Data made Digital

Taking inventory can be a time consuming and a tedious task. But to simplify this aspect of your business, I would recommend utilizing a database. A database is a collection of data or information that is organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data. This system can make the process of collecting and analyzing your inventory very efficient.

Many people argue that they do not feel comfortable trusting a computer to hold all of their data in fear of a crash or accident. But databases are very durable. The most recent changes that you have made can be found in most cases, using a recovery utility. The recovery utility allows the user to use logs and backups to restore the database using rollback and rollforward techniques. Continuous backup is also available.

Plus, with the ability of databases to preform a validation, you can ensure that the data that you are entering is correct. For instance, you can set the preferences to preform a range check (to make sure you ordered 11 cartons of eggs instead of 111, an easy mistake to be made when entering a lot of numbers quickly). A consistency check would also be useful in our needs in the Hospitality field.

Even though databases have so many great applications, you should be cautious when using them. Since databases are distributed, they can be accessed multiple places, and sometimes, can fall into the wrong hands if you are not careful. Therefore, make sure that you understand the risks as well as the benefits before accessing or preforming a web database.