Database Applications
Lesson Objectives
Identify of types of database applications
Identify functions of database applications
Identify types of database processing
Understand type of data captured
Understand type of information provided
Feel for a database application
Database Application Supply Management
Types of Database Applications - Examples
Library
University
Banking
Credit Card Transactions
Billing
Stock Broker
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Sales
Manufacturing
Payroll
Inventory
Insurance
Airlines
Rental
Employment
Transportation
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Real
Estate
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Fuel Station
Hotel
Health
Taxi
Land Registry
Registration of Births
Passport
Functions of a Electricity Billing Application
All meter readings
Processing Large Volumes of Data
Process the usage to calculate the bill consumption, charge,
payments, dues
Performs numerous calculations
Print bill
Produce large volumes of output on a reoccurring basis
Apply for Electricity Supply
Electricity usage form
Medical and Health Care
Hospital Information
Systems
Clinic Administration
Accounting
Laboratory Information
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Processing
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Pharmacy Management
Hospital IS
Doctor s information, speciality
Doctors
Ward information, no. of beds
Theatre information,, facilities
Patient information, admittance
information
Consultation information, booking
Listing
Read each record and print. In time
sequence.
Hospital IS
Sorting, Selecting, Summarising and Reporting Data
Sorting
Selecting
Patients in the intensive care
Summarising
By room number
Summary of patients treated by each
doctor
Reporting
Doctors report showing their patients
Retail Store
Point of Sales Terminal
Enter item sold and quantity
Computer System
Retrieve unit price and calculate cost
Update inventory
Pr ssin Transactions
Processing
Tr ns ti ns ass they
th occurr
Print invoice
Print Daily Sales Report
Print Re-order Items
Air Lines
Rapid Retrieval
Availability of Seats on a flight, ticket booking,
issuing, reconfirmation
Hotels
Rapid Retrieval
Availability of Rooms,
reservation
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Telephone Operator
Rapid Retrieval
Provide Telephone Numbers
Stock Broker
Rapid Retrieval
Stock Market Prices
Financials
Asset Management
Financial Planning
Financial Analysis
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Financial Consolidation
Expenditure
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Management
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Billing and Cash Collection
Cash Management
Accounting
Inventory Control
Accounting Receivable
Accounting
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Payroll
General Ledger
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Human Resource
Effective Recruitment
Effective Training, Retention
and Career Planning
Compensation Management
and Flexible, Scaleable Payroll
Flexible Organisation Planning
Management Sciences
Project Planning and
Control
Forecasting Modelling
and Simulation
Employee Productivity
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Assessment
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Projects
Project Tracking
Cost Collection
Revenue Accrual and Billing
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Capitalisation of Project Costs
Cross Project
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Analysis
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Manufacturing
Bill of Materials
Processing
Material
Reimbursements
Planning
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Job
Costing
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Control
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Order Entry / Inventory
Management
Production Control
Purchasing
Manufacturing
New Product Engineering
Planning and Simulation
Supply
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Production
Cost Management
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Quality Management
Library
Membership
Reference
Borrow
Return
Order
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Planning
Supply Management
Material Management
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Sales Order Management
Post-Sales Customer Service
Quality Management
Sales Force Automation
Market and Compensation Analysis
Marketing Management
Sales Management
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Market Expansion
Operational
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Support
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Sales and Distribution
Order Processing / Inventory Management
Food and Beverage Systems
Distribution Systems
Sales and Distribution Application
STORE
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Store Name | City
INVENTORY
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Store Name | Part No | Q
Quantity
ORDERS
Store Name | Part No | Vendor No | Order No | Q
Quantity
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PRODUCT
Product No | Description
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SUPPLIER
Supplier
pp
No | Supplier
pp
Name
ORDERS
Store 1 | P3 | 3428 | 0052 | 10
Store 2 | P2 | 3428 | 0098 | 7
Store 2 | P3 | 3428 | 0098 | 15
Store 2 | P4 | 5726 | 0099 | 1
PRODUCT
P1 | Printer
P2 | Diskette
P3 | Disk Drive
P4 | Modem
STORE
Store 1 | Colombo
Store 2 | Kandy
INVENTORY
St
Store
1 | P1 | 50
Store 1 | P3 | 20
Store 2 | P2 | 100
Store 2 | P1 | 30
SUPPLIER
3428 | East West
5726 | DMS
Data Product Categories
Data Product Details
Data - Suppliers
Data - Orders
Information - Product List
Information - Employee Sales by Country
Information -
Relationships
To integrate data and provide required information
Types of Database Processing
Performs numerous and / or complex calculations
Process large volumes of data and produce large
volumes of output on a reoccurring basis
Sort select,
Sort,
select summarise and report on large volumes
of data
Process transactions as they occur
R idl retrieve
Rapidly
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data
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files and
d / or
databases for the purpose of reporting
Manipulate text and symbols
Change and update data
Communicate data and information
