T or F? Technological change is not common in supply chain management. - Answers False
Supply chain event management applications - Answers Help manage problem scenarios and
provide accurate, timely info to ensure that the right product gets to the right place at the right
time.
T or F? According to this week's reading, company culture is the biggest roadblock to making a
company a digital business. - Answers True. Company culture sometimes slows adoption
change.
T or F? Software use helps to plan, execute, and control supply chain activities. - Answers True
What are the 7 characteristics of High-Quality Data? - Answers 1. Accurate
2. Accessible
3. Relevant
4. Timely
5. Transferable
6. Reliable
7. Usable
What are the 5 main Supply Chain Execution Applications? - Answers 1. Warehouse
management systems (WMS)
2. Transportation management systems (TMS)
3. Manufacturing execution systems (MES)
4. Global trade management tools (GTM)
5. Distributed order management tools (OM)
Business intelligence tools - Answers Extract at from execution systems across the supply
chain and provide summaries and data visualization that enable timely identification of
anomalies, opportunities and solutions
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Answers Business process management software that
allows an organization to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business and
automate many back-office functions
Cloud Computing - Answers The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the