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ODS – Cust SVC, HR, Finance
Departments and their applications
Department
Application
Sales and Marketing
Lead Generation
Lead Tracking
Customer Management
Sales Forecasting
Product and Brand Management
Operation
Order Entry
Order Management
Finished-goods inventory management
Manufacturing
Inventory (Raw Materials, goods-in-process)
Planning
Scheduling
Operating
Customer Service
Order Tracking
Account Tracking
Customer Support
Customer Service
Customer Inquiry – CSR
Account Information – Invoices, Payments Due, Credit, Terms
? – Accounts Receivable, AR – Accounting
Order Information – History, Pending, Back Order/Out of Stock, Credit Hold, Promotions, Returns/RMA, Warranty, Repair Dispatch
? – Sales Order, Warranty, System, Pricing, Promotions
Support – Order Tracking Info, Missing Parts, How to, Part Number lookups, Manuals, Technical Support
? – Inventory, Tech Knowledgebase, Order Configuration, Outside Support/Service
CRM – Customer Relationship Management
Ties all these together
Account Information
Order Information
Support
Contact Center – Call Center
In House
Outsource
How deliver all the different information?
Roles
Database Basics
Some Basics
Entities – object for which data is stored – Could be; Persons, Objects, Groups, Locations, events, activities, etc.
Occurrence – a single instance of an entity a specific book is an occurrence of the entity called inventory
Attribute – a property of an entity, ISBN, title, Author are attributes of the book in inventory
Security –
Users
Roles
Schema Tables
Privileges
Select
Execute
Update
Delete
Departments and their applications
Department
Application
Sales and Marketing
Lead Generation
Lead Tracking
Customer Management
Sales Forecasting
Product and Brand Management
Operation
Order Entry
Order Management
Finished-goods inventory management
Manufacturing
Inventory (Raw Materials, goods-in-process)
Planning
Scheduling
Operating
Customer Service
Order Tracking
Account Tracking
Customer Support
Human Resources
Recruiting
Compensation
Assessment
HR Planning
HR – Human Resources
Open Job Requisitions
Interviews Scheduled, conducted
Employees Hired, Terminated
Performance Reviews
Raises, Bonuses
Vacation allotments, used, current balances?
Training, certifications
Complaints, Actions
Recommendations VIA
Anniversaries
Turnover rates – How many hired last year are still here?