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KEY TERMS

Application layer Online lists
Application platforms Online transaction processing (OLTP)
Application suite Organizational data

Architecture Period defi nition
Business intelligence Plant
Characteristics Presentation layer
Client Product lifecycle management
(PLM)
Company code
Raw materials
Customer relationship management
(CRM) Reporting

Data layer Semifi nished goods
Enterprise resource planning Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Financial accounting (FI) documents Standard analysis
Finished goods Standard information structures

Flexible analysis Supplier relationship
management (SRM)
Information structures
Supply chain management (SCM)
Key fi gures
Three-tier client-server architecture
Management accounting or
controlling (CO) documents Trading goods
Master data Transaction data
Material documents Transaction documents

Material group User-defi ned information
structures
Material types
Work lists
Online analytic processing (OLAP)

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Describe client-server and services-oriented architectures. What are the
advantages and disadvantages of each architecture?
2. What is an enterprise system application suite? Describe the capabilities
of the individual components of the application suite.
3. Discuss the three types of data in an enterprise system and how they are
related.

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