Free IBM M2050-655 Exam Dumps Questions & Answers

Emptoris Services Procurement Competes against all of the following, EXCEPT:

• A.HR Software Solutions (Peoplesoft, SAP HR)
• B.Core ERP Finance Modules (AP, etc.)
• C.Vendor Management Systems (VMS) focused on labor (FieldGlass, IQNavigator)
• D.Enterprise eProcurement Platforms (SAP SRM, Oracle Procurement, Ariba Buyer/Services Procurement)

Which of the following would NOT be considered an example of an Indirect Service?

• A.A digital media professor paid to speak to the Marketing department on brand management issues in social media
• B.A firm conducting a fraud investigation on PR firm invoices in the APAC regional office
• C.A temporary factory worker assembling PCs for a customer order
• D.A firm providing janitorial services and the corporate headquarters

Which one of these statements is the most accurate in describing the Savings typically realized in deploying a Services Procurement Solution?

• A.The savings are largely derived from lower administrative costs
• B.The savings are on-time in nature
• C.The savings are typically soft-cost reductions and difficult to measure
• D.The savings are typically hard cost reductions derived from using lower cost suppliers, error reductions, and improved pricing through consolidation

Based on a customer case study, automating complex marketing print spend produced all the following benefits EXCEPT:

• A.Create on-line rate cards to eliminate price discrepancies in billing
• B.Improve estimating process based on improved access supplier pricing at project initiation
• C.Create message boards for brainstorming creative design ideas
• D.Create reusable campaign templates to speed project creation

Which of the following is NOT true about procure-to-pay (P2P)?

• A.It is sometimes standardized but often varies across the organization
• B.The P2P process is usually under the control of either finance or procurement
• C.It is a business process that covers how spending requests are made all the way through to paying its suppliers
• D.The initial step in P2P is issuing purchase orders (POs)