Kenneth C. Laudon,Jane P. Laudon Management Information System 12th Edition pdf

supply chain planning systems  

Systems that enable a firm to

generate demand forecasts for a product and to develop sourcing

and manufacturing plans for that product. 

support activities  

Activities that make the delivery of a firm’s primary

activities possible. Consist of the organization’s infrastructure,

human resources, technology, and procurement.

switch  

Device to connect network components that has more

intelligence than a hub and can filter and forward data to a

specified destination.

switching costs  

The expense a customer or company incurs in lost

time and expenditure of resources when changing from one

supplier or system to a competing supplier or system.

syndicator  

Business aggregating content or applications from

multiple sources, packaging them for distribution, and reselling

them to third-party Web sites.