Supply chain management involves many situations where data from one function of an organization is used to make critical decisions in another area. What is one example?

Sales ordering includes confirming the availability of desired items in the inventory and the customer's available credit.

Sales and operations planning uses the production plan to develop a detailed production schedule.

ERP systems communicate directly with manufacturing machines on the production floor to keep the inventory up to date.

Purchasing uses the high$-$level production schedule to plan the details of running and staffing the operation.