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After reading chapter $3,$ complete the following answer the review questions and submit in a Microsoft Word document here.

$1.$ What is a supply chain? What is the purpose of supply chain management systems?

$2.$ What is the purpose of cost accounting ISs?

$3.$ What is the relationship between CAD and CAM systems?

$4.$ What are the concerns in cash management, and how do cash management ISs help financial managers?

$5.$ What is time to market? How have ISs affected time to market?

$6.$ In brief, what is the purpose of customer relationship management systems?

$7.$ What are the typical components of ERP systems?

$8.$ Although technologically the full linking of the SCM systems of suppliers and buyers is feasible, many buyers are reluctant to do so$.$ Why?

$9.$ Why do the ERP installation and testing of systems require that experts be involved? Why does the implementation of so many ERP systems face severe challenges or totally fail?

$10.$ What is EOQ? Which two problems do ISs that calculate EOQ help minimize?

$11.$ What is JIT? How do MRP and MRP II systems help achieve JIT?

$12.$ For the human resource managers of some organizations the entire web is a database of job candidates. How so$?$

$13.$ What information technologies play a crucial role in marketing?

$14.$ Many sales reps have no offices, yet they have access to huge resources, and their productivity is great. Explain how that is possible.

$15.$ What is RFID, and what role does it play in SCM$?$