The Squishy Things Toy Company was established in 1948. It recently signed a large contract with a chain of retail toy stores. As a condition of the contract, the Squishy will be required to track and forecast product sales by linking in to the chain's sales database. Squishy will then be responsible for shipping products to the chain's regional warehouses as needed. The relationship between Squishy and the chain is an example of

A) vendor-managed inventory.
B) sales force automation.
C) electronic data interchange.
D) optical character recognition.


Answer: A) vendor-managed inventory.

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