WHY
A DATABASE?
A
convenient and efficient way to enter, track, query, and
report information. This could be anything from orders,
suppliers, purchases,
finances,
vendors, deliveries, shipping & receiving, address books,
and much - much more!
- Allow
for more time for analysis and review of reported information.
- Increased
quality of financial information.
- A
more timely and accurate decision-making process.
- Process
alignment and improvement.
- Improved
staff awareness and satisfaction.
The
Extranet - Business to Business Communications
The Intranet - Internal Company Communications
The Internet - Public Communications
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WHAT
IS A DATABASE?
Often abbreviated "DB". A collection of information
organized in such a way that a computer program can quickly
select desired
pieces of data. You can think of a database as an electronic
filing system.
Traditional databases are organized by fields, records, and
files. A field is a single piece of information; a record is
one complete set of fields; and a file is a collection of records.
For example, a telephone book is analogous to a file. It contains
a list of records, each of which consists of three fields:
name, address, and telephone number.
To access information from a database, you need a database management
system (DBMS). This is a collection of programs that enables
you to enter, organize, and select data in a database.
WHAT
DO I NEED?
WillWay
Productions designs our database utilizing Microsoft Access.
If you already have MS Access on your computer, you are ready
to go! If not, MS
Access can be purchased from Microsoft as
an individual package at an afffordable price.
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