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Cross-functionality: Pricing

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1-1 Add a new item in the system and maintain prices manually.

1-1-1 Choose Inventory ® Master Data
Choose Data ® Add.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item	T2002
Description	Treadmill
Price List	01 Purchase Price List
	150
Price List	Price List High Volume
	400
Price List	Price List Low Volume
	500

Add the item master record and maintain all the prices in the specified price lists for the item master record. Alternately, you can save the item master record and enter the prices in the Inventory ® Price Lists ® Price Lists menu by double-clicking each price list and entering the required price for the item.

1-2 Choose Business Partners ® Business Partner Master Data

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Code	TC200
	Customer
Name	Smith Inc.

Choose the price list Price List Low Volume on the Payment Terms tab page.

1-2-1 Choose Sales-A/R ® Sales Order

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	TC200
Item	T2002

Check the price by displaying the item master record and comparing the price in the document with the price in the Price List Low Volume price list.

1-2-2 Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Price Lists. In order to create a new price list, choose Data ® Add Row.

1-2-3 The base price list is the 01 Purchase Price List and the factor is 2.

1-2-4 Choose Inventory ® Item Master Data.
Create item T2004 and assign a price of 300.00 units of national currency to the
01 Purchase Price List.

1-2-5 Display the new price list Test (Inventory ® Price Lists ® Price Lists). The price of the new item is 600.00 units of national currency.

1-2-6 Choose Sales-A/R ® Sales Order.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	TC200
Item	T2004

The system will choose the Price List Low Volume price list for the document. This price list is maintained in the business partner master record (see above).
Choose Form Settings ® Table tab in order to assign the Test price list to the document. Choose OK and answer the question, “Update prices in existing rows?” with Yes.
The system then uses the price of the Test price list (600.00 units of national currency).

1-3 Calculate prices automatically using the Last Purchase Price list.

1-3-1 Choose Inventory ® Item Master Data
Choose Data ® Add.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item	T2003

Do not enter any price!
Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Price Lists in order to check the price in the Last Purchase Price list.

1-3-2 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Purchase Order.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000
Item	T2003
Quantity	10
Price	250

Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Goods Receipt PO.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000

Choose Purchase Order.

Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Price Lists in order to check the price in the Last Purchase Price list

The system did not automatically copy the last purchase price of 250.00 units of the national currency until the AP invoice was entered.

1-3-3 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® A/P Invoice.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000

Choose Goods Receipt PO.

1-3-4 Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Price Lists
The prices are only calculated automatically if the other price lists (Purchase Price List, Store, Reseller, and so on.) refer to the Last Purchase Price list.

1-4 Special prices

1-4-1 Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Special Prices ® Special Prices for Business Partners.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
BP Code	C1000
Price List	Price List Low Volume
Discount Percentage	10
Item No.	A1008

1-4-2 Add item A1005 to the special prices for business partners.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item No.	A1005
Price List	Price List Low Volume
Discount Percentage	0

By selecting the row containing item A1005, you can display a time interval. By double-clicking this interval, you can display the quantity scale. Enter a validity interval of three months and a quantity-based discount (5% discount as of two units, 10% as of four units).
Create a sales order for 5 units of A1005 and A1008 and check that the prices are correct.
Choose Sales-A/R ® Sales Order

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	C1000
Item	A1008 and A1005
Quantity	5

1-4-3 Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Special Prices ® Copy Special Prices to Selection Criteria.
At header level, enter the business partner from whom you want to copy the special prices (C1000) and choose a selection of partners to whom you want to copy the special prices (C1002 in the From and To fields). Items: Code From A1005 To A1008, radio-button: Replace All Items

1-4-4 Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Special Prices ® Define Discount Groups.
Choose customer C1003 and for the item group Ballgames, create a 10% discount. By choosing the Copy to Selection Criteria button, you can copy the discount information to C1004 (in the From and To fields).
Create an order and check the prices. Make sure that the item is assigned to the Ballgames item group.
Choose Sales-A/R ® Sales Order

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	C1004
Item	for example A1006

Elective 1

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To do:

1. Compile and run all listing from 1.0 to 4.6

2. Save all you work under : C:\xampp\htdocs\

3. View output @ http:\\localhost\filename.php

Create a script that contains at least five different variables. Populate them with
values of different data types and use the gettype() function to print each type to
the browser.
Assign values to two variables. Use comparison operators to test whether the
first value is
The same as the second
Less than the second
Greater than the second
Less than or equal to the second
Print the result of each test to the browser.
Change the values assigned to your test variables and run the script again.

ISM 413: Quiz 1

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I. True or False. Evaluate the following, write TRUE if the statement true; otherwise write FALSE. Justify your answer.

An information system is a combination of hardware, software, and data resources that transforms information in an organization.
There are three fundamental reasons for all business applications of information technology. They relate to the three vital roles that information systems can perform for a business enterprise. One of these roles is support of its business processes and operations.
Enterprise collaboration systems involve the use of software tools to support communication, coordination, and collaboration among members of a networked team or workgroup.
The success of an information system should be measured only by its efficiency in terms of minimizing costs, time, and the use of information resources.
Information technology and information systems cannot be mismanaged nor misapplied in such a way that IS performance problems create both technological and business failure.
Developing successful information system solutions to business problems has become easy for business managers and professionals.
A potential risk that must be faced by business managers who implement major applications of technology is consumer boycotts.
Information systems represent a major functional area of business equally as important to business success as the functions of accounting, finance, operations management, marketing, and human resource management.
Systems have three basic functions: processing, output, and dissemination.
A system does not exist in a vacuum; it exists and functions in an environment containing other system.

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Unit: Purchasing-A/P

Topic: Procurement Process

1-1 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Purchase Order

1-1-1

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000
Item	Use the Tab key to choose items A1000, A1001, A1002
Quantity	2 for each item

Choose the Tab key in the Item No field to create a new item directly from the purchase order. Choose New and create a new item for the basketball with item code TA200. Enter all of the relevant information and go back to your purchase order. Enter a price in the Price field in the purchase order. Do not save the purchase order yet!

1-1-2 You can activate the delivery date and warehouse fields in your table by choosing Form Settings , [Table Format] from the Menu bar.
Select Visible and Active for the fields Del. Date and WH
You can change the order in the settings by moving the individual fields in the list with Drag&Drop. Do not save the purchase order yet!

