved in a process; functions are vertical silos in an organization (e.g. finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration)






18. ERP II makes information available to...






19. Finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration (functions or silos in a business)






20. Interrelated set of activities and tasks that turns inputs into outputs






21. The unique set of features of a company and its products that are perceived by the target market as significant and superior to the competition






22. Enterprise systems reflect industry best practices for generic business processes






23. Total quality management






24. Business strategy should not be affected because it is at a more abstract level






25. Comprehensive software packages that incorporate all modules needed to run the operations of a business






26. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






27. Technology - people - and processes that an organization uses to manage information






28. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






29. An end user will usually notice a reduction in the performance of a ______ before a _______






30. On a process flow diagram - a circle represents a...






31. Speed and aggressive moves and coutermoves by a firm create competitive advantages

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32. Anything that can be used by a firm in its processes for creating - producing - and/or offering its products






33. Improves the way a company finds raw components it needs to make a product or service - manufactures that product or service - and delivers it to customers






34. Resource- based focuses on internal factors in an organization - focused on external factors in the industry

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35. Awaking a sleeping giant - bad timing - poor implementation - failing to deliver what customers want - breaking the law






36. Description of goals of an organization - how these goals are realized by business processes - and how these business processes can be better served through technology






37. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






38. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






39. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






40. Says competition stems from lowering the cost to perform activities and adding value so buyers will pay more






41. Customer relationship management






42. Assets or capabilities






43. Strategy where organization limits its scope to a market segment and tailors its offerings to that group of customers using either cost or differentiation






44. Inter- organizational relationship that affords one or more companies in the relationship a strategic advantage






45. Strategy where organization qualifies its product or service in a way that allows it to appear unique in the marketplace






46. Highlights how IS add value to the primary and support activities of a firm's internal operations - customers - and supply chain






47. Uses a large central computer that handles all the functionality of the system; common in legacy systems






48. Supply chain management






49. The open group architectural framework; designed to translate strategy into architecture and then into a detailed infrastructure using standardized Architecture Development Methodology






50. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization







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