For your design of a data entry system for Elsinore, take into consideration all the objectives for data entry discussed throughout this chapter. Draw any displays necessary to illustrate your design. How can you make the order entry system efficient? Respond in a paragraph. Specify what data can be stored and retrieved and what data must be entered anew for each order. How can unnecessary work be avoided? Write a paragraph to explain why the system you propose is more efficient than the old one. How can data accuracy be ensured? List three strategies that will work with the type of data that are being entered for Elsinore Industries.

“I’ve just taken on the presidency of Elsinore Industries,” says Rose N. Krantz. “We’re actually part of a small cottage industry that manufactures toy villages for children seven years old and up. Our tiny hamlets consist of various kits that will build what children want from interlocking plastic cubes, essentials such as city hall, the police station, the gas station, and a hot dog stand. Each kit has a unique part number from 200 to 800, but not every number is used. The wholesale prices vary from $54.95 for the city hall to $1.79 for a hot dog stand.