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Alfred Venus commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 6 years, 10 months ago
The biggest take away from this course for me is the interconnectivity that technology allows inside of a business. With that the implementation of swim lane diagrams is to me the most useful skill I’ve learned to be able to visualize business processes and decisions and how the different departments of an organization work together. With this you…[Read more]
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Alfred Venus commented on the post, Weekly Question #6, on the site 6 years, 10 months ago
I don’t think I can put one ahead of the other both Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) serve as important aspects to a business. A good SCM allows businesses to run smoothly and efficiently. However, CRM is just as important because if there is no proper system to connect to your customer they may look…[Read more]
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Alfred Venus commented on the post, Weekly Question #5, on the site 6 years, 10 months ago
I think one of the most important innovations in the rise of social media as a business tool. Social media has been around for a while but in the past 5-10 years it has become a power house of technological innovation dealing with how businesses market advertise and distribute information and goods. Many news outlets have had to adapt to the rise…[Read more]
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Alfred Venus posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
Being a Business Management major and having managed a retail store I already understand the importance of good data. At my last job there was a disconnect between our different entities and we all used different systems to collect and store data. This caused us to run into a lot of issues with payroll and inventory. Having an integrated system…[Read more]
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Alfred Venus posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
I found that decision trees were useful when I coded for various programs to visualize what I was doing. Many times when you are coding a program to allow a user to have multiple options whether it be in a list of answers or given input from the user it enables the coder to visualize the different situations you have to code and trouble shoot if…[Read more]
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Alfred Venus posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
I currently manage an ice cream and candy store and a retail store and I believe an ERD would be more useful.This is because when dealing with logging inventory and working with purchasing orders and contact information for different suppliers and employees an ERD can make it very easy to visualize the many aspects of the retail industry. I…[Read more]