Enterprise Systems include pan$-$organisation Enterprise Applications $($EA$),$ Enterprise Resource Planning $($ERP$)$ systems, Customer Relationship Management $($CRM$)$ systems, Supply Chain Management $($SCM$)$ systems, Decision Support Systems $($DSS$),$ Executive Support Systems $($ESS$)$ and Transaction Processing Systems $($TPS$).$

Describe a Transaction Processing Systems $($TPS$)$ and its role in a large company. $(4$ Marks$)$

List two $(2)$ operational advantages a TPS could offer a large, globally$-$distributed sales and manufacturing business. $(4$ marks$)$

List two $(2)$ operational disadvantages a TPS could impose on a large, globally$-$distributed sales and manufacturing business. $(4$ marks$)$

Explain how data from TPSs can be incorporated into Business Analytics packages.

Include discussion of short$-$term operational insights, and longer$-$term, strategic impacts the analytics would yield. $(8$ Marks$)$