Marla manages an online shoe store. She must determine what her company's warehouses and distributing facilities need and which type of automation can maximize order efficiency. What major phase of the planning process does this example describe?

Abc electronics wants someone to install a top-of-the-line security system in its two buildings, a system that not only sounds an alarm but also simultaneously notifies authorities and the company president. video surveillance of the premises should also be a capability of the security system. n order to obtain price quotes, what should the company write? a.an unsolicited proposal b.an internal proposal c.an external proposal d.a request for proposals