mis11e_ch02_chs.pptVIP

* This slide emphasizes the singularity of enterprise systems (one system) that does everything – or most everything– and serves a wide variety of groups and purposes in the firm. * Emphasize the central repository used in enterprise systems for all types of information collected and used by the business. Ask students what the difficulties of creating such a system might be (standardization across many business units, size of the system). * Emphasize that SCM systems are interorganizational systems, automating the flow of information across organizational boundaries. This distinction is import