Reliable Reminder Services Is a Small Company That, for a Fee

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Essay

Reliable Reminder Services is a small company that, for a fee, assists its clients in remembering important dates, purchasing and sending greeting cards and providing specialized shopping services for occasions like birthdays and anniversaries.The company's owners want to use an application service provider to develop and host a web page that will help them attract new clients.They completed the following steps to select an ASP:
Choose an ASP from the finalists.Conduct in-house interviews.Contact references provided by finalists.Develop request for proposals from ASPs.Evaluate submitted proposals.Negotiate a contract with the selected ASP.Select top five proposals.Select top three proposals.Send thank you letters to rejected ASPs.Send the original contract to the ASP; retain an electronic copy in the database.Put the steps in order and prepare a systems flowchart of the ASP selection process; assume that all steps occur in the same department.Ensure that your flowchart conforms to the principles discussed in the text.

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