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?

A. customs compliance for global sourcing

B. mean time to failure (MTTF) for equipment

C. open distribution center costs

D. global tax accounting

A technical seller is conducting an IBM Decision Optimization Discovery Workshop with a client. Which impacts of an optimization system on business processes should be discussed with the client at this time?

A. An optimization system does not affect existing business processes.

B. The processes for an optimization system and the existing processes need to be executed in parallel.

C. An optimization system necessarily introduces new business processes different from the existing processes.

D. An optimization system can improve automation of the existing processes.

A Decision Optimization technical seller is working with the seller on a new opportunity.

What is the first step to help a prospect envision what problems in their organization can be solved using IBM Decision Optimization?

A. invite the prospect to an IBM Analytics trade show

B. Use a solution map in order to explore potential application areas.

C. Show an existing demonstration using the prospect's data set

D. Request a product road map demonstration from PLM.

A customer wants to deploy an optimization based solution in a scalable and high availability (HA) deployment environment that provides failover and load balancing capabilities. Which application server can be used for deploying Decision Optimization Center server components to provide an HA environment?

A. WebSphere Application Server Community Edition

B. WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment

C. Oracle WebLogic Server

D. WebSphere Application Server

A manufacturer wants to implement Sales and Operations Planning and is considering a packaged application from a major database vendor. Which is a sales point for a solution based on IBM Decision Optimization Center (DOC)?

A. IBM DOC handles end to end transactions processes.

B. IBM DOC has a packaged application for Sales and Operations Planning

C. IBM DOC solutions are customized to the customer's unique business model.

D. IBM DOC solves linear optimization problems.

A technical seller has conducted an IBM Decision Optimization Discovery Workshop with a client. Which situation requires further discovery?

A. The project budget is not yet fixed.

B. The client has not yet provided data for a proof of concept.

C. The key stakeholders have not attended the workshop sessions.

D. The Time To Pay value cannot exactly be determined.

A manufacturing prospect is looking to implement a collaborative production planning system for multiple planners located in a single geographic location. The prospect prefers an "on-premise" solution. Which set of products would be best to propose?

A. CPLEX Enterprise Server, DOC Data Server, WAS ND

B. DOC Planner Edition, CPLEX Engine

C. DOC Client Edition, DOC CPLEX Server, DOC Data Server, WAS

D. DOC Reviewer Edition, DOC CPLEX Server, DOC Data Server, WAS ND

A customer is interested in an affordable deployment of an IBM Decision Optimization Center (DOC) solution that will support a collaborative planning application with multiple business users. What should the technical seller inquire about that would allow the IBM team to come up with a sizing recommendation for the IBM DOC CPLEX Server Component?

A. The number of business users that will be using the optimization application

B. The number of concurrent optimization requests that are expected to reach the CPLEX server at any given time.

C. The amount of time it takes for the server to respond to a single optimization request.

D. The number of variables and constraints in the optimization problem.

Which financial industry use case is a good candidate for an IBM Decision Optimization solution?

A. Determining risk tolerance of an investor

B. Determining expected return of a portfolio

C. Determining risk level of a portfolio

D. Determining portfolio composition to balance return and risk

The sales team has presented a detailed proposal to a company in the chemical industry for a production planning application. The customer expresses interest but is concerned about IBM's ability to deliver an application addressing very complex requirements. An appropriate next step for the technical seller would be:

A. Offer to arrange reference call(s) with previous customers with similar challenges.

B. Suggest engaging IBM Global Business Services (GBS).

C. Discuss finance options from IBM Global Finance (IGF).

D. Offer a fixed price contract