1-1-4 You duplicate the item A1002 by positioning your cursor on the row and choosing right mouse-click ® Duplicate Row from the menu. Enter the quantity 6 and the warehouse 05 into the new row (if the table does not contain the warehouse field, you can double-click the row number to display the details and change the warehouse). Do not save the purchase order yet!

Since you ordered items for two different warehouses, the system creates two sub-ordinate purchase orders (children) with a secondary numbering segment, and a blanket purchase order with a cancelled status (a blanket with no functionality).

1-2 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Goods Receipt PO.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000

Choose Purchase Orders.

1-2-1 Select List of Purchase Orders ® Form Settings
Add Ship to for Field Name in the last row. Mark Display and choose Update, OK. Select Cancel in the Choose from List. Choose Purchase Order again. The field Ship to field now appears in the rows. Choose the correct document from the list.

1-2-2 Draw Document Wizard:
select Import Exchange Rate from Base Document and Customize.
Choose Next.
Choose the first two items (you can use Shift and Ctrl to select individual rows or blocks).
Choose Finish
Choose Add.

1-2-3 Create an additional goods receipt by referring to your purchase order. Purchasing-A/P ® Goods Receipt PO

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000

Choose the correct document from the list.
Draw Document Wizard: select Import Exchange Rate from Base Document and Customize.
Choose Next.
Change the quantity to 4.
Choose Finish
Post the document.

1-2-4 Choose Inventory ® Inventory Reports ® Inventory Status.

1-2-5 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Purchasing Reports ® Open Items List.
Choose Open Purchase Orders in the dropdown list. Select the correct PO and close it by choosing Data ® Close from the menu bar or right mouse-click ® Close.
In order to check the result go again to the Inventory Status report or you can display the stock situation in the item master record on the Inventory Data tab.

1-3 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® A/P Invoice

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000

1-3-1 Choose Goods Receipt PO.
Select the two goods receipt POs with all items, enter a posting date and a vendor reference number, and choose Add.

1-4 You have arranged a delivery by phone with your vendor S1002.

1-4-1 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® A/P Invoice.
You post the invoice in the system directly (without referring to a purchase order or to a goods receipt PO) with the result that a goods receipt is made in the background. The stock level increases accordingly.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1002
Item	A1003
Quantity	100

Choose Add.

1-4-2 Since an invoice has already been entered, you have to create a credit memo with reference to the invoice in the system. The system clears 20 units from stock and corrects the values in the general ledger.
Choose Purchasing-A/P ® A/P Credit Memo.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1002

Choose A/P Invoices.

Draw Document Wizard:

select Import Exchange Rate from Base Document and Customize.

Choose Next.

Select:

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item	A1003
Quantity	20

Choose Finish.

Choose Add.

Document Handling

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1-1 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Purchase Order

1-1-1 Choose the Tab key in the Vendor (Number) field, and the List of Business Partners window opens. Double-click on the BP Name column and enter B into the Find field. The system positions on the first entry beginning with B.
Or:
Enter B* into the (Vendor) Name field, choose the Tab key, and the Choose from List window opens. The system positions directly on the first entry beginning with B and only displays the entries beginning with B.

1-1-2 A service as a service (which doesn’t have an item master record) cannot be ordered in the same document with items (having item master records).

1-1-3 Change to the Find mode.
If you know the document number you can type it in directly.
Or:
You can use Data ® Next Record, Previous Record, First Data Record, Last Data Record or the corresponding buttons in the tool bar.
Or:
If you know the vendor number, type it into the Vendor (Number) field and add *S1003*. The List of Purchase Orders with all purchase orders of the vendor S1003 opens.

1-1-4 Go to the Drag & Relate menu.
Select Purchase Order. All purchase orders are displayed. therefore, use the Filter function to select the purchase orders only of the vendor S1003 (Customer/Vendor Equal S1003).
Or:
Select Business Partners. All Business Partners display. Drag business partner S1003 to Purchase Order, so you get only purchase orders for the vendor S1003.

1-1-5 Put the cursor in the respective row of the purchase order, then choose:

Data ® Add Row or right mouse-click ® Add Row.

Data ® Delete Row or right mouse-click ® Delete Row.

Data ® Duplicate Row or right mouse-click ® Duplicate Row
In order to group different rows by item, choose Summary Type: By Items.

After changing the item description, select Ctrl+Tab in order to leave the field.

The Last Prices Report window opens, displaying last prices out of documents and Special Prices.

The Row Details … window opens.

The Available quantity, physical quantity In Stock, the Committed quantity and the Ordered quantity for the item per warehouse display.

Choose Update.

From the menu bar, choose:
Tools ® Change Log.

1-2 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Purchase Order.

1-2-1 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Purchase Order

1-2-2 From the purchase order choose Go to ® Volume and Weight Calculation or right mouse-click or the respective button in the tool bar:

1-2-3 You can save the purchase order as a draft. From the purchase order, choose: File ® Save as Draft.

1-2-4 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Document Drafts.
Confirm the Selection Criteria with OK, highlight the respective draft and choose Go to ® Document Drafts or simply double-click the respective draft. The Purchase Order – Draft window opens. Post any changes and choose Add to create the real purchase order out of the draft.

1-2-5 Although the draft is not open any more, it can be used for additional purchase orders (consider the selection criteria!)
In order to delete the draft, choose Document Drafts ® Data ® Remove or right mouse-click ® Remove.

ITEM MASTER DATA

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Unit: Master Data

• Create and maintain items

• Explain how an item master record is structured

• Find item master records and customize the Choose from List

Your company adds some items for skiing to its product range. You purchase these items, store them, and sell them to your customers.

2-1 Define Item Group.

Define an item group Skiing for your new product line.

2-2 Create item master records.

2-2-1 Create an item, A2000, with the description Ski. Assign it to your new item group Skiing. This item is a purchase, sales, and inventory item. The purchase price per item is 250.

You purchase the Ski from your vendor S1000.

For information purposes you also have to maintain the Length (180cm), the Width (10cm), the Height (20cm) and the Weight (6kg).

2-2-2 Create an item A2001 with the description Ski Boots.

Assign it to your new item group Skiing. The regular vendor is again S1000. The Length, Width, and Height are each 40cm, and the Weight is 5 kg.

This item is a purchase, sales and inventory item. The purchase price per item is 80.

2-3 Find item master records and work with the Choose from List.

