A medium- sized grocery store has point- of- sale cash registers. The cash registers automatically summarize sales of all items sold in the store. One major problem facing the store is that of keeping adequate amounts of all grocery items on the shelves. Therefore, the store is searching for a way to monitor inventories and place daily orders for new goods, as needed.

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Give two major alternatives for the design of a system that accounts for and controls inventory for this grocery store.