How does a marketing decision support system (MDSS) differ from a marketing information system (MIS)? Why might a marketer want to use an MDSS in addition to an MIS?

What will be an ideal response?


A marketing decision support system (MDSS) includes analysis and interactive software that allows marketing managers to access MIS data and conduct their own analyses. The statistical and modeling software of an MDSS allows marketers to examine complex relationships among factors in the marketplace and to generate answers to "what-if" questions about those relationships. MDSS is an enhancement to the MIS that makes it easy for marketing managers, rather than just MIS analysts, to access the MIS system and find answers to their questions.

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