Chapter 6 1. Which of the following is a purpose of the SQL standard? A) To specify syntax and semantics of SQL data definition and manipulation B) To specify minimal and complete standards‚ which permit different degrees of adoption in products C) To define the data structures and basic operations for SQL databases D) All of the above Answer: D Level: Moderate Page Ref: 312 Topic: The Role of SQL in a Database Architecture AACSB Use of Information Technology 2. The benefits of
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Corporation (Costco) is an in-store retailer‚ operating a chain of membership warehouses. The company also offers its products online‚ through websites such as costco.com in the US and costco.ca in Canada. Categories of the company’s product include sundries‚ food‚ soft lines‚ fresh food and ancillary‚ and others. In addition‚ the company operates gasoline stations in the US and Canada. Costco has 566 operational warehouses all over the world. Majority of all these stores locate in North America with
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industry. In North American wholesale club industry‚ there are three principal competitors: Costco Wholesale‚ Sam’s Club and BJ’s Wholesale Club. Costco has approximately 56% share of warehouse club sales in North America; Sam’s Club has about 36% share and the rest 8% goes to BJ’s Club and other small warehouse clubs. A five forces analysis Rival Sellers: This is a strong competitive force in this case. All these three principal competitors: Costco Wholesale‚ Sam’s Club and BJ’s Wholesale
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OLAP Online analytical processing (OLAP) includes decision support‚ modeling‚ information retrieval‚ ad hoc reporting/analysis‚ and what-if analysis A data warehouse - database constructed for quick searching‚ retrieval‚ ad hoc queries‚ and ease of use. - Organizations employe each of the above‚ ERPs‚ OLAP and Data warehouses for competive advantages OLAP servers support common analytical operations including consolidation‚ drilldown‚ and
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INTRODUCTION The Carphone Warehouse is the largest independent retailer of mobile communications in Europe. Its’ business can be divided into three operational areas and the strategy across its three core divisions are as follows: • Distribution - to grow through increased sales and through acquisitions of similar businesses or by building its number of stores and by growing its online sales business in order to retain and develop its market share. • Data Services – to be a market leader in the
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1. What are the business benefits of taking the time and effort required to create and operate data warehouses such as those described in the case? Do you see any disadvantages? Is there any reason that all companies shouldn’t use data warehousing technology? Information is the most important tool when making business decisions. As O’Brien and Marakas stated‚ “Today’s business enterprises cannot survive or succeed without quality data about their internal operations and external environment.”
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Internet/intranet sites with downloadable microcubes‚ mailing systems for report distribution. View More • 3. Contour OLAPBrowser Publisher: Contour Components Primary Category: OLAP Product Type: Application Ready to use MDI front-end for data warehouse applications powered by ContourCube. Forms full report distribution solution with Contour CubeMaker. Provides highly dynamic interface for interactive data analysis‚ sophisticated analytical‚
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reduced costs of warehousing technology make it practical -- often even a competitive requirement for -- smaller companies as well. Turnkey integrated analytical solutions are reducing the cost‚ time‚ and risk involved in data warehouse implementations. While access to the warehouse was previously limited to highly trained analytical specialists‚ corporate portals now make it possible to grant data access to hundreds or thousands of employees. Following are some steps to consider in implementing your
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from http://esj.com/articles/2010/02/03/next-wave-dw.aspx Inmon‚ W.H. Building the Data Warehouse‚ 3rd edition. Wiley‚ New York‚ 2002 Inmon‚ W. Metadata in the data warehouse‚ White Paper‚ 2000; www.inmoncif.com/library/whiteprs/earlywp/ttmeta.pdf. Kimball‚ R.‚ Reeves‚ L.‚ Ross‚ M.‚ and Thronthwaite‚ W. The Data Ware- house Lifecycle Toolkit. Wiley‚ New York‚ 1998. Kimball‚ R. and Ross‚ M. The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling‚ 2nd edition‚ Wiley‚ New York‚ 2002
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Data is the raw materials of any information system. With the revolution of Information Technology we are improving our decision making process more quick and smart. Data warehouse technology is the process of collection‚ sorting‚ structural formation‚ analysis‚ storing and presentation of data. So we say that data warehouse is the technology is overall data management system in the organization. In today’s business world we are facing huge competition. To secure enough profit we have no other
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