An Enterprise Resource Planning System Can Best Be Described as

question 77

Multiple Choice

An Enterprise Resource Planning System can best be described as

• A)a collection of programs that use a variety of unconnected databases.
• B)a single database that collects data and feeds it into applications that support each of the company's business activities, such as purchases, production, distribution, and sales.
• C)a database that is primarily used by a purchasing department to determine the correct amount of a particular supply item to purchase.
• D)a sophisticated means of linking two or more companies to facilitate their planning processes.
• E)exception reporting system for plant managers.

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