2-3-1 Choose Item Master Data. In the Item Number field, type in A and choose Enter or Find. Which item master record do you find?

_________________________________________________________

2-3-2 Choose Item Master Data. In the Item Number field type in A* and choose Enter or Find. What is the result now?

_________________________________________________________

2-3-3 Choose Item Master Data. In the Item Number field, type in * and choose Enter or Find. The Choose from List containing all items opens. Customize the list in order to search items at first by the item group and subsequently by the item number.

2-3-4 True or false?

The changes in the Choose from List are applicable for all users?

_________________________________________________________

2-3-5 Restore the original settings of the Choose from List window. Which button do you have to press?

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EMAIL YOUR ANSWER FOR 2-3 TO jeanie_d_a@yahoo.com

Case Study

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General Instructions:

Post the group members name and the chosen case through comment option at the bottom of this post.
No duplication of case.(e.i. One case per group policy)

Case 1: Database Technology Used to Improve Airport Security

The Transportation Security Administration is evaluating various approaches to harnessing database technology to help improve airport security. Unfortunately, the deployment of any such system may require the airlines to invest in additional information systems technology at a time when they are suffering from a lack of revenue and one major airline has declared bankruptcy.

One idea is to develop a database system that links every airline reservation system in the country with a number of private and government databases. Data mining and predictive analysis would be used to analyze personal travel histories, the background of passengers aboard particular flights, and a wealth of other data to assign numerical “threat ratings” to individuals. Warnings would be sent electronically to workers at airport screening locations to inspect those individuals with high threat ratings more closely.

Another approach involves allowing prescreened “trusted travelers” to pass through airport security checkpoints quickly, avoiding long lines and congestion. This would allow more time and resources to be devoted to screening other travelers whose level of risk is higher or unknown. Those who apply for the “trusted traveler” program would have to pass a background check conducted using data from a number of state and federal databases. Once at the airport, “trusted traveler” passengers would be identified, perhaps by scanning the individual’s fingerprints or retina or some form of identification card. (A federal effort is under way to develop a security ID card for airline passengers that would rely on biometic identification and be linked to government databases). At that time, the system would also cross-reference the passenger’s identification with the FBI watch list database and a federal passenger profiling system known as Computer-Assisted Passenger Screening. Provided everything checked out, the passenger could then proceed to his/her airplane using expedited security check-in procedures.

Discussion Questions:

1. Which approach is best in terms of improving airport security: assigning a threat rating to individuals or prescreening individuals to identify “trusted travelers?” Why do you feel this approach is best?

2. Identify specific data and describe how that data could be used to assign numeric threat ratings to individuals.

Critical Thinking Questions:

3. Briefly discuss the data integrity or data privacy issues associated with the two approaches outlined above.

4. Identify other technical and economic issues that may make it difficult to implement either approach. Should the federal government help pay the cost of implementing these safeguards?

Sources: adapted from Dan Verton, “Feds Mulling New Airline Surveillance,” Computerworld, February 1, 2002, accessed at *www.computerworld.com; Matt Berger, “’Trusted Traveler’” Aims to Streamline Flight Security,” Computerworld, March 18, 2002, accessed at *www.computerworld.com; Brian Sullivan, “EPIC Files Suit Against the Bush Administration,” Computerworld, April 2, 2002, accessed at *www.computerworld.com; Larry Greenemeier, “Security Technology Modeled on Israeli Example,” InformationWeek, March 11, 2002, accessed at *www.informationweek.com.

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Case 2: VNU, International Media and Information Company
VNU NV in 1994 was a Netherlands-based owner of Dutch newspapers and television stations and European magazines. Over the next seven years, it spent a total of $8 billion acquiring other companies to transform itself into a leading provider of information about media and consumers for use by media companies and advertisers. Today VNU owns 145 trade newspapers and magazines; Soundscan, which tracks retail sales of recorded music; Nielsen Media Research, which rates television shows; and ACNielsen, which compiles market data on the sales of packaged goods. With operations in over 100 countries and employing 35,000 people, VNU provides millions of people around the world with business intelligence.

Its marketing information activities are built on the data collected, edited, cleaned, and stored by its ACNielsen subsidiary. The basic data collection process begins with in-store scanning of product codes at the checkout and observations of professional auditors during store visits. This data is gathered from retail outlets wherever food, household, health and beauty, durables, confectionery, and beverage products are sold. The data can be used to track sales volume, selling price, and effectiveness of promotions and merchandising—not just of your own company’s products, but of competitors as well. The data can also be used to measure overall product performance, assess the extent of product distribution in area stores, quantify the effectiveness of special promotions such as sales or advertisements, and measure consumers’ reactions to changes in price.

Recognizing the need to support global decision making, ACNielsen introduced an Internet service to deliver its information products in 1996. This expansion on-line allows people within client organizations to obtain ACNielsen information, regardless of their location.

In addition to its information products, ACNielsen markets a broad range of advanced decision support software that helps more than 9,000 clients spread across 100 countries to obtain large volumes of information, evaluate it, make judgments about their growth opportunities, and plan future marketing and sales campaigns. The software includes tools that perform sophisticated multidimensional reporting, data mining, analytical modeling, graphical presentations, and expert systems. The goal is to enable decision makers to make sound recommendations to optimize their business: price levels, promotion methods, media spending, product portfolio mix, retail category optimization, and other choices. If made correctly, these key decisions can generate increased sales and profits.

Discussion Questions:

1. What issues might be involved in collecting, editing, cleaning, and storing the ACNielsen data? Identify some specific issues related to data privacy.

2. What concerns might be associated with providing customers around the world with access to the ACNielsen data via the Internet?

Critical Thinking Questions:

3. What ethical issues might arise for VNU in providing marketing data, tools, and services to two major multinational companies that are competitors (e.g., Procter & Gamble and Unilever)? How might these issues be minimized?

4. Which do you think is more important to VNU customers—good data or good tools for the analysis of data? Why?

Sources: adapted from Geraldine Fabrikant, “MEDIA; Big Makeover for Dutch Media Data Company,” The New York Times, August 13, 2001, Late Edition-Final, Section C, p. 9,; “About VNU,” VNU Web site at http://www.vnu.com, accessed on February 25, 2002; “Sybase Solution Analyzes Television Viewing Trends for Nielsen Research,” Sybase press release, October 22, 2001.

