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Department of Management Information Systems, Temple University

Digital Systems

MIS 2101.730 ■ Spring 2023 ■ Steven E. Sclarow, AIA
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3a Post (CRM and ERP)

Brittany Robinson - March 2, 2023 Leave a Comment

CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management and it is a system or software that is used by professionals, especially businesses that have a marketing team, to track information between their company and their customers. Salesforce is an example of a CRM. Getting that experience working with Salesforce was a great way for all of us to understand CRM better. Other examples of CRM are HubSpot, Clickup, and ZenDesk. I worked with HubSpot a little bit during my Digital Marketing certification program through Google and that was interesting to learn about. I preferred Salesforce personally. It was easier to understand and operate. ERP stands for Enterpreise Resource Planning. ERP is a type of software that is used by professionals that handles day-to-day business activities including accounting, project management, and supply chain operations (oracle.com) There are similarities between CRM and ERP. They both help perform and manage businesses’ day to day tasks. They also both help optimize processes (itvision.com). Some difference between the two would be that CRM helps manage what is considered to be the outside of a company and ERP manages what would be considered the inside of the company. CRM is about managing the relationship between a company and their customers, with customers being outside the company. And ERP is about managing day to day tasks within the company, meaning the inside of the company (Oracle.com).  

Erp and CRM – differences and similarities – sylwia wójcik. IT Vision. (n.d.). Retrieved March 2, 2023, from https://www.itvision.pl/en/experts/erp-and-crm-differences-and-similarities-sylwia-wojcik/#:~:text=ERP%20and%20CRM%20%E2%80%93%20similarities,take%20for%20a%20given%20employee.

What is Erp? Oracle. (n.d.). Retrieved March 2, 2023, from https://www.oracle.com/erp/what-is-erp/#:~:text=Enterprise%20resource%20planning%20(ERP)%20refers,compliance%2C%20and%20supply%20chain%20operations.

How Big Data helps Big Corporations 3B

Rachel Holt - March 2, 2023 Leave a Comment

Big data has changed the way that large corporations interact with their customers. Big data is the collection of large amounts of data for analyzing and finding patterns. Companies can see which products their customers interact with most and how they feel about the products. This amount of data was not previously managed in one place. Now, stock exchanges, social media interactions and performance can be accessed digitally. An example of of using Big Data is McDonalds which incorporated more technology into their design to record data from customers. They use digital screens to display their items in their drive-thrus and have computerized their ordering system. Other benefits include overall customer experience, digital innovation, efficiency, infrastructure and technology improvements. Overall, big data stores voluminous amounts of data that can provide corporations with information from customers to make business more effective.

 

2b Post (Digital Identity)

Brittany Robinson - March 2, 2023 Leave a Comment

Digital Identity is anything that can be traced back to you through personal data. Accounts are known as a type of identity, but not all identities are accounts. Based on my personal data, by digital identity would be any accounts I’ve opened on the internet and creating usernames and passwords. Also, anything I searched on the internet would be an identity, as well as any transactions and purchases I made on the internet, my birthdate, and my social security number, and drivers license. There are different ways you can protect your digital identity. You can protect your digital identity by doing the best you can to protect your passwords to your different accounts. Your passwords should not be easily guessed. You can also download security software to protect your digital identity. There are websites and software that will let your know if one of your accounts have been breached. That way you are aware as soon as it happens, and you can do what is needed such as changing passwords.

Definition of digital identity. BeyondTrust. (n.d.). Retrieved March 2, 2023, from https://www.beyondtrust.com/resources/glossary/digital-identity

coding language adds to web page

Yi-Lun Ma - March 2, 2023 1 Comment

A web page’s structure is added via the coding language known as HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). HTML is used to specify many elements, such as headings, paragraphs, links, photos, and so forth, in order to form the structure and content of a webpage. Web browsers can accurately display content thanks to the uniform set of standards provided by HTML. In order to provide web pages’ style and interaction, HTML is frequently combined with other coding languages like CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and JavaScript. When you use the website to check some information, you are using HTML. It can help you find out everything that you don’t understand

 

three loops

Yi-Lun Ma - March 2, 2023 Leave a Comment

Programmers use a for loop to run a section of code repeatedly for a predetermined number of times. Typically, it has three components:

