ER - Modeling

Case Study 1
The company sells a number of different furniture products. These
products are grouped into several product lines. The identifier for a product is
Product_ID, while the identifier for a product line is Product_Line_ID. Referring
to the customer invoice, we identify the following additional attributes for
product: Product_Description, Product_Finish, and Unit_Price.
Another
attribute fro product line is Product_Line_Name. A product line may group
any number of products, but must group at least one product. Each product
must belong to exactly one product line. Customers submit orders for
products The identifier for an order is Order-ID, and another attribute is
Order_Date. A customer may submit any number of orders, but need not
submit any orders. Each order is submitted by exactly one customer. The
identifier for a customer is Customer_ID. Other attributes include
Customer_Name and Customer_Address. A given customer order must
request at least one product. Any product sold by Pine Valley Furniture may
not be requested on any order, or may be requested on one or more orders.
An attribute associated with each order and product is Quantity, which is the
number of units requested.

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*Several Products may belong to a single Product line.
*A single customer may or may submit many orders or need not submit any.
*Each order must at least request one product.

Case Study 2
In a courier management system, a customer reaches at courier shop and
asks for dispatching of his goods. An attendee verifies his goods and allots
an identification number to his goods. Along with this he calculates the
amount, which will be charged from customer. After proper packing, a bill is
generated whose one copy is given to customer and one copy is kept in
record. All the goods received in a day are sorted out according to
destination, which can be identified by unique id number allotted to each
courier order. All courier orders along with their documents are sent to their
appropriate destinations. Destination courier centers receive these orders
and record their entries. All courier orders are dropped to their destination,
and a signature is taken from each receiving person of courier order. This is
recorded in the system, which automatically updates the record at base
center from where these courier orders are initiated.

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*One shop can have many customers.
*Shop has one attendee.
*One attendee can dispatch many goods and can generate many bills.

*One record can have many bills stored in it.

*Customer may submit one or more orders or may not submit any.
*One destination center can receive many orders and must have at least one
receiving person or more.

Case Study 3
PC Associates is a large, multinational consulting corporation, which uses a
number of PCs and software packages in the course of her work. PC
Associates needs to maintain the following information about the PCs and
software packages its employee uses to do their jobs. For each PC, the
computer number, the computer model and manufacturer, and the type of
microprocessor needed to be stored. Data for each employee also needed to
be stored - such as the employee name, employee number, and phone
number. Also for each PC, the inventory tag number, location, computer
number and the number of the employee who owns the PC. For each
software package, the package number, current cost, type, name and
version needed to be stored. Also for each software package installed on a
PC, the package number and cost, installation date and inventory tag
number needed to be stored.

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*One PC must have at least one software package installed and can have many as
well.
*One PC is owned by one Employee.

Case Study 4
A video store rents movies to members. Each movie in the store has a title and is
identified by a unique movie number. A movie can be in VHS, VCD, or DVD format.
Each movie belongs to one of a given set of categories (action, adventure,
comedy, ... ). The store has a name and a (unique) phone number for each
member. Each member may provide a favorite movie category (used for marketing
purposes). There are two types of members:
Golden Members:
Require their credit card and can rent more than one movie each time.

Bronze Members:
Don't require their credit card and can rent only one movie each time.
A member may have a number of dependents (with known names). Each dependent
is allowed to rent one (1) movie at a time.

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*A member must at least rent one movies or can rent more.
*A member may have one or more dependents.
*One or more movies may belong to a single category.

Case Study 5
When a library first receives a book from a publisher it is sent, together with the
accompanying delivery note, to the library desk. Here the delivery note is checked
against a file of books ordered. If no order can be found to match the note, a letter
of enquiry is sent to the publishers. If a matching order is found, a catalogue note is
prepared from the details on the validated delivery note. The catalogue note,
together with the book, is sent to the registration department. The validated
delivery note is sent to the accounts department where it is stored.

On receipt of an invoice from the publisher, the accounts department checks its
store of delivery notes. If the corresponding delivery note is found then an
instruction to pay the publishers is made, and subsequently a cheque is sent. If no
corresponding delivery note is found, the invoice is stored in a pending file.

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*Many publishers can receive many book orders.
*Many publishers can send many books.
*Many Books orders can be checked against many delivery notes.
*A single Account department can receive many delivery notes.
*Account departments can make many payments.
*Many delivery notes can be used in the creation of a single catalogue note.
*A single catalogue note is sent to a single registration department.
*Many books can be sent to a single registration department.
*A publisher can receive many enquiries and invoice.
*Many pending files can be stored in a single invoice.