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Case 3: J.Crew Turns to Data Warehousing to Increase Online Sales

J.Crew is a global retailer and catalog merchant of prestige fashions with headquarters in New York City. It offers a wide range of men's, women's, and children's apparel, shoes, accessories, and personal care products through its fast-expanding retail network of 133 U.S. stores and 76 licensed stores in Japan.

When J.Crew set up its jcrew.com site in June 1997, it was one of the first apparel sites on the Web. Today the Web site is J.Crew's fastest growing distribution channel. Part of the reason for its huge success is that J.Crew uses a data warehouse and software tools to identify for on-line shoppers what J. Crew clothes, shoes, and accessories customers frequently purchase together. That information is fed to applications running the Web site so that when on-line shoppers click on an item, the Web site recommends complementary products that the customer might be interested in buying. Delivering dynamic, relevant product recommendations to shoppers has increased the average order size and raised customer satisfaction and loyalty.

J. Crew uses DigiMine's Enterprise Analytics data-mining software to analyze sales data from its Web site, retail stores, and catalog sales operation. All of this data is collected and stored in a 500-GB data warehouse running on a Microsoft SQL Server database, which took J. Crew and DigiMine six months to develop. J. Crew combines the data generated by visitors clicking on its Web pages with product sales data from corporate systems that process order data from catalog and retail operations. The consolidation of all this data gives J. Crew a complete view of its customers’ preferences and enables it to analyze sales trends, build customer profiles, and generate product recommendations for E-mail marketing campaigns. It also uses this pooled data to pair products and advise shoppers which shoes customers most often buy with which slacks. As a result, every shopper at jcrew.com can view compelling apparel, shoe, or accessory suggestions, based on their browsing and purchasing behavior.

Discussion Questions:

1. Visit the J.Crew Web site at http://www.jcrew.com and shop for some apparel. Be alert for the site’s attempts to increase your order size through recommendations of complementary apparel, shoe, or accessories. Write a paragraph summarizing your experience.

2. In serving their on-line shoppers, most retailers do not combine data from the brick-and-mortar stores and catalog purchases with browsing and shopping data from their Web sites. J. Crew does. How does this provide J. Crew a competitive advantage?

Critical Thinking Questions:

3. Identify some potential data privacy issues that might arise with the capture, storage, and analysis of customers’ on-line shopping data from the J. Crew Web site.

4. Imagine that J. Crew is considering offering a new service for on-line customers—help in shopping for gifts for friends and family members. Interested customers would register friends and family members, along with their birth dates, anniversaries, and other pertinent information such as sizes and color preferences. J. Crew would send an e-mail reminding the customer that a friend’s birth date or other special occasion was near and suggest that they visit the Web site for help in choosing a gift. What are the pros and cons of such a service? What additional information would need to be captured in the data warehouse to support this service? Would you be in favor of this service? Why or why not?
Sources: adapted from Ann Bednarz, “Cents and Retail Sensibility,” ComputerWorld, January 7, 2002, http://www.computerworld.com; Mark Hall, “Finding Answers in Data Haystacks,” ComputerWorld, April 23, 2001, http://www.computerworld.com; Rick Whiting, “Retailer Seeks Success in How Customers Dress,” InformationWeek, November 26, 2001, http://www.informationweek.com; “J. Crew Deploys digiMine’s Data Mining Solutions,” DigiMine company press release, November 13, 2001, , http://www.digimine.com/; J. Crew Web site at http://www.JCrew.com.

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Case 4: Penske Uses Satellite Communications to Meet Customer Needs

Principle: The effective use of telecommunications and networks can turn a company into an agile, powerful, and creative organization, giving it a long-term competitive advantage.

Penske Logistics provides service across three continents using the company’s technology, engineering, and operational expertise for global transportation management, distribution management, and integrated logistics. In fall 2001, Penske installed wireless computers in its 4,000-vehicle fleet. Each truck’s cab computer features a wireless network and satellite connection, effectively turning the cab into a communications hub. The wireless networks are based on a pioneering technology called Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). That technology powers wireless networks and handsets all over the world. QUALCOMM, based in San Diego, developed CDMA, which makes very efficient use of the radio frequency spectrum and allows more people to share the airwaves at the same time—without cross-talk, static, or interference.

The satellite connections for Penske truck drivers are made possible by a consortium of international telecommunications companies formed to deliver satellite communications through a network of service providers called Globalstar. Members include Aerospazio, Alcatel, Alenia, China Telecom, DACOM, Daimler Chrylser Aerospace, Elsacom, France Telecom, Hyundai, Loral Space & Communications, QUALCOMM, and Vodafone. The Globalstar system provides high-quality satellite-based voice, fax, and data transmission services to a broad range of customers using Globalstar's set of 48 low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites. Globalstar sells access to its satellite communications system to regional and local telecommunications service providers around the world.

At the company’s distribution centers, the Penske driver captures information about cargo deliveries and pickups using a bar-code scanner. The scanner comes equipped with a card allowing the driver to relay data to the cab computer, a Qualcomm MVPc CE unit running the Windows CE operating system. The cab computer is programmed to immediately relay critical information—such as a change in the number of items delivered to a customer—to Penske corporate distribution systems and to the affected customer. This information is sent over the Globalstar satellite system. So, the customer knows exactly what items and what quantities are being shipped as soon as they are loaded on the truck. Penske’s central operators are also able to send route alerts to its drivers about traffic jams or changes in schedules over the satellite communications system.

Routine shipment information—such as records of all items dropped at a particular location—is stored in the onboard computer until the truck gets within close range of a Penske distribution terminal. At that point, the computer in the truck's cab senses the approach of the distribution terminal and starts downloading its data at 11M bit/sec. The cab computers also run software from XATA, a supplier of onboard computing systems for transportation companies. The software enables Penske to automate driver logs, monitor state line crossings, and calculate fuel tax. The wireless and satellite-based telecommunications system enables Penske to deliver superior customer service while reducing is costs and enabling it to comply with all distribution regulations.

Discussion Questions:

1. Why does Penske use the satellite link only for transmission of critical information, while transmitting routine information over the short-range link?

2. Why is the information concerning exactly what was loaded on the truck deemed to be critical enough to relay to the customer immediately?

Critical Thinking Questions:

3. With this basic infrastructure in place, what additional applications can you identify that would further reduce costs and add customer value?

4. What components of this system could fail? Which ones need some sort of backup system? What would you recommend to provide backup capability at a reasonable cost?

