An AIS help the different departments within a company work together. For example,management can establish sales goals for which staff can then order the appropriate amount of inventory. The inventory order notifies the accounting department of a new payable.When sales are made,sales people can enter customer orders,accounting can invoice customers,the warehouse can assemble the order,the shipping department can sent it off,and the accounting department gets notified of a new receivable.The customer service department can then track customer shipments and the system can create sales reports for management.Managers can also see inventory costs,shipping costs,manufacturing costs and so on.