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    Devry MIS535 midterm exam 2015 latest Report this Question as Inappropriate Question (TCO A) Domino's upgraded Pulse Evolution system incorporated a Pizza Tracker functionality that shows the progression of individual pizza orders. This is an example of using information systems to achieve which business objective? Customer and supplier intimacy Survival Improved decision making Operational excellence Question 2. Question : TCO A) The hardware and software used to transfer data in an organization is called data management technology networking and data management technology data and telecommunications technology networking and telecommunicat ions technology Question 3. Question : (TCO B) The value chain model categorizes five related advantages for adding value to a firm's products or services. sees the supply chain as the primary activity for adding value. helps a firm identify points at which information technology can most effectively enhance its competitive position. Question 4. Question : (TCO C) Which common database challenge is illustrated by the text's discussion of receiving multiple pieces of the same direct mail advertising with an identical address? Data normalization

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    Data accuracy Data redundancy Data quality Question 5. Question : (TCO D) _____ work by using radio waves to communicate with radio antennas placed within adjacent geographic areas. Cell phones Microwaves Satellites WANs Question 6. Question: (TCO A) Define operational excellence. How can information systems help achieve it? O perational excellence is a good philosophy of the workplace where solidarity, problem - solving, and leadership results in the constant development in an organization . It involves focusing on the customers’ requirement , keeping the employees empowered , and persistently improving the present activities in the workplace ( Laudon K & J.Laudon , 2010) . Operational Excellence provides a structure to understand how and why performance needs to improve. Information Systems play a n important role in moving the organiza tion on o rganizational superiority. Now in the present time many organizations try to constantly make changes with the objective of achieving operational excellence. In an organization i nformation systems can help achieve operational superiority by optimizing the supply chain and improving good communications to supplier. Mainly it help managers communicate with employees more efficiently, facilitate technological modernization in products, lessen warehouse overhead, and importantly it simplify distribution . . Organization often has systems that have employee performance evaluations and

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