Describe how ERP differs from MRP.

What will be an ideal response?


Enterprise resource planning takes MRP a step further as it collects, processes, and provides information about a firm’s entire enterprise. Ordering, product design, production, purchasing, inventory, distribution, human resources, receipt of payments, and forecasting of future demand are incorporated into one network system.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When my daughter gets older, I ________ her the value of an education, so she won't make the same mistakes I ________

A) will teach/have done B) will teach/did C) will be teaching/did D) will be teaching/do

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Which of these aggregate planning strategies is a capacity option?

A) back ordering B) using part-time workers C) counterseasonal product mixing D) changing price E) promotion

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The critical point for the function y = 3x2 + 5x + 2 is at

A) x = -5/6. B) x = 3/5. C) x = -3/2. D) There is no critical point E) None of the above

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