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A retail chain's regional managers receive a weekly report showing only items whose stock has fallen below the reorder level, so that they can act without scanning the full stock list. Which MIS reporting feature is being used?
This is exception reporting. The report lists only items that breach a predefined threshold, here stock below reorder level, so managers can act on deviations quickly instead of reading a complete stock list, which a periodic summary report would give.
- AException reportingCorrect
- BPeriodic summary reporting
- CAd hoc query reporting
- DData archiving
Explanation
Exception reports show only data that deviates from a set norm, such as stock below reorder level. A periodic summary would list all items. An ad hoc query is raised on demand, not routinely. Archiving only stores old data.
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