4.1 Chapter 4 Process design 4.1 Slack‚ Chambers and Johnston‚ Operations Management‚ 6th Edition‚ © Nigel Slack‚ Stuart Chambers‚ and Robert Johnston 2010 4.2 Key operations questions In Chapter 4 – Process design – Slack et al. identify the following key questions: • What is process design? • What objectives should process design have? • How does volume and variety affect process design? • How are processes designed in detail? 4.2 Slack‚ Chambers and Johnston‚ Operations
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Data Bases Data base approach focuses on data integration and data sharing‚ views data as an organizational resource Data Base Management System (DBMS) refers to programs that control the data and interfaces between the data and application programs The data based‚ DBMS‚ and the application programs together are termed as data base system Data base administrator is the person responsible for the data base. Data base systems separate logical and physical views of data‚ referred to
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Database Management System (DBMS): It is a collection of interrelated data and set of programs to access the data. It contains information about a particular enterprise and also provides an environment that is both convenient and efficient to use. Database Applications: Banking: all transactions Airlines: reservations‚ schedules Universities: registration‚ grades Sales: customers‚ products‚ purchases Manufacturing: production‚ inventory‚ orders‚ supply chain Human resources: employee
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Mountain View Community Hospital Case Study Frank Asi DBM/502 August 13‚ 2013 Aviv Raveh Mountain View Community Hospital Case Study Introduction The increased use of electronic medical records (EMR’s) is certainly impacting the world of healthcare. Some claim EMR transition is necessary for efficiency of healthcare processes while others claim electronic records signals the final end of personal privacy. Regardless‚ the transition to EMRs will continue and the healthcare industry must learn
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of the design process? When would you use a prescriptive model? Descriptive model of the design process is a linear model‚ feedback isn’ t discussed and it is more simple than the model known as prescriptive which is an extended model in comparison with the descriptive one. In descriptive model‚ according to client’ s objectives‚ alternative concepts are introduced through different concept schemes‚ without a problem definition and the process improves‚ depending on feasibility of the design. In this
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partly paper based this renders the whole process cumbersome and inefficient and can lead to such problems as loss of data or unavailability of data when needed. From the information collected through oral interview‚ questionnaires‚ observation written literature and journals it was found that paper based means of keeping students records is widely used. This project has therefore come up with an automated computerized system‚ which will help make the whole process much easier and more efficient. the principal
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A database management system (DBMS) is a collection of programs that manages the database structure and controls access to the data stored in the database. In a sense‚ a database resembles a very well-organized electronic filing cabinet in which powerful software‚ known as a database management system‚ helps manage the cabinet’s contents. Advantages of the DBMS: The DBMS serves as the intermediary between the user and the database. The database structure itself is stored as a collection of files
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Ch. 5 summary - The Design Process There are five parts to the design process. They include defining the design dilemma‚ gathering information about the problem‚ generating design ideas‚ find solutions to those problems‚ and employing those solutions. Not all of these steps need to be followed in a precise manner; they can be mixed up to a certain extent. The first step‚ defining the problem‚ and the second‚ gathering information‚ can be combined. Since the steps both involve consulting a client
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 1.1. Purpose 2 1.2. Scope 2 1.3. Technologies to be used 2 1.4. Overview 2 2. Overall Description 2 2.1. Goals of proposed system 2 2.2. Background 2 2.3. Project Requirements 2 2.4. User Characteristics 2 2.5. Hardware Requirements 2 2.5.1. Processor RAM Disk Space 2 2.6. Software Requirements 2 2.6.1. Operating System 2 2.6.2. Application(s) 2 2.6) Definitions of problems 2 2.7. Alternative Solutions 2 3. Feasibility
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