Sources: adapted from Bob Brewin, “Penske Outfits Fleet with Wireless Terminals,” ComputerWorld, June 11, 2001, http://www.computerworld.com; “Penske Logistics Signs License Agreement with Xata for Xatanet Software,” Penske press release, February 26, 2001, http://www.penske.com; “QUALCOMM’s FleetAdvisor Offers Private Fleets Affordable Solutions for Improved Productivity and Customer Service,” QUALCOMM press release, February 5, 2001, http://www.qualcomm.com.

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Case 5: Starbucks Deploys Wireless LANs

Starbucks is the number one U.S. specialty coffee retailer, and it operates more than 5,000 coffee shops in office buildings, shopping centers, airport terminals, and supermarkets in some 20 countries worldwide. Starbucks sells coffee drinks and beans, pastries, and other food items and beverages, as well as mugs, coffeemakers, coffee grinders, and storage containers. The company also sells its beans to restaurants, businesses, airlines, and hotels, and it offers mail-order and online catalogs. Starbucks has expanded into coffee ice cream (with Dreyer's) and makes Frappuccino, a bottled coffee drink (with PepsiCo).

In January 2001, Starbucks and Microsoft announced an agreement to jointly offer high-speed Internet connections in all 3,000 Starbucks stores throughout North America. Starbucks chose Compaq Computer as the main hardware supplier for this project. Compaq is providing iPaq handheld computers, which Starbucks customers can use to access broadband content and services.

The project is part of an overall Starbucks strategy to upgrade its operations including the introduction of Starbucks customer cards, which are intended to speed up orders and eventually allow customers to order drinks over mobile phones. Starbucks also believes that giving customers the ability to access a 10 Mbps wireless LAN while enjoying a cup of coffee on a comfortable couch will lure more customers into its coffee shops during off-peak post-breakfast hours—the company currently does 80 percent of its business in the morning. Starbucks has 15 million customers a week, and 90 percent of them use the Internet. So, providing Internet access may be a benefit to many of its customers. Starbucks offers the service at fees ranging from $2.50 for 15 minutes to $59.95 per month for unlimited access.

MobileStar Network Corporation was picked to install an industry-standard 802.11b LAN complete with wireless radios and antennae in Starbucks stores. One LAN is capable of supporting 20 to 40 concurrent users. Customers access the MobileStar network through a portal that Microsoft developed for Starbucks on its MSN online service. Access to that portal carries no charge, but once customers surf beyond it or check their e-mail, they will either have to enter a MobileStar user number or sign up online. The first installations were completed in the spring 2001 in the Pacific Northwest. Starbucks planned to expand its Internet access for customers to all 3,000 North American outlets and 70 percent of its stores worldwide by the end of 2003.

Starbucks is weighing several options to encourage use of the wireless LAN technology, including the sale of wireless modem cards in its stores—provided it does not detract from the coffee experience. Starbucks has also started discussions with major laptop computer manufacturers to provide incentives for customers to purchase the wireless LAN devices.

Some industry analysts believe that Starbucks has positioned itself too far ahead of the technology curve by launching this service so early. After all, not that many people have a wireless modem today. A writer for Fortune magazine tested access to the Internet from Starbucks outlets and complained that he had to visit five stores before he could get it to work. He also pointed out the total lack of publicity for the wireless networks—there were no signs, no brochure, no one available to offer customer service, nobody in the stores who knew anything about the wireless LAN.

Rollout plans were delayed when MobileStar Network Corporation shut down its offices in October 2001. By February 2002, Starbucks confirmed that VoiceStream, the North American affiliate of T-Mobile International, had acquired MobileStar and will be the service provider for the high-speed Internet access that Starbucks is continuing to roll out to company-owned stores.

Discussion Questions:

1. Visit a local Starbucks store (in an off-peak time period) and ask the workers about the wireless LAN service. Has the service been installed there yet? If so, do you notice any customers taking advantage of it? Ask for a demo. If it has not been installed yet, find out why not.

2. What evidence might support critics’ comments that Starbucks has positioned itself too far ahead of the technology curve?

Critical Thinking Questions:

3. Make a list of actions that are required to complete the rollout of this new technology in a manner that will provide an effective and useful service to customers.

4. Discuss the potential risk of “pushing the technology so hard” that it takes away from the coffee experience.

Sources: adapted from Elisa Batista, “Bluetooth Fakes Lack Proper Bite,” Wired, October 24, 2001, accessed at http://www.wired.com; Bob Brewin, “Starbucks Takes Wireless Leap,” Computerworld, January 8, 2001, accessed at http://www.computerworld.com; A. Lee Graham, “MobileStar Cites Starbucks Project as Its Grounds,” The Dallas Morning News, February 20, 2001, accessed at MobileStar Web site at http://www.mobilestar.com; David Lidsky, “Shortcut to Hell,” Fortune, March 1, 2002, accessed at http://www.fortune.com; Jaikumar Vijayan, “Starbucks Picks Compaq as Hardware Supplier for Wireless Access in Stores,” Computerworld, May 2, 2001, accessed at http://www.computerworld.com; “Starbucks Annual Shareholders Meeting to Highlight New Initiatives,” Starbucks press release, February 26, 2002, f http:/www.starbucks.com.

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Case 6: Bear, Stearns & Co. Builds Redundant Telecommunications Network

Bear, Stearns & Company is a leading investment banking and securities trading and brokerage firm that serves governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals worldwide. The company headquarters is in New York City, and it has 10,500 employees with additional offices in several U.S. cities and foreign countries. Through Bear, Stearns Securities Corporation, it processes approximately 10 percent of the New York Stock Exchange volume cleared daily through the National Securities Clearing Corp. Bear, Stearns is also one of the largest securities borrowers in the world.

After three years of planning and three and one-half years of construction, Bear, Stearns moved into a new seven-story building on Madison Avenue in New York in 2002. Bear, Stearns saw the relocation of its New York headquarters building as the perfect opportunity to provide innovations that would enable its employees to work more efficiently and more effectively.

High on its list of priorities was the need to upgrade the computers and the network its traders rely on for market data and trade execution. The new building houses 2,000 traders, each with multiple, state-of-the-art desktop computers. The typical trader uses two PCs, but some use as many as four. Flat panel displays were a requirement to reduce the amount of desk space required.

