When a customer purchases a DVD at a Best Buy Electronics store,all of the following information flows in the supply chain are started except
A) the sales associate scans the UPC recording the sale.
B) the sale is transmitted to Best Buy's distribution center to adjust inventory data.
C) the purchase is added to the customer's purchasing habit records.
D) Best Buy's buyer aggregates sales at all stores and uses the information to send a reorder to the manufacturer.
E) the point-of-sale terminal records the sale and sends it to Best Buy's buyer.

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While all of the other options involve the initiation of information flows in the supply chain (scanning the UPC, adjusting inventory, aggregating sales for reordering), there is no mention in the scenario of the customer's purchase being added to their purchasing habit records.

When a Customer Purchases a DVD at a Best Buy