What are the primary business benefits of an erp system? multiple choice
a) forecasting, planning, purchasing, material management, warehousing, inventory, and distribution.
b) sales forecasts, sales strategies, and marketing campaigns.
c) market demand, resource and capacity constraints, and real-time scheduling.
d) all of these

The answer is A, Forecasting, planning, purchasing, material management, warehousing, inventory, and distribution.

Explanation:

An ERP, Enterprise resource planning, can help to keep data safe and regulated with built in protections. Can eliminate redundant process and task through automation. Integrated information with all coustumer and financial data, housed in one location. Gives the ability to analized and compare functions across departments, without the hassle of multiple spreadsheet and mails.  

in 2001, dell computer became the world’s largest personal computer vendor, continuing to

gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of

dollars in losses. dell sells 90% of its pcs directly to the final customer, largely bypassing the

reseller channel that accounts for most of the world’s pc sales. this direct customer relationship

is the key to dell’s business model, and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales

model. dell’s direct relationship with the customer allows it to tailor its offerings to customer

needs, offer add-on products and services, and use the internet to offer a variety of customer

services. in addition, dell’s pcs are built to customers’ specifications upon receipt of an order,

giving dell additional advantages over indirect pc vendors who must try to forecast demand and

ship products based on those forecasts. dell’s direct sales and build-to-order model has achieved

superior performance in the pc industry in terms of inventory turnover, reduced overhead, cash

conversion, and return on investment (kraemer, et al., 2000).

explanation:

the answer would be voluntary exchange -

"the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions. moreover, transactions are made in such a way that both the buyer and the seller are better off after the exchange than before it occurred."

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