CarlTech knows how important it is to process and deliver orders to clients on time. Recently, the company made some major changes to streamline the process by which its salespeople monitor and process orders. As a part of this initiative, it installed a system which allows the computers of the salespeople and customers to communicate directly. This system allows its customers to place orders across different time zones and geographical locations. CarlTech is using a$($n$)\_\_\_\_\_$ system in this scenario.

Group of answer choices

electronic data interchange

specialty advertising

collateral management

sales asset management

database management