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When a warehouse clerk posts a goods receipt against a purchase order in an integrated ERP, the inventory quantity rises and a corresponding liability entry is created automatically in the books. Which ERP characteristic does this best illustrate?

This illustrates real-time integration of ERP modules on a common database. A single goods receipt posting updates inventory and the accounting liability at once, without separate re-entry, which is the defining feature of an integrated ERP system.

  1. AReal-time integration of modules around a common databaseCorrect
  2. BData warehousing for historical trend analysis
  3. CBusiness process re-engineering by outsourcing
  4. DOffline batch processing at month end

Explanation

One transaction in the materials management module updates the finance module immediately because both share a central database. This is the core feature of integrated ERP. Data warehousing is for analysis of history, and month-end batch processing is the opposite of the real-time behaviour described.

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