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

C ONTACT I NFORMATION Tropical Sense Located : Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX, Phone: Website:

B USINESS B ACKGROUND Located in Clear Lake Texas Been in business for about 1 year in America Provides affordable selections of tropical plants of various colors and species for:  Interior decorating  Landscaping  Weddings/Events

N EEDS  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

R EQUIREMENTS Apply computerized database to keep track of client information and transactions Create website for efficient advertising and instant access to clients.

B USINESS V ALUE The new system that is implemented will lower expenses allowing more time to focus on the new technology. This will increase sales, overall customer satisfaction and service efficiency.

S PECIAL ISSUES System must be built to enable all user to access information efficiently Focus on customer demand for up coming seasons

E NTITIES Customer Order Services Employee Invoices Payments

Entities and Attributes CustomerOrderServices Customer IDOrder IDService ID Last NameDateDecorating First NameQuantityLandscaping AddressSpeciesWedding CityAmounted Billed Event Zip Code Telephone Number

E NTITIES AND A TTRIBUTES C ONT EmployeeInvoicesPayments Employee ID Invoice IDPayment ID Last NameAmounted Billed Amount Paid First NameDate BilledDate Paid Address City Zip Code Phone Number

Customer Services makes requires Order Employee Is done by Is made on Invoice Is made for Payment lM M l l l M Ml M 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)

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