ERP QUESTION BANK

1.WHAT IS AN ENTERPRIZE? 2.WHAT IS ERP? 3.WHAT ARE THE MAIN MISCONCEPTION ABOUT ERP? 4.WHAT ARE THE ERP PACKAGES? 5.WHO ARE THE MAIN PLAYERS IN ERP MARKET? 6.WHEN DO THE ERP SYSTEMS SET OF GENERIC PROCESSES PRODUCE DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT? 7.WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF THE ERP MARKET? 8.WHAT ARE THE DIRECT BENEFITS OF ERP SYSTEM? 9.WHAT ARE THE BUSINESS INTREGERATION AND HOW DO THE ERP SYSTEMS ACHIEVE IT? 10.WHY IT IS SAID ERP SYSTEM ARE FLEXIBLE? 11.WHAT ARE THE FACTOR THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE ERP IMPLEMENTATION? 12.HOW DO CONVENTIONAL APPLICATION PACKAGES AND ERP PACKAGES DIFFERS? 13.WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF ERP? 14.WHY ARE COMPANIES OPTING FOR ERP SYSTEM? 15.WHY CANT THE COMPANIES DEVELOP THEIR OWN ERP PACKAGES? 16.IF DEVELOPING A PACKAGES IS NOT A GOOD OPTION , THEN WHAT IS THE BEST OPTION? 17.WHAT IS BPR? 18.HOW DOES BPR DIFFER FROM OTHER MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES? 19 ISNT BPR JUST A TERM FOR COMMONSENSE MANAGEMENT? 20.WILL BPR INTITUATIONLIZE IMPROVEMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE? 21. I AM A GOOD MANAGER , WHY DO I NEED HELP?IM OFFENDED AT THE IMPLICATION THAT MY FUNCTIONAL AREAS ARE NOT MANAGED? 22.WONT BPR TAKE AWAY MY MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY AND TURN IT OVER TO THE EMPLOYEES? 23.HOW CAN I MINIMIZE STAFF TIME REQUIRED TO GET THROUGH A BPR PROJECT?

24.WHAT IS MY INCENTIVE IF THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF ASSISTANCE,LIKE RETRAINING ,IF I WERE TO LOSE MY JOB THROUGH BPR? 25.WHY CANT WE JUST LET A CONSULTANT DO BPR FOR US? 26.HOW BPR CONNECTED TO ERP? 27.WHAT IS MIS? 28.WHAT ARE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MIS AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM? 29.WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERSTICS OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM? 30.WHAT IS DSS? 31.HOW DOES A DSS HELP IN BETTER DECISION MAKING? 32.WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERSTICS OF A DSS? 33.HOW IS DSS DIFFERENT FROM A MIS? 34.WHAT IS DATA WAREHOUSE? 35.WHY DO YOU NEED A DATA WAREHOUSE? 36.WHAT IS DATAMINING AND WHAT ARE ITS ADVANTAGES? 37.WHAT IS THE NEED OF AUTOMATED AND COMPUTERISED DATA MINING TOOLS? 38.WHAT IS OLAP? 39.WHAT IS SCM? 40.WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF USING THE INTERNET FOR SCM? 41.WHAT IS THE PRE-EVALUTION SCREENING REQUIRED? 42.WHAT ARE THE FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN SELECTING AN ERP PACKAGES? 43.HOW ARE THE GAPS FOUND DURING THE GAP ANALYSIS PHASE FILLED? 44.CAN THE ERP SOFTWARE PACKAGES FIT THE BUSINESS NEED OF THE ORGANISTION WELL? 45.WHO ARE THE END-USER AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? 46.WHY IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO IMPLEMENT THE ERP SYSTEM USING A INHOUSE TEAM? 47.WHAT ARE THE MAJOR MODULES IN AN ERP SYSTEM? 48.WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE ERP MARKET?

