Database Management Systems in the Workplace
Database Management Systems can be found everywhere inside and outside the
workplace. For example, Database Management Systems at work would include inventory
systems, flight reservation systems and computerized library systems. Outside the
workplace one would find DBMS such as an Automated Teller Machine or ATM. DBMS
have become a very important part of everyday business not just because of their
effectiveness, but also their advantages that I will later discuss.
I currently working in the Naval Construction field and there are many important
departments that allow us in the field to make our jobs easier. Since we require different
building materials, equipment, and even people from here and outside the state, a reliable
and dependable system is required to handle storing data and at the same time allowing us
to modify and extract this data whenever needed, the company chose to use the Microsoft
Access program. Our databases are set up as relational not only because it is the most
common database system used, but because of its user friendly allowance. The relational
structure allows for easy access and modification and is made up of fields or columns and
rows or records.
Our database system is use to handle the extensive inventory that we use to perform our
jobs. Different vendors from up and down the west coast of the United States and their
products make up our inventory table. This table contains vendors, products, product
numbers, product amounts, costs, etc. Another table used in the database system is the Jobs