The company identified the network interface card (NIC) on the traders' PCs as critical to ensuring complete fault tolerance. The NIC is a computer circuit board or card that is installed in a computer so that it can be connected to a network. Personal computers and workstations on a local area network typically contain an NIC specifically designed for the LAN transmission technology. All Bear, Stearns PCs were outfitted with two network interface cards for redundancy. In addition, Bear, Stearns ran 12 Category 5 communications lines connecting each trader’s PC to Bear, Stearns's 100-Mbps Ethernet LAN. Two fiber-optic cables also provide additional redundancy. The goal is to eliminate any downtime—traders must be able to continue business even in the event of a network failure.

IP Metrics Software was contracted to provide the NICs. The firm also provided high-availability/high-reliability software and consulting services to increase the performance and reliability of the network infrastructure and eliminate all single points of failure on the network. The current network design employs Cisco Systems 6509 routers in a four-tier architecture. The headquarters LAN connects to a three-node optical metropolitan area network that carries data at 6 Gbps among the headquarters, a site in downtown Brooklyn, and Bear, Stearns's data center in Whippany, New Jersey. This network uses Nortel Networks' Optera equipment and runs alongside a synchronous optical network–asynchronous transfer mode network that's there as a backup.

Discussion Questions:

1. Draw a rough sketch showing the equipment and network connections available to the typical Bear, Stearns trader.

2. Is there any single point of failure in the Bear, Stearns network?

Critical Thinking Questions:

3. Why is it so critical to Bear, Stearns to avoid a business interruption?

4. How could you quantify the cost of a business interruption at Bear, Stearns?
Sources: adapted from “Investor Relations,” Bear, Stearns Web site at http://www.bearnstearns.com, accessed March 11, 2002; Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, “IT Leadership Put to the Test,” InformationWeek, July 2, 2001, http://www.informationweek.com; and John Randleman, “No Downtime, No Matter What,” InformationWeek, March 11, 2002, http://www.informationweek.com

Inventory: Stock Transfer

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1-1 Consignment

1-1-1 Choose Administration ® Setup ® Inventory ® Warehouses.

Enter the following information on the General tab page:

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Warehouse Code	07
Warehouse Name	CONSI C1003
Location	any
Street/City	any
Country	Domestic

Enter the following information on the Accounting tab page:

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Stock Account	7100
Cost of Goods Sold	3950
Price Differences Account	3010

Choose Add.

1-1-2 Choose Inventory ® Inventory Transactions ® Stock Transfer

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	C1003
From warehouse	01
Item No	A1010
To Warehouse	07
Quantity	5

To check the quantity available in Warehouse 01 put the cursor in the To Warehouse field and choose Ctrl+Tab.

1-1-3 Choose Inventory ® Inventory Reports ® Inventory in Warehouse Report.
The stock is 5 units.

1-1-4 Create a customer invoice from warehouse 07.
Choose Sales-A/R ® A/R Invoice.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	C1003
Item No	A1010
Quantity	2

Choose Invoice ® Settings to change the warehouse to 07.

The system posts both quantities and values.

1-1-5 Choose Inventory ® Inventory Reports ® Inventory in Warehouse
Report.

SAP: Pricing

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1-1 Add a new item in the system and maintain prices manually.

1-1-1 Choose Inventory ® Master Data
Choose Data ® Add.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item	T2002
Description	Treadmill
Price List	01 Purchase Price List
	150
Price List	Price List High Volume
	400
Price List	Price List Low Volume
	500

1-2 Choose Business Partners ® Business Partner Master Data

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Code	TC200
	Customer
Name	Smith Inc.

Choose the price list Price List Low Volume on the Payment Terms tab page.

1-2-1 Choose Sales-A/R ® Sales Order

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	TC200
Item	T2002

Check the price by displaying the item master record and comparing the price in the document with the price in the Price List Low Volume price list.

1-2-2 Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Price Lists. In order to create a new price list, choose Data ® Add Row.

1-2-3 The base price list is the 01 Purchase Price List and the factor is 2.

1-2-4 Choose Inventory ® Item Master Data.
Create item T2004 and assign a price of 300.00 units of national currency to the
01 Purchase Price List.

1-2-5 Display the new price list Test (Inventory ® Price Lists ® Price Lists). The price of the new item is 600.00 units of national currency.

1-2-6 Choose Sales-A/R ® Sales Order.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	TC200
Item	T2004

1-3 Calculate prices automatically using the Last Purchase Price list.

1-3-1 Choose Inventory ® Item Master Data
Choose Data ® Add.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item	T2003

Do not enter any price!
Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Price Lists in order to check the price in the Last Purchase Price list.

1-3-2 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Purchase Order.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000
Item	T2003
Quantity	10
Price	250

Choose Purchasing-A/P ® Goods Receipt PO.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000

Choose Purchase Order.

Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Price Lists in order to check the price in the Last Purchase Price list

1-3-3 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® A/P Invoice.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000

Choose Goods Receipt PO.

1-4 Special prices

1-4-1 Choose Inventory ® Price Lists ® Special Prices ® Special Prices for Business Partners.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
BP Code	C1000
Price List	Price List Low Volume
Discount Percentage	10
Item No.	A1008

1-4-2 Add item A1005 to the special prices for business partners.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item No.	A1005
Price List	Price List Low Volume
Discount Percentage	0

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	C1000
Item	A1008 and A1005
Quantity	5

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	C1004
Item	for example A1006

Module Code

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Public id As Integer
Public names As String
Public role As String
Public rs As New ADODB.Recordset
Public con As New ADODB.Connection

Public Sub dbcon()
If con.State = adStateOpen Then con.Close
con.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=E:\NC4\OOp\P4\library.mdb;Persist Security Info=False"
con.Open

End Sub

Public Sub rscon(q As String)
If rs.State = adStateOpen Then rs.Close
rs.CursorLocation = adUseClient
rs.Open q, con, adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic
End Sub

Private Sub cmdCon_Click()
Call dbcon

If lg(0).Text <> "" And lg(1).Text <> "" Then
log
    If rs.RecordCount > 0 Then
        role = rs.Fields("Role")
        id = rs.Fields("a.UserID")
         validate
            If rs.Fields("Validity") > Date Then
                getname
                names = rs.Fields("Fname")
                    If role = "administrator" Then
                    Call frmGuest.adminA
                    Unload Me
                    ElseIf role = "member" Then

