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In essence, blog posting encompasses any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that is in real time and over the Internet.

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Contract management and compliance provides oversight of the front end of the sourcing process.

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_____ is the determination of the dollar amount and volume of expenditures that an organization makes to provide its products and services and support its operations.

[A] _____ is a process in which all data files that include a specific address are automatically updated within the system.

Which of the following is not one of the primary drivers of new e-SCM systems?​

A/An _____ system provides the means for tracking organizational resources, including people, processes, and technology.

In pre-ERP environments, every functional area had its own set of software applications, often running on completely different systems.

Web-based EDI is a much less expensive system than traditional EDI and presents fewer standards issues.

A _____ is an independent firm that neither buys nor sells goods but seeks to facilitate the electronic purchasing process through value enhancement.

A _____ is a proprietary network or a data center that supplies hosted services to a limited number of people.

Facing increased cost pressure, organizations rely more on people to replace systems.

In a _____ system, decisions are automated, with exceptions dealt with manually.

A/An _____ is typically organized around specific e-sourcing suite modules that interact with different elements of the purchasing database, elements of the ERP system, and integration of data obtained through external EDI or web-based communications with suppliers or customers.

Users must be able to extract from databases the information they need to make better supply chain decisions.

A data warehouse, in theory, is organized around informational subjects rather than specific business processes.

The dangers of poor execution of supply chain processes include increased lead and cycle times, higher costs, and less-informed decision making.

A reverse auction is a software tool that extends the tradition bid process to permit suppliers to configure their bids in any number of alternatives ways.

Today, software solutions are aimed at collaboration among supply chain partners through point of sale systems, RFID, and other information-sharing systems.

_____ applications address such long-term, strategic questions as "Where should we locate warehouses?", and "How large should our transportation fleet be?," often making use of simulation and optimization modeling.

A/An _____ records the part numbers or stock keeping units that all firms rely on to identify the thousands of unique purchased entities within a system.