INTRODUCTION
After analyzing the IT infrastructure and traditional filing system of PlayOn Toys, I have concluded what is crucial to improve and how the system can benefit from the improvements. My goal through this report is to expose you to how transitioning your system to a Database Management System and present you with an Enterprise Resource Planning System can benefit not only in the short term, but in the long term. As PlayOn Toys continues to progress in sales and growth as a company it will be inevitable that an inadequacy will occur within their traditional system. PlayOn Toys processes and outputs information with a traditional filing system; they are at risk and faced with various dilemmas such as, limited data sharing, duplication of data, and program data dependency. The issues will be examined and explained in the following section to understand the benefits of having a database management system implemented for PlayOn Toys.
TRADITIONAL FILE SHARING
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This in turns could cause duplication of data and lack of consistency of numbers with regards to each department. In regards to limited data sharing the specified department would not have any access to any files outside of its own department. This can cause inefficiency of time and accurate information when requesting reports from one department such as accounting but the report is based on income of sales, which would be filed within the sales
Zeebeez are a fun children’s toy that many may drop onto the ground and have fun watching it bounce right back up to them. Zeebeez was created by the company Zing Toys in 2011. The founder of Zeebeez is Steve Walterscheid, who is also the owner of Zing Toys. Zing Toys was created in 2007, and the founders of this toy company are Steve Walterscheid and Pete Cummings. Zing Toys is a widely known toy company, located in Portland, Oregon, throughout the world. It creates many different products for children entertainment. However, Zing Toys did not come up with the first toy that bounces back up when one drops it. Norman Stingley invented the rubber ball in 1965. He compacted rubber together under very high pressure and as a result, the rubber bounced back up fairly high. This is said to be the first creation of a rubber bouncing ball. A Zeebeez is a fun lasting toy for children to play with.
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