
Concept explainers
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a.
Natural Best Health Food Stores currently utilizes three types of information systems. They are as follows:
Transaction processing system:
It consists of computer software and hardware hosting a transaction-oriented application that accomplishes the routine transactions important to conduct business.
Example: Taking scheduling deliveries, customer orders, and updating inventory.
Management information system:
A computer-based system gives managers with the tools to organize, evaluate, and efficiently manage departments within an organization...
Explanation of Solution
b.
Example of seven system characteristics:
Components: Sales and inventory management are denoted as system components.
Interrelationships: The sales and management are related to each other.
Boundary: Store building is the boundary...
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c.
Type of computing environment:
The Natural Best Health Food Stores is based on the client/server computing environment.
- In this environment, the cl...

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