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ABC manufacturing is a producer of household electrical devices, the company produces five products which required dealing with 70 different suppliers from around the word to deliver raw materials and support services to 50 factories around the world, 17 in china, 13 in the United States, 12 in Europe, and 8 in the Middle East.

In addition to the cost of raw materials, the company’s profit margin is also affected by the cost of operations which include cost of warehousing, cost of production, labor cost, cost of assets, and cost of transportation.

However, the top management depends heavily on reports provided by several departments to support making strategic decisions that ensure the success and growth for the company.

For example, the sales department reports detail the sales info in terms of product, branch, suppliers, and customers. The manufacturing department reports detail production info in terms of cost of products, branches, products, operations cost, warehousing cost, and labor cost. And the marketing department reports detail the expected demand in terms product, customers, country, and season.

Q1. In less than 50 words (4 lines), describe how ABC manufacturing can adopt the concept of business intelligence ?