INFO#211 - CH 6

Strategy issues arise when providing information to potential customers
Value chain model’s primary activities and Identify customers, market and sell, and deliver
for what ?

• None

• Indirect Materials Purchasing

• Purchasing Activities

• Purchasing, Logistics, and Business Support Processes

Necessary characteristic: flexibility
Economic organizations evolving from hierarchical structures to new, more flexible network structures
Reduced transaction cost through Internet and Web technologies for business processes

• None

• Indirect Materials Purchasing

• Purchasing Activities

• Purchasing, Logistics, and Business Support Processes

Many business models for selling on the Web
• Used in B2B e-commerce
• Apply to B2C e-commerce

• False

• True

Companies use electronic commerce to:

• all of the above

• Provide potential cost reductions, business process improvements

• Improve all support activities

• improve purchasing and logistics

_______ use of other organizations to perform specific activities
Typically manufacturing

• Supply chain

• none

• Outsourcing

• Offshoring

_______ outsourcing done by organizations in other countries

• Supply chain

• none

• Outsourcing

• Offshoring

_______ purchasing, research and development, record keeping, information management

• Supply chain

• Internet-enabled activities

• Outsourcing

• Offshoring

Impact sourcing or smart sourcing is _______________

• use of other organizations to perform specific activities

• Internet-enabled activities

• offshoring done by or through not-for-profit organizations

• outsourcing done by organizations in other countries

_________________ Identify and evaluate vendors, select specific products, place orders,

resolve any issues after receiving ordered goods or services

• Offshoring

• Outsourcing

• Supply chain

• Purchasing Activities

_________________ Part of industry value chain preceding a particular strategic business unit

– Includes all activities undertaken by every

• Offshoring

• Outsourcing

• Supply chain

• Purchasing Activities