                    Else

                    End If


            Else
                MsgBox "Upgrade first your account", vbOKOnly
            End If
    Else
        MsgBox "Incorrect Password and Username", vbOKOnly
    End If
Else
MsgBox "input a value", vbOKOnly

End If

End Sub

Public Sub log()
Dim a As String
a = "Select * from tblUserAccount a, tblRoles b where a.UserID = b.UserID and Uname like '" & lg(0).Text & "' and Password like '" & lg(1).Text & "'"
Call rscon(a)

End Sub

Public Sub validate()
Dim b As String
b = "Select * from tblMembership where UserID = " & id & " "
Call rscon(b)
End Sub

Public Sub getname()
Dim c As String
c = "Select Fname from tblUsers where UserID = " & id & ""
Call rscon(c)
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
Call dbcon
End Sub

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Database Connection

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Public con As New ADODB.Connection
Public rs As New ADODB.Recordset

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Public Sub dbcon()
If con.State = adStateOpen Then con.Close
con.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=library.mdb;Persist Security Info=False"
con.Open

End Sub

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Public Sub rscon()
If rs.State = adStateOpen Then rs.Close
rs.CursorLocation = adUseClient
rs.Open q, con, adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic
End Sub

Sales-A/R: Drop Ship

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3-1 Choose Business Partners ® Business Partner Master Data .
Change to input mode.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Code	C2002
BP Type	Customer
Name	Fitness Forum
Group	End Customers
Currency

Choose the Addresses tab page.

To enter the bill-to address, choose Define New under Bill To.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Name	Fitness Forum
Street / P.O. Box
City
Zip Code
Country

To enter the ship-to address, choose Define New under Ship To.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Name	Fitness Forum
Street / P.O. Box
City
Zip Code
Country

Choose Add to save the data record.

3-2

3-2-1 Choose Sales-A/R ® Sales Order.

3-2-2 Assign the drop ship warehouse (02) to the row with item A1000.
In the Item Availability Check choose Continue and add the order.
The system now lets you create a purchase order for item A1000 by transferring the item from the left to the right side. The item will be delivered by vendor S1000. Save the purchase order.

3-2-3 It is the customer’s ship-to address.

3-2-4 Choose Purchasing-A/P ® A/P Invoice.

No stock postings take place. The answer can be checked with:

Inventory ® Inventory Reports ® Inventory Posting List by Item:
The Drop Ship Warehouse is not selectable!

To navigate to the corresponding journal entry:
in A/P Invoice go to the Accounting tab page, and select the orange arrow beside Journal Remark. There is no stock account involved!

3-2-5 Choose Sales-A/R ® A/R Invoice.

No stock postings for the drop ship item take place.

Checking of Item Availability

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Sales-A/R : Item Availability Check

2-1 How does the automatic availability check work?

2-1-1 You activate the automatic availability check for sales orders in Administration à System Initialization à Document Settings.

2-1-2 Choose Administration à System Initialization à Document Settings.
Choose the Document Sales Order and make sure that the checkbox for Activate Automatic Availability Check has been chosen.

2-1-3 No. In SAP Business One you can only work with an automatic availability check for sales orders.

2-2 You have two new items. Create the item master records and enter the quantities which are already available.

2-2-1 Create the item master record.

Choose Inventory ® Item Master Data

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item Number	A2010
Description	Soccer Ball Nike
Item Group	Ball Games
Price	20 Euro

Choose Add.

2-2-2 Post the goods receipt.

Choose Inventory ® Inventory Transactions à Goods Receipt

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item Number	A2010
Quantity	20
Price	20

Choose Add.

2-2-3 Create the second item master record.

Choose Inventory ® Item Master Data

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item Number	A2020
Description	Soccer Ball adidas
Item Group	Ball Games
Price	25 Euro

Choose Add.

2-2-4 Post the goods receipt.

Choose Inventory ® Purchasing à Goods Receipt PO

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Vendor	S1000
Item Number	A2020
Quantity	180
Price	25

Choose Add.

2-3 You want to sell the soccer balls from adidas as an alternative item to the soccer balls from Nike.

2-3-1 Define the item A2020 as the alternative item of item A2010.

Choose Inventoryà Item Management à Define Alternative Items

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item Number	A2010
Item Number	A2020
Remarks	Alternative ball

Choose Add.

2-4 Your customer orders some soccer balls.

2-4-1 Create the sales order.
Choose Sales - A/R à Sales Order

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	C1003
Item Number	A2010
Quantity	50

The Item Availability Check window comes up automatically.

2-4-2 Choose Display Quantities in Other Warehouses from the Availability Check window. There is nothing in other warehouses of item A2010 available.

2-4-3 Choose Display Alternative Items from the Availability Check window.
There are 180 pieces of the alternative item A2020 available.

2-4-4 Choose Change To Available Quantity from the Availability Check
window.

Add the other item to the sales order:

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Item Number	A2020
Quantity	30

Choose Add.

Sales-A/R:Sales Process

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1-1 Choose Sales-A/R ® Sales Quotation.

1-1-1

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	C1002
Item	Use the Tab key to choose items A1000-A1003

1-1-2 Add the relevant information to the item text and use the key combination Ctrl + Tab to continue.

1-1-3 Choose Form Settings from the tool bar.
On the Table Format tab, select the Visible and Active checkboxes for Discount%.

Enter a discount for one of the items:

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Discount %	8

1-1-4 Enter a discount for the entire document:

Field Name or Data Type	Values
In front of the %Discount field	5

Choose Add.

1-2 Copy the quotation.

1-2-1 Choose Sales-A/R ® Sales Quotation, then Data® Last Data Record or the respective button in the tool bar, or choose Sales ® Sales Reports ® Open Items List and display the open quotations. Choose the last quotation. Then choose Data ® Duplicate or right mouse-click ® Duplicate.

1-2-2 Choose a different customer. The message “Update document rows according to new BP's data?” appears.

If you choose Yes, the system adjusts the row data for the current business partner. If you choose No, it copies the document row data in full.

1-3 Create an order for your customer.

1-3-1 Choose Sales-A/R ® Sales Order.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	C1002

Choose Sales Quotation
Select the quotation and copy all the items.

1-3-2 Choose the Logistics tab and set the Purchase Order indicator.

1-3-3 Choose Add . In the Purchase Order Confirmation window, select the items A1000 and A1001 and choose the button >> icon.
Choose Add.

