An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System can best be described as:

A. a collection of programs that use a variety of unconnected databases.
B. a database that is primarily used by a purchasing department to determine the correct amount of a particular supply item to purchase.
C. a sophisticated means of linking two or more companies to facilitate their planning processes.
D. 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.


Answer: D

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