Business Scenario

The ABC corporation is a newly established company and the owner is looking for an efficient method of collecting, storing, and manipulating data. The corporation offers a variety of pet supplies and is initially a retailer that is currently selling products only online. As the corporation grows, it plans to also include physical retail locations in which to add services to the company's offerings.

As a startup business, the ABC corporation needs to implement a database management system to allow the collection and sharing of business data among the employees; thus, the database management system should allow for multiple users. The corporation is currently gathering information about database management systems and seeking a contractor to implement the system. Business data will be organized in a logical manner and will be retrieved using a client- server network.

In your analysis provide the ABC corporation with information on database management systems and a recommendation from a contractor's perspective. Information you are providing the ABC corporation should include the following:

1. Provide a definition of a database management system (DBMS). Also, discuss the benefits of implementing a database management system.
2. Explain the components of a DBMS and the process of developing a DBMS for implementation.
3. Discuss why companies utilize various database systems for domestic and global business functions. Make your recommendations to ABC corporation.

Note: In this course, you have learned that businesses utilize database management systems (DBMS) to store, organize, retrieve, manipulate, and report data.  submit an analysis of the business scenario for the ABC corporation. The ABC corporation business scenario is based on a fictitious company that is developing a database management system (DBMS) for storage of product, customer, and sales data.

The assignment will examine the components of a database management system (DBMS), development of a system for business purposes and data collection, manipulation, and storage. The ABC corporation analysis should discuss the use of database management systems in business and examine how a DBMS presents a centralized view of data that can be accessed by multiple users.