T ROPICAL S ENSE By: Stephanie Peter & Ira Leigh IV.

TROPICAL SENSEBy: Stephanie Peter

& Ira Leigh IV

CONTACT INFORMATION

Tropical SenseLocated : 15378 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX, 77063Phone: 281-283-9000Email:[email protected]: www.Tropicalsens.com

BUSINESS BACKGROUND

Located in Clear Lake TexasBeen in business for about 1 year in AmericaProvides affordable selections of tropical plants of various colors and species for:Interior decoratingLandscapingWeddings/Events

NEEDS

Client information is being manually recorded

Products are book cataloged, need to be computerized.

Monetary transaction done by simple cash register

Need to monitor market demand to keep track of slow seasons

REQUIREMENTS

•Apply computerized database to keep track of client information and transactions

•Create website for efficient advertising and instant access to clients.

BUSINESS VALUE

•The new system that is implemented will lower expenses allowing more time to focus on the new technology .

•This will increase sales, overall customer satisfactionand service efficiency.

SPECIAL ISSUES

•System must be built to enable all user to access information efficiently

•Focus on customer demand for up coming seasons

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Order Services Employee Invoices

Payments

Entities and AttributesCustomer Order Services

Customer ID Order ID Service ID

Last Name Date Decorating

First Name Quantity Landscaping

Address Species Wedding

City Amounted Billed

Event

Zip Code

Telephone Number

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Employee

Invoices Payments

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Last Name Amounted Billed

Amount Paid

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Date Billed Date Paid

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City

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LOGICAL DESIGN

PHYSICAL DESIGN

Customer ( Customer ID,LName, FName, Address, City, Zipcode, Telephone )

Order ( Order ID, Customer ID, Service ID, Employee ID , Date, Quantity, Species,)

Service ( Service ID, Order ID, Service Type, Cost)

Order –Service (Order ID, Service ID)

Employees( Employee ID, L Name, F Name, Address, City, Zip Code, Telephone Number

Invoices( Invoice ID, Order ID, Amount Billed, Date Billed)

Payments (Payment ID, Invoice ID, Amount Paid, Date Paid, Balance)

Relationships

Payment Balance Report

Customer Information Form

Employee Information Form

Services Form

Customer Query

Employee Query

Order service Query

Relationship Marco

Tables & Forms Switchboard

Report & Queries Switchboard