ADMS 2511 Study Guide - Final Guide: Proprietary Software, Disintermediation, E-Commerce Payment System
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2511 practice final examination effective march 12, 2014 page 1. 180 minutes (3 hours) 3. 6 minutes per mark. Braxford management inc. (bmi), located in bradford, ontario, manages residential and commercial buildings such as apartment towers, office complexes and condominium corporations. The company manages over 5,000 properties across canada. It employs 400 people who handle accounting, property maintenance and other functions. In addition to having these employees, bmi outsources work to companies that are local to the properties that it manages. One of bmi"s subsidiary companies, bas (braxford accounting services inc. ) sells property management accounting software, and also provides accounting services. Bmi has grown by having an active sales force and by acquiring other property management companies. This meant that, over time, bmi acquired numerous different accounting systems. To provide for effective reporting, middleware was developed that translated key files (accounting information and detailed sales data, for example) into a data warehouse for data analysis and management.