Two main methodologies for establishing the Information Systems plan are: a. personal interviews and enterprise analysis O b. enterprise analysis and critical success factors O centerprise analysis and systems analysis O d. personal interviews and critical success factors O e. feasibility study and systems analysis Porter's Competitive Forces Model: a. provides a methodology to follow in order to achieve competitive advantage O b. all of these options c. categorizes five related advantages for adding value to a firm O d. is used to determine the strategy of the firm e. helps a firm identify where information systems can have a strategic impact When a company, selling men's clothing, opens-up its shirt sales records at each store to a contract manufacturer, and the manufacturer produces shirts (quantity, style, color, size) based on the sales records and delivers directly to stores: O a. the company achieves operational excellence O b. all of these options O c reduces its distribution costs O d. the company reduces its inventory storage costs for shirts O e. the company eliminates its purchase order costs A deliverable at the design stage of the systems life cycle is: O a. the feasibility study O b. the system proposal report O c none of these options d. the request for proposal O e. the determination of the conversion method A system that provides a minute-to-minute view of firm's financial performance as measured by working capital, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash flow, and inventory is what type of system? O a management information system O b. transaction processing system O c executive support system O d. decision support system O e. knowledge management system