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The production plan for all finished goods is known as the MPS, or the master
production schedule.
Activity-based costing treats overhead costs as more direct than traditional
cost-accounting methods have treated them.
Discuss the SAP system landscape for implementation. Why is it important to keep the
systems separate?
The initial fill rate measures the time needed for the supplier to fill the order.
Explain how activity based costing would be implemented using an ERP system. In
doing that, explain the advantage of using ERP with activity based costing.
Discuss employee turnover and the cost of hiring.
In SAP R/3, relatively permanent data about inventory is kept in the Material Master
Data table.
Data stored in data warehouse servers usually consist of aggregated data - from an ERP
system or other sources. To speed access to this data, the data in a data warehouse are
structured as _____________________, which allow for relationships in the data to be
analyzed quickly.
The business process of Cash Flow Management is handled under the Accounting and
Finance functional area of operation.
____________________ states that the number of transistors on a computer chip
doubles every 24 months.
In ____________________, third-party software companies are encouraged to develop
add-on software products that can be integrated with existing software.
A best practice is the best, most efficient way of handling a certain business process.
What is the advantage of using RFID technology over barcode labels and barcode
readers?
A shortfall of raw materials is known as a(n) ____________________.
R/3's design incorporates ____________________, which means that R/3 designers
choose the best, most efficient ways in which business processes should be handled.
Any business events that occur between companies and their subsidiaries are known as
____________________.
A collection of activities that takes one or more kinds of input and creates an output that
is of value to the customer is called a(n) ____________________.
Explain Fitter Snacker's manufacturing process as shown in the accompanying figure:
Figure 4-1 Fitter Snacker's manufacturing process
The key feature of any ERP system is the ability to drill down from a report to the
source documents (transactions) that created it.
In SAP R/3, relatively permanent data about customers is kept in the Customer Master
Data table.
