IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Technical Mastery Test v1 v6.0 (P8060-028)

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Emptoris SLM has sophisticated evaluation criteria including by category and by region.
Who do we compete with most with this capability?

  • A. SAP
  • B. Oracle
  • C. Ariba
  • D. Aravo


Answer : D

Contract Management reduces contract review times by:

  • A. Providing a scalable solution
  • B. Utilizing the interview wizard
  • C. Reducing staff
  • D. Online approval management


Answer : D

Category managers often lack visibility into sourcing event savings across business units.
As a result, they often have difficulty in reporting savings achievements and failure to meet savings targets. Which type of report, available in Sourcing, would help a category manager successfully obtain this information?

  • A. Analysis of Sourcing savings by region.
  • B. Analysis of Sourcing savings by business unit.
  • C. Analysis of savings by RFx-type.
  • D. Analysis of savings by auction.


Answer : B

Based on contract attributes, which of the following allows users to create approval contracts in minutes?

  • A. Interview Wizard
  • B. Approval workflow
  • C. Searching
  • D. Reporting


Answer : A

There are several benefits of using the Project Management module in Sourcing. Select the one that best fits.

  • A. Suppliers can view all open projects within a customer environment.
  • B. Admins/buyers can share project status with folks who do not have rights to log into the system.
  • C. Admins/buyers have easy access to pull all projects associated with Spend, Sourcing and Contracts from one screen.
  • D. Projects do not contain alerts, therefore team member task delegation, role and responsibilities, on-time completion dates cannot be tracked by the project owner/management.


Answer : C

Operational compliance is enforced in Contract Management via:

  • A. Workflow
  • B. Searching
  • C. Reporting
  • D. Word Editor


Answer : A

Identifying poor performing suppliers for mission critical categories is enabled by?

  • A. Supplier Qualification
  • B. Supplier Evaluation
  • C. Supplier Development
  • D. Supplier Risk


Answer : B

The field label description can be changed by pointing at the field and pressing?

  • A. Ctrl Alt and left mouse button
  • B. Ctrl Alt and right mouse button
  • C. Alt
  • D. Ctrl & F1


Answer : A

Which of the following is an example of an "Analytic" that a user can run to gather information pertinent to an Opportunity Assessment?

  • A. Usage reports displaying names of internal users who have logged into the application over a given period of time.
  • B. List of all vendors who make up the top 85% of total spend.
  • C. Names of suppliers who have accepted an RFx and intend to participate.
  • D. Suppliers who red-lined a contract within a given period of time.


Answer : B

What is a node?

  • A. It is a "row" of data (i.e. the Time Dimension consists of months that roll up to quarters that roll up to years. Each month, quarter, and year is a node).
  • B. It is a type of graphical report.
  • C. It is an error found within the data set.
  • D. It is an export of the dataset.


Answer : A

What is an "attribute"?

  • A. Data that can be aggregated across the client's dimensions; i.e. currencies, can be formula-based.
  • B. Data elements that can be Searched or made available through the transaction view.
  • C. The total spend reflected in the spend cube.
  • D. Data the client intends to filter or further breakdown; used to run crosstabs and submit feedback.


Answer : B

Which of the following is an example of Sourcing allowing an organization to streamline the
Award process?

  • A. RFP award passed directly to contract.
  • B. RFP bids exported to Excel for offline negotiation.
  • C. Suppliers proposing specific items they should be awarded with based on capability.
  • D. Team members linked to an RFx being able to communicate with one another via instant messaging within an RFx.


Answer : A

From the options below, in what area can none of our Sourcing competitors meet what our solution can do?

  • A. Side by side comparison of multiple supplier responses and variables
  • B. User extensible data libraries & reusable/clone-able category /event templates
  • C. Non-cost factors, multi-tiered pricing, bundled/flex bid
  • D. Handle 250K+ data elements.


Answer : D

In the terms of the "auction checklist" which is considered HIGHLY important prior to running a reverse auction?

  • A. Suppliers have verbally agreed to the auction terms and conditions.
  • B. Pricing has already been collected.
  • C. Suppliers have agreed to continue negotiations after the auction.
  • D. Stakeholders have agreed to meet after the auction to analyze the bids and decide on next steps.


Answer : B

Spend Analyzer can be viewed in graphical or tabular form. The Graphs and Tables together are known as Tabulations. Which of the following is not considered a feature of
Tabulations:

  • A. A number of graphical views to choose from.
  • B. Exporting output as an MS Excel or CSV (comma separated) file.
  • C. Printing graphs and tables using the print button.
  • D. Ability to generate a Contract form.


Answer : D

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