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The managing director of an Indian retail chain wants a dashboard showing summarised, exception-based indicators such as consolidated sales, margins and market trends, with the ability to drill down. Which system best fits this need?

An Executive Information System fits because it gives top management summarised, exception-focused information with drill-down capability to support strategic decisions, unlike transaction systems that only capture routine operational data.

  1. AOffice Automation System
  2. BExecutive Information SystemCorrect
  3. CTransaction Processing System
  4. DKnowledge Work System

Explanation

An Executive Information System serves senior management with summarised, highly aggregated data, graphics and drill-down for strategic decisions. A TPS handles only routine transactions and does not give strategic summaries.

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