IS 441

Database Management Systems

Scansys Inc
Database Design & Development Proposal
Business Plan

Submitted To:
D.A. Driscoll, PhD

Submitted By:
Edwin G. Wong
Henry Martinez
Isuru De Silva
Michael Catron
Tony Massihi

Date of Submission:
May 14th, 2007

California State University, Northridge

College of Business and Economics
Department of Accounting & Information Systems
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

PURPOSE:
To design and develop a robust database for Scansys Inc that is customized and tailored
to their specific needs and industry.

BACKGOUND:
Scansys Inc., based in Los Angeles, California has been providing surveillance systems
throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico since 1999. Its primary
source of goods is CNB Technologies Inc; a Korean based company with whom Scansys
has had a long standing business relationship.
Over the years, Scansys has established itself as one of the leading providers of
surveillance systems within the entertainment industry. The primary contact for the
project at hand will be Steven Sung, Director of Sales Marketing.

PROBLEM:
At present time, Scansys Inc Database Management System (DMS) is an ‘off-the-shelf’
commercially available product. Although at the time of purchase the system was
assessed to meet the current needs for the company, as the years have passed and the
company along its needs have grown the current DBS is no longer capable of meeting the
requirements. Among the major drawbacks of the current system are:

• Employee Profiling:
The current system does not allow the entry of employee detailed
information, and only allows the entry of ‘initials’ per each employee.
As sales increase, Scansys has decided to implement a bonus/commission
system as a means to boost employee morale. However, the inability of
being able to identify each individual employee negates such
implementation.

• Bonus/Commission:
The current DMS does not have a module to create bonuses/commissions
based on any given set parameters (ex. 10% per $1000.00 Sale).
Consequently, such computation that it be done manually for each sales-
agent; a task that is both time and cost inefficient.

• Reports:
The present DBS does not have the ability to generate any type of reports.

PROJECT OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE:

The resulting product will allow Scansys Inc to populate its database with detailed
information on the following key areas:

• Employee
• Customers and Customer’s Credit Card(s) Information
• Vendors
 • Inventory with Pricing Information

In addition, the designed database will have the ability to track all sales for the company
as well as track all sales per agent. In turn, this will enable Scansys Inc to implement a
bonus/commission system built into the database based on a set of given parameters.

METHODOLOGY:

Will complete tomorrow!