An Enterprise Resource Planning System Can Best Be Described as

An Enterprise Resource Planning System can best be described as

A) a collection of programs that use a variety of unconnected databases.
B) a single database that collects data and feeds it into applications that support each of the company's business activities, such as purchases, production, distribution, and sales.
C) a database that is primarily used by a purchasing department to determine the correct amount of a particular supply item to purchase.
D) a sophisticated means of linking two or more companies to facilitate their planning processes.
E) exception reporting system for plant managers.