Essentials of MIS (13th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134802756
Author: Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane Laudon
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 8HMP
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Don’s Lumber Company:
- The cost of lumber and other materials changes in constant periods.
- The price of the pre-finished wood flooring will be decided by the supplier.
- The supplier depends on the manual price sheets and updates them every day.
- Sometimes, the company fails to provide the present cost of the products and hence, the supplier calls back Don’s sales.
- Updating the price sheets every day requires much time and decreases the sales.
- If the pricing sheets are not updated every day may create confusion to customers.
- By using the online data systems, the price sheets can be updated immediately.
- Using e-commerce, the data required can be shared through websites and smartphones instead of papers.
- The information shared through e-commerce will be shared in a secured way...
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Essentials of MIS (13th Edition)
Ch. 2.2 - What Kinds of systems are illustrated in this case...Ch. 2.2 - Prob. 2CQ1Ch. 2.2 - Prob. 3CQ1Ch. 2.2 - Prob. 4CQ1Ch. 2.3 - Prob. 1CQ2Ch. 2.3 - Prob. 2CQ2Ch. 2.3 - Prob. 3CQ2Ch. 2 - Prob. 1IQCh. 2 - Prob. 2IQCh. 2 - Prob. 3IQ
Ch. 2 - Prob. 4IQCh. 2 - Prob. 5IQCh. 2 - Prob. 6IQCh. 2 - Prob. 1RQCh. 2 - Prob. 2RQCh. 2 - Prob. 3RQCh. 2 - Prob. 4RQCh. 2 - Prob. 5DQCh. 2 - Prob. 6DQCh. 2 - Prob. 7DQCh. 2 - Prob. 8HMPCh. 2 - Prob. 9HMPCh. 2 - Prob. 12CTPCh. 2 - Prob. 13CSQCh. 2 - Prob. 14CSQCh. 2 - Prob. 15CSQCh. 2 - Prob. 16MLMCh. 2 - Prob. 17MLM
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