Auto-Parts Warehouse

Auto-Parts Warehouse is a small auto parts supplier with locations in several Midwestern metro areas. The business is based on the idea of discount prices for auto parts that are always in stock or can be delivered within hours. The owners have decided to computerize their operations to allow them to better track their business and manage their inventories for just in time deliveries for sales. Data to be gathered for each customer sale includes invoice number, date, parts number, cost, retail price. Customer data is collected that includes basic contact information and vehicles owned, which includes vehicle make and model. For parts that have to be delivered to the store to fulfil a customer purchase, a transfer request is created. Data associated with these transfers include tracking number, invoice number, date, parts number, origination location (store or warehouse) number, destination store number.

Tasks 1:

Draw an ERD for Auto-Parts Warehouse indicating the types of relationships between the entities.

Tasks 2:

For each of the entities identified, design tables and identify the possible candidate keys, the primary key, a probable foreign key, and potential secondary keys.

Tasks 3:

Create fully normalized 3NF table designs for the system.

Tasks 4:

Suggest ways Auto-Parts Warehouse can use codes to simplify output, input, and data formats.

Tasks 5:

Presentation (cover sheet, clarity, and professionalism).

Systems Analysis

- Introduction
In this assignment introduction usually includes the following:
1- Case study background
2- What is the report about?

- Task1:
You need to draw ERD for Auto-Part Warehouse that including the types of relationships between the entities.
You need only to draw a diagram

- Task2:
For each of the entities identified, design tables and identify the possible candidate keys, the primary key, a probable foreign key, and potential secondary keys.

1- First you need to identify the entities that related to the Auto-Part Warehouse system.
2- Create a table to each entity that you identify as shown below:

- Task 3:
Create fully normalized 3NF table designs for the system.

Create 3NF table designs should include all the entities that you identified in Task 2

- Task 4:
Suggest ways Auto-Parts Warehouse can use codes to simplify output, input, and data formats.

Students' answers may include part numbers as an obvious use of codes for a retail store. Invoice numbers would be an example of sequence codes.