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8-18. Novelty Gadgets is a marketer of inexpensive toys and novelties that it sells to retail stores, specialty stores, and catalog companies. As an accountant working for the company, you have been asked to design a company. In analyzing this problem, you have discovered the following: a. The company has three major product lines (1) toys and games, (2) party and magic tricks, and (3) inexpensive gifts. There are major subprodu cts within each of these product lines, and the number of these cate gories is 25, 18, and 113, respectively b. The company has divided its selling efforts into five geographic areas: (1) the United States, (2) the Far East, (3) Europe and Africa, (4) South America, and (5) International (a catchall area). Each major geographic area has several sales districts (never more than 99 per area). Between 1 and 20 sales people are assigned to each district. c. As noted earlier, there are three major cat- egories of customers, and certain customers can also purchase goods on credit. There are five different classes of credit customers, and each rating in dicates the maximum amount of credit the customer can have. Design a group code that Novelty Gadgets could use to prepare sales analysis reports. Be sure to identify each digit or position in in terms of both use and meaning. product code for the code your

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