Lara Has Just Finished Writing a Short Blurb About the Internal

question 15

Multiple Choice

Lara has just finished writing a short blurb about the internal factors that impacted the major decisions made by the company last fiscal year. Which of the following factors does NOT appear on that list?

• A)Users were not satisfied by the current tracking database because it was difficult to learn and lacked flexibility.
• B)The bar code technology that they have always used to monitor the movement of their products from the factory floor to the retail checkout counter has begun to be replaced by RFID tags.
• C)In-house database users wanted information systems support for new features that did not exist when the system was first developed five years earlier.
• D)The current systems have, over time, become a patchwork of changes and corrections that cannot support the company's overall sales volume.

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Mutual Fund

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