49.HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE DEGREE OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION? 50.WHAT IS THE LEAD TIME? 51.WHAT IS THE CYCLE TIME? 52.WHAT ARE THE DIRECT BENEFITS OF THE ERP IMPLEMENTATION? 53.WHAT ARE THE INDIRECT BENEFITS OF AN ERP IMPORTANT? 54.WHAT IS PRODUCT FLEXIBLITY? 55.WILL ERP SYSTEM ELIMIATE CLERICAL JOBS ? IF YES,WHAT SHOULD THOSE EMPLOYEES DO? 56.WILL THE WORKLOAD OF THE EMPLOYEE DECREASE AFTER THE ERP IMPLEMENTATION? 57.WHAT ARE THE SOME OF THE TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE BANEFITS OF ERP? 58.IS ERP IMPLEMENTATION COSTLY? 59.WILL THERE BE AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY AFTER THE ERP IMPLEMENTATION? 60.WHAT IS EXTENDED ERP? 61.WHAT \ARE THE BENEFITS OF MRP,MRP2 AND ERP?? 62.WHAT IS BUSINESS ENGG. AND WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BUSINEES ENGG.? 63.WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS APPROACHES OF ERP IMPLEMENTATION? 64.WHAT IS AN INTREGERATED DATA MODEL? 65.WHAT IS THE TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF ERP? 66.WHAT IS EDI?WHATS NEW WITH TODAYS EDI? 67.WHAT IS THE DATA MART?WHAT IS THE NEED OF AUTOMATED AND COMPUTERIZED DATA MINING TOOLS ?EXPLAIN WITH EXAMPLE? 68.NAME SOME OF THE ERP PRODUCTS AND THEIR MANUFACTURERS? 69.WHY ARE ERP VENDORS TRYING FASTER IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGIES? 70.WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON ERP PRODUCTS? 71.ERP PRODUCTS OFTEN RESULT IN NEGATIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT? 72.ERP IS THE BACKBONE OF E-BUSINEES.JUSTIFY THIS STATEMENT? 73.EXPLAIN THE CROSS FUNCTIONAL APPROACH OF ERP SYSTEMS.

74.DISCUSS THE TECHNOLOGIES EXISTING BPR? 75.NAME AND EXPLAIN COMPONETS OF DATAWARE SYSTEM? 76.DISCUSS VERIFICATION MODEL OF DATA MINING? 77.DISCUSS HIDDEN VALUE IN YOUR DATAWARE HOUSE? 78.WHAT IS GAP ANALYSIS ?HOW IT IS PERFORMED? 79.EXPLAIN DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS? 80.DISCUSS PROFIT CENTER ACCOUNTING?WHY DO PROFIT CENTER ACCOUNTING? 81.HOW THE VENDORS EVALUTION IS CORPORATE IN MATERIAL MANAGEMENT MODULE? 82.EXPLAIN MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT SUBSYSTEM OF SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MODULE? 83.EXPLAIN OBJECT ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE? 84.WHAT IS THE ROLE OF VENDORS IN ERP ATMOSPHERE?DESCRIBE WITH EXAMPLE? 85.NAME AND EXPLAIN HIDDEN COST OF ERP IMPLEMENTATION? 86.EXPLAIN THE USE OF ENTERPRIZE INTREGERATION APPLICATION PRODUCTS AND SUCCESSFUL ERP IMPLEMENTATION? 87.WHAT IS THE ROLE OF INTERNET IN PROMOTING ERP? 88.IS ERPIMPORTANT ECONOMICAL ? PUT YOUR VIEWS ON ERP IMPORTANT THROUGH ECONOMIC ANALYSIS? 89.HOW DID ERP PENETRATE ON A VAST SCALE IN INDIA? 90.DISCUSS THE RULE FOR ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING SYSTEM 91.HOW THE ERP CAN BE MERGED WITH ORGANISATION CULTURE AND VICE VERSA COMMENT? 92.DISCUSS ORACLE APPLICATION ERP PACKAGES IN DETAILS? 93. DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF SAP BUSINESS ENGINEER IN A SUCCESSFUL SAP IMPLEMENTATION? 94.COMPARE SAP WITH ORACLE AS ERP TOOLS? 95.WHAT IS ERP? DISCUSS THE REASONS FOR THE GROWTH OF ERP MARKET? 96.HOW THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS ARE ACHIEVED BY ERP? 1.IMPROVED RESORCE QUALITY.

2.INCREASED FLEXIBLITY. 97.DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF ORACLE?HOW WILL COMPARE IT WIT SAP? 98.PROJECT THE FUTURE OF ERP IN INDIA SUPPORT WITH SOME CASES? 99.WHAT IS PDM AND HOW DOES IT IMPROVE THE COMPETITION OF A COMPANY?. 100.WHAT IS BOM, JIT AND KANBAN? 101.WHICH COMPANIES ARE CALLED THE BIG FIVE IN ERP MARKET AND WHY?