1. Described as having a third party perform noncore activities(such as payroll)
2. Index key an auxiliary file to a data file and is used to increase the speed at which records in the related data file are sorted and accessed 2. Index file a data element on which the database management system builds an index file to improve the performance of database.
3. Mapping. A description of how the conceptual schema of a database is implemented physically it specifies how data are stored at the level of stored records, stored record formats, indexes, hashing algorithms, pointers, block sizes and storage media. (True or False)
4. The ordering costs associated with inventory management include what?
5. Safety stock tends to decrease the costs of a stockout while increasing ordering costs(true or false)
6. A stockout might occur when
7. The elapsed time between placing an order for inventory and receiving the order is?