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
P
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
g Payable
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Payroll
General Ledger
g

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
A
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
pp y Management
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Production
Cost Management
g
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
p
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
y
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
p

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
ti
d
data
t stored
t d iin fil
files and
d / or
databases for the purpose of reporting
Manipulate text and symbols
Change and update data
Communicate data and information