
242 ◾ Information Systems: What Every Business Student Needs to Know
• Inventory is checked to make sure the required materials for the trucks are on hand.
Parts that are not on hand are ordered.
• Production is scheduled, if necessary taking into account lead time for parts to arrive.
Organizations handle their processes dierently. For example, what if a customer fails the
credit check? Should the manufacturer reject the order, require a deposit, require payment
in advance, ask for a bank reference, accept it anyhow, or something else? If it doesn’t reject
the order, should it wait until the credit situation has been cleared up before ...