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BLESSING MATLALA
QUESTION 1

Q 1.1
 Thabo can support his management by implementing a system that will record stock levels and
automate orders to replenish stocks so he reduces certain unnecessary manual approach
activities (Bidgoli,2017)
 Reduce greater risk to errors if a computer system has control which in tune produces a
smoother work flow (evantura,2022)
 An appointment system will boost productivity avoid any stress of
 A communication system will keep clients informed and provide real time assistance
 Real time data will keep all work documents and data up t date

Q 1.2
(as maintained by bidgoli)

 DATA refers to the input the user applies to the system such as entering daily sales amount or
customers numbers can be considered as data
 DATABASES are where all your data and or inputs are stored and organized as files like per say
all your clients time slots and information will be stored
 PROCESSES is where all data will be integrated into data and can help in providing reports and
other information
 INFORMATION refers to the output after processing data such as printing reports or client
orders and invoices
QUESTION 2

Q 2.1

 For the laptop I went with the ASUS PRIME because of its state of the arts hardware like
an INTEL 12th GEN CORE I3-12100 PROCESSOR,8GB MEMORY which will handle any
workspace program with no issues and with efficiency

 MAKE : ASUS
 MODEL: PRIME B660M-K
 MEMORY CAPACITY: 8GB
 PROCESSOR: INTEL 12 th GEN CORE I3
 DRIVE CAPACITY: 512GB
 SCREEN SIZE: OPTIONAL
 COST: R6,699,00
 OPERATING SYSTEM: OS OPTIONAL
 MAKE : SAMSUNG
 MODEL: TAB A8
 MEMORY CAPACITY: 3GB
 PROCESSOR: 2GHz OCTA-CORE
 HARD DRIVE CAPACITY: 32GB
 SCREEN SIZE: 266.9mm
 COST: R4 999
 OPERATING SYSTEM: ANDROID

For the tablet we went with the TAB A8 because of its up to date software and hardware as
well features like PC sync,super security by Knox for protection of sensitive client
information

Q 2.2
(Sourced from Mr Preston Gralla & Tomíšek, J)
(office 365) by Microsoft

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
 compliant with data protection law  Less advanced collaboration features for
and thus providing better data sharing work
security and cloud storage

 Microsoft office has far more  Cloud availability roadblocks

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTEGES
 Advanced collaboration features for  Google apps has several deficiencies
teams which may cause breaches of the data
protection law

 Offline capabilities  More expensive subscription amount

 I would therefore recommend Microsoft Office 365 because of its powerful tools and
affordable membership and advanced data security features

Q 2.3
Microsoft Office 365 subscription plans
 Office 365 Business Essentials $6/user/mo
 Office 365 Business $8.25/user/mo
 Office 365 Business Premium 12.50/user/mo
QUESTION 3

Q 3.1
DATABASE is a storage location where collected data is organized and kept in
reserve and accessible from any location .
 You can implement a database to book client time slots
 Also to keep records of client payments and number of customers monthly

Q 3.2

CHARACTER
rational group of eight forming byte

FIELD
Subdivision of data consisting of a number
character

RECORD
Group of related fields

FILE
Collected related records

Database
Group of integrated related files
Q.3.3
(As maintained by Aventury)

Client number Client name Client surname Client

service Number Client number Hair-Do Total cost

Inventory Order Number Inventory code Available

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