are crucial to smooth functioning of the database system.
The database software used by the company is the Microsoft Access 2002 application, a component of the Microsoft Office 2002 suite of related programs (Quinton, 2005). The company uses Microsoft Access for the following purposes and functions:
Maintaining product price lists (including volume discounts)
Monitoring product delivery on major projects
Maintaining customer account histories
The query feature of the Microsoft Access database application is especially useful in the companyÆs uses of the database program. This feature is used by the company to (Munson & Frisque, 2004):
Determine the in-stock status of specific products
Establish the progress status on major projects where the company is a primary supplier of software applications
The report creation feature of the Microsoft Access software application is useful to the company in the development of a variety of management reports (Morejon, 2004). The database software is a
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