  1. Initialization: The loop counter variable is given a starting value in this section. Often, this is carried out prior to the loop’s execution.
  2. Condition: Before each iteration of the loop in this section, a condition is checked. The loop keeps running if the condition is true. The loop ends if the condition is false.
  3. Decrement: At each loop iteration in this section, the loop counter variable is either increased or decreased. By doing this, the loop will run the appropriate amount of times.

example

for (initialization; condition; increment/decrement) {

}

 

2a Post (ERD)

Brittany Robinson - March 2, 2023 Leave a Comment

ERD stands for Entity Relationship Diagram. It is a visualization of relationships between people, places, concepts, etc. in a database. For example, you can create a ERD to show how students register for classes. There are three components to a ERD: entity, relationships, and attributes. An entity is basically a noun. It describes a physical object, concept, or an event. Entities are represented by a rectangle in an ERD. Relationships in an ERD indicates how the entities are related to each other. The relationships are represented by lines in between two entities. Attributes are properties that describe an entity. There are different types of attributes: simple (cannot be split such as a name) , composite (can be split such as first and last name), and derived (attribute calculated from another attribute) (databasestar.com). Attributes can also be single-valued and multi-valued. Attributes are represented by ovals in an ERD.

Ben Brumm. (2022, September 26). A guide to the entity relationship diagram (ERD). Database Star. Retrieved March 2, 2023, from https://www.databasestar.com/entity-relationship-diagram/

 

Why use ERPs Rather than Legacy Systems? (3A)

Rachel Holt - March 2, 2023 Leave a Comment

ERPs help to integrate functions, streamline processes, and manage core business. They combine data into one source so that is is accessible to all. In a legacy system, each system has its own data so departments must rely on one another to share data. For example, in a legacy system, sales, accounting and warehouse departments would have to communicate with one another to share data. With an ERP, the data is available to all departments to eliminate multiple data systems and give access to all who need it. Other benefits of ERPs include flexibility, collaboration, and lower costs. Having one system makes processes simpler and more efficient for each department. Temple uses Banner which gives students and teachers access to features like schedules, class lists, class times, and grades.  This ERP combines the data shared with teachers and students to make information more accessible.

The example of if/else

Yi-Lun Ma - March 2, 2023 Leave a Comment

We use if/else to know what we want in the function. For example,

 

Let num=10

 

If (num>0) {

        Console.log(“the number is positive.”)

Else(num<0)

        Console.log(“the number is negative.”)

}

 

In this function, we can easily know the answer is “the number is positive” so we can quickly find out what the answer we want. Our code uses if/else statements to take action in response to various scenarios. An if/else statement can be used, for instance, to determine if a user is signed in before displaying certain content on a web page to them or to determine whether they have provided a valid password before granting them access to a system.

 

Programmers use if/else statements as a fundamental building block to create code that can respond intelligently to various inputs or circumstances. We may increase the adaptability, flexibility, and user-friendliness of our applications by employing if/else statements.

 

 

Different Coding Languages (7b Questions- Part 2)

Sahid Kapadia - March 2, 2023 1 Comment

Other than JavaScript, here are a few of the most widely used and recognized coding languages around the globe.

  1. HTML/CSS: The markup languages HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) are used to design and style web pages. While CSS specifies the layout and design of a web page, HTML specifies its structure and content.
  2. Python: Python is a flexible programming language used for various tasks, including web development, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and scientific computing. Python is renowned for being straightforward, readable, and user-friendly.
  3. C++: The general-purpose programming language C++ is used to create video games, databases, and operating systems. It’s a powerful language renowned for its effectiveness and quickness.
  4. PHP: For creating websites, PHP is a server-side programming language. Creating dynamic web pages and online apps is its main usage. Many different web applications, including e-commerce platforms like Magento and content management systems like WordPress, use PHP.

Why is JavaScript event driven and Which coding language adds design elements to a web page?(7a Question- Part 1)

Sahid Kapadia - March 2, 2023 1 Comment

JavaScript is event-driven because it enables programmers to create and react to browser- or web-page-related events. Activities or occurrences denote events within a web page or browser, such as pressing a key, a button, or the conclusion of an asynchronous process. JavaScript may conduct operations and update a web page without requiring a complete page reload by responding to events. CSS is the primary coding language used to add design elements to online pages (Cascading Style Sheets). In addition to adding colors, fonts, photos, and other visual components is used to style and arrange the content. With CSS, you may apply styles to specific web page parts or the entire website as a whole. HTML is the main coding language used to add structure to a web page (Hypertext Markup Language). A web page’s basic structure, including its headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, forms, and other structural features, is created using HTML.

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