Carla, a budding restaurateur, meets a veteran chef and restaurateur, Giovanni. Carla wishes to analyze the purchasing pattern of her customer base. Which of the following is most likely to be a piece of sound advice that Giovanni would offer to Carla?
A)Carla should use her restaurant's distributed systems to know more about her customers' purchasing patterns.
B)Carla should avoid using the restaurant's integrated system to analyze her customers' purchasing patterns.
C)Carla should support strategic and less structured managerial decisions to ensure that standardization occurs.
D)Carla should support less specific and fluid managerial decisions to ensure that standardization occurs.

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Using the restaurant's distributed systems would be a good way for Carla to gather data on her customer's purchasing patterns. This could include analyzing data such as popular menu items, when customers tend to visit, and how much they typically spend. This information could be useful for Carla as she makes decisions about menu offerings, pricing, and marketing strategies. Avoiding the use of the integrated system or supporting less specific and fluid managerial decisions would not be helpful for analyzing purchasing patterns. Supporting strategic and less structured managerial decisions could be beneficial in other areas of the business, but not necessarily for analyzing purchasing patterns specifically.

Carla, a Budding Restaurateur, Meets a Veteran Chef and Restaurateur