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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