When the sales-related data are captured in the sales order department and then the information flows to the managers housed in the marketing department, it is an example of a:

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The information flow in this scenario is vertical because it is going from one department (sales order) to another department (marketing) within the same hierarchy or chain of command. Horizontal information flow would occur if the information was being shared between departments on the same level, such as between two different sales order departments.

When the Sales-Related Data Are Captured in the Sales Order