A large international manufacturer is expanding rapidly and is looking to IBM for help in improving their supply chain network.
Which metric does an IBM Decision Optimization solution help improve directly?
customs compliance for global sourcing
mean time to failure (MTTF) for equipment
open distribution center costs
global tax accounting
Correct answer: C
Question 2
A customer is interested in deploying an optimization solution that will need to run locally on mobile devices that end users in the field carry with them.
What is the most appropriate license and sizing metric that the IBM team would propose?
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimizer Deployment Edition and the number of mobile devices
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio Developer Edition Floating User Single Session and the number of concurrent users
IBM CPLEX Optimizer Deployment Edition and the number of concurrent optimization requests
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimizer Single User Edition Client Device License and the number of mobile devices
Correct answer: B
Explanation:
ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio is easy to adopt, provides an Interactive Development Environment (IDE) and powerful engine defaults for the novice or intermediate user while allowing full flexibility and control required by advanced practitioners:* Application Developers can assign Floating User Single Session licenses. Etc. References: https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/897/ENUS214-426/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en
ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio is easy to adopt, provides an Interactive Development Environment (IDE) and powerful engine defaults for the novice or intermediate user while allowing full flexibility and control required by advanced practitioners:
* Application Developers can assign Floating User Single Session licenses.