1-3-4 Choose Sales Order ® Base Document.
You cannot change the data in the quotation any more.

1-4 You want to pick and deliver now the ordered items A1002 and A1003.

1-4-1 Choose Inventory ® Pick and Pack ® Pick Pack Manager.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Status	Open

See in the column Avail. to Release, if you have enough of the items available.
Select the lines of the last two items of the last sales order.
and choose Release to Pick List.
Choose Add.

1-4-2 Choose Inventory ® Pick and Pack ® Pick Pack Manager.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Status	Released

Select the orange arrow link of the last Pick No., that you have just created in the previous exercise.

Enter the picked quantities in the column Picked.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
for Item A1002:	Qty:3
for Item A1003:	Qty:5

Choose Update and OK.

1-4-3 Choose Inventory ® Pick and Pack ® Pick Pack Manager.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Status	Picked

Select the lines of the last two pick lists and choose Deliver.

The delivery contains only the picked items and quantities.

1-4-4 Choose Sales-A/R ® A/R Invoice.

Field Name or Data Type	Values
Customer	C1002

Choose Deliveries.

Select the delivery and copy all data.

Choose Add.

1-5 Some of your customers purchase their goods directly from the warehouse and
pay immediately.

1-5-1 Choose Sales-A/R ® A/R Invoice + Payment.
The system automatically proposes the customer C9999 (Default Customer for A/R Invoice + Payment). This customer is to be defined under Administration ® Definitions ® Financials ® G/L Account Determination. Choose the Sales tab.
Using the default values in the user parameters, you can also assign a separate customer master record to each user for the A/R Invoice + Payment transaction. Choose Administration ® Definitions ® General ® Users - Defaults

1-5-2 Choose the item. Choose Add.
Next, you have to enter the customer's payment means.

1-5-3 The options available are Check, Bank Transfer, Credit Card and Cash.

ISM

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String Manipulation

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StringComparison

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C++ if Statement Exercises

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Exercise hexa.cpp

Write a program to read two characters, and print their value when interpreted as a 2-digit hexadecimal number. Accept upper case letters for values from 10 to 15.

Exercise month.cpp

Read an integer value. Assume it is the number of a month of the year; print out the name of that month.

Exercise ddmmyy.cpp

Given as input three integers representing a date as day, month, year, print out the number day, month and year for the following day's date.

Typical input: 28 2 1992 Typical output: Date following 28:02:1992 is 29:02:1992

Exercise lowerORupper.cpp

Write a program which reads two integer values. If the first is less than the second, print the message up. If the second is less than the first, print the message down If the numbers are equal, print the message equal If there is an error reading the data, print a message containing the word Error and perform exit( 0 );

C++ Activity

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Click the title and proceed answering each item...

Modeling and Simulations Lecture Notes

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Introduction to Modeling and Simulation

Chapter 1
Chapter 2-A
Chapter 2-b
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12

C++ Activity 2

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IT211 Introduction to Programming 1

In a 1 whole sheet of paper, provide the flowchart and code of the following problems.

Filename: celFah.cpp
1. Write a program to read a "float" representing a number of degrees Celsius, and print as a "float" the equivalent temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. Print your results in a form such as

100.0 degrees Celsius converts to 212.0 degrees Fahrenheit.

Filename: cenCon.cpp
2. Given as input a floating (real) number of centimeters, print out the equivalent number of feet (integer) and inches (floating, 1 decimal), with the inches given to an accuracy of one decimal place.

Assume 2.54 centimeters per inch, and 12 inches per foot.

If the input value is 333.3, the output format should be:

333.3 centimeters is 10 feet 11.2 inches.

IT418 XML-Midterm

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Test I (20 pts). Write an XML schema for a bookstore. The schema should contain information about books, their titles, their authors and their prices. The schema must have at least:

a book element, with all details concerning a book, such as the publisher, the ISBN number, the genre and the publication date;
an author element containting the info about the author: mames, etc;
cardinality constraints, and other types of constraints (required, etc)

Test II (20 pts). Populate this schema with at least five books. Both files produced for task 1 and task 2 should be validated, in order to check that they don't contain any mistake.

Test III (25 pts). Write an XSLT transformation that takes as input the XML files of two different bookstores, and outputs the combined data in the format of a given common DTD. The output should be an XML file that is valid with respect to the following DTD.

The two input files are:

*bookstore that conforms to the Bookstore.dtd;
* XML-classic that conforms to the classic.dtd.

You may assume that these input files are valid with respect to their DTDs. Don't forget to inlcude this DTD in the external subset of the output file.

To answer this problem try the following:

Example of a schema: BibClass.xsd rename the extension of the file into .xsd
Example of a dtd: BibClass.dtd rename the extension of the file into .dtd
Example of xslt: simple.xsl rename the extension of the file into .xsl

The XML file: Ballads.xml

download all the 4 files run the code ballads in your browser

XML Basic 1

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Chapter 6: Gift of Fire

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Chapter 6 guide questions.
Write your answer in a whole sheet of paper.

List three computer-related technologies that have made unauthorized copying of intellectual property significantly easier and more common than it was 25 years ago.
What is one of the main purposes of laws to restrict copying of intellectual property without authorization of the copyright owner?
What is one factor that, according to copyright law, is to be considered when deciding if a use of copyrighted material is a "fair use"?
What was one of the main conclusions in the Supreme Court's decision in the Sony Betamax case?
Name two countries where it is estimated that more than half of the business software in use is pirated (i.e., sold without authorization of the publisher).
What is one negative result of large-scale piracy of intellectual property?
What is the main provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?
What information or data support the view that widespread sharing of music on the Web affects sales of (legal) music CDs?
Mention two formats in which DeCSS was put on the Web to emphasize the difficulty of distinguishing software from forms of speech protected by the First Amendment.
What is one controversial action the music industry took to reduce unauthorized copying of music?
Give two examples of devices or media the entertainment industry tried to keep off the market because they would make copying easier.
Describe one technical method used to protect copyrighted software.
What argument does philosopher Helen Nissenbaum give in favor of the ethical correctness of giving a friend an unauthorized copy of software?
What is one reason why people might continue to develop software even if it were not protected by copyright?
What is one of Richard Stallman's arguments against software copyright?
Give an argument for copyright protection for user interfaces. (This is the "look-and-feel" controversy.)
Give an argument against copyright protection for user interfaces. (This is the "look-and-feel" controversy.)