HURRICANE KARTINA IN UNITED STATES

Prepared by:
Mimi Norsabariah Bt Suid
Nur Shahira Bt Esa
Nur Fatin Atikah Bt Mistam
Azreen Aswani Bt Anuar
Nurul Shakinah Bt Sahrudin

Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive hurricanes in the history of the United States. In addition, to the tragic loss of lives, hurricane katrina caused more economic damage than any reason catastrophe in the United States. Based on Crawford investigation and claim on cases hurricane katrina in Gulf Coast, New Orleans in 2005, accounted for an estimated $50 to $79 billion in insured losses, not counting federal flood coverage. After hurricane katrina cases, another consequential loss might happen is flood, fire, theft and etc. So, the loss incurred  will be increase, and it will incurred are maximum interruption period to business back to normal.

When a big storm is on the way, most people will do what they can to protect their property. The owner can practice sue and labor charge to minimum the interruption period but will increase cost of working (ICW) for example overtime for workers to a removal debris in premises, additional rent for alternative premise and expenses for hire production equipment.  Besides that, the owner will incurred extra expenses to moving operations to another location in order resume business more quickly.

In addition, offsetting the total lost revenue in some cases might be non-continuing expenses  such as employee wages which are temporarily not being incurred or lower utility usage or makeup sales being experienced. After the business has been repaired and fully reopened, it is often not expected to immediately resume business as if no loss had occurred. In many cases, business builds slowly after a hurricane, as the region returns to its normal activity level. Extended period of indemnity coverage is designed to pay the difference between a business’ actual sales after reopening and sales it would have expected to receive had no loss occurred. Calculations for the period typically begin at the close of the period of restoration. In the case of Katrina, the build-up period for many businesses will truly be extended, it is because of the nature of business where the level of infrastructure destruction is huge.

Hurricane Katrina also can effect to the utility services such as water, gas, electricity or telecommunications that prevents the insured’s business from operating. In some cases, a reduction in utility supply could trigger such a claim. So, this factor will be effect the recovery process and will increase the interruption period.

In conclusion,  there is several ways to minimize the interruption period of the business  in order to go back to normal operation. Length of indemnity period depends on effectiveness of actions taken during business recovery process.

assignment for Shell Company

assignment for shell company

1. how did ERP helping improve business operations in Shell

where integrate and manage its daily operations that span from wells and mines, to processing plants, to oil trucks and gas pumps. ex: ERP helped the company greatly in terms of reducing and coordinate the highly manual process of 3rd party contractors submitting repir information and invoices.

2. how could extended ERP components help improve business operations at Shell

providing an integrated web-based service order, invoicing and payment submission system. The information was not timely it was often weeks or even months old by the time it made it into payment processing system. Shell was not collecting sufficient information about what repairs were being done, what had cause the problem and how it had been resolved.

3. how can integrating SCM, CRM and ERP help improve business operations at Shell

SCM - sales forecasts, sales strategies and marketing campaigns

CRM- market demand, resource and capacity constraints and real-time scheduling

ERP- forecasting, planning, purchasing, material management, warehousing, inventory and distribution.

Learning outcomes chap 10 & 11

assalammualaikum! next chap baru nk update.. :)

chap 9 : Supply Chain Management (SCM)

apa tu SCM?? SCM  tu material flow from supplier and their upstream suppliers at all level,after that transformation of materials into semifinished and finished products and distribution of product to customers...

ok ni assignment yg nk disiapkan.. :)

1. List and describe the components of a typical supply chain..

 SCM improves ways for companies to find the raw components they need to make a

product or service, manufacture that product or service, and deliver it to customers.. Ex: KFC

supplier supply a chicken, herb, vegetable and so on..

2. Define the relationship between decision making and SCM..

SCM enhances decision making. Collecting, analyzing, and distributing transactional information to all relevant parties, SCM systems help all the different entities in the supply chain work together more effectively. SCM systems provide dynamic holistic views of organizations. Users can “drill down” into detailed analyses of supply chain activities in a process analogous to DSS. Without SCM systems, organizations would be unable to make accurate and timely decisions regarding their supply chain.

3. Describe the 4 changes resulting from advances in IT that are driving supply chain

visibility : the ability to view all areas up and down the supply chain..Organizations must know about

customers events triggered downstream.. high visibility in the supply chain is changing industries..

consumer behavior : companies must respond to demanding customers through supply chain               enhancement because customers more educated..

competition : increased competition makes any organization that is ignoring its supply chain at risk of

    becoming obsolete..

speed : as the pace of business increase through electronic media, an organization's supply chain must respond  efficiently, accurate and quickly..

4. Summarize the best practices for implementing a successful supply chain management
    system

1. make the sale to suppliers - a large part of any SCM system extends beyond the organization to 

the  suppliers.. people from each supplier that is added to the network must change..

2. wean employees off  traditional business practices - if the organization cannot convince people 

that using the SCM software is worthwhile, the employees will probably find a way around using 

the software..

3. ensure the SCM system supports the organizational goals - be sure to select SCM software that 

supports organizational goals and strategies..

4. deploy in incremental phases and measure and communicate success - designing the deployment

 of  the SCM system in incremental phases is the most successful deployment method..

5. be future oriented - an SCM system, like all systems, must scale to meet future demands..

chap 11 : Customer relationship management (CRM)

CRM tu ape pulak ye?? CRM is organizations that understand the needs of individual customers are

 best  positioned to achieve sustainable competitive advantage in future..

1. Compare operational and analytical customer relationship management

operational CRM support traditional transactional processing for day-to-day front-office operations

 or systems that deal directly with the customers.. Analytical CRM supports back office operations 

and strategic analysis and includes all system that do not deal directly with the customers...

2. Identify the primary forces driving the explosive growth of customer relationship 
     management..

the primary forces driving the explosive growth includes automation/production/efficiency, 

competitive advantage, customers demand, increase revenue, decrease cost, customers support,

inventory control and accessibility...

3. Define the relationship between decision making and analytical customer relationship

    management

supports back-office operation and strategy analysis and includes all system that do not directly with

the customers.. designed to dig deep into a company's customer information and expose patterns of

behavior on which a company can capitalize.. analytical CRM primarily used to enhance and support

decision making and works by identifying patterns in customer information collected from the 

various operational CRM system..

 4. Summarize the best practices for implementing a successful customer relationship 
     management   system.

    

1. clearly communicate the CRM strategy- to provide customers with greater economic value..

2. define information needs & flow - clear understanding of how information flows in and out of

     their organization..

3. build an integrated view of the customer - corresponding functional breadth and depth to support

    strategic goal.

4. implement in iterations - easier to manage, measure, & track the design, building, & deployment 

    of the CRM system when it is delivered in pieces..

5. scalability for organizational growth - meets the organization's future needs as well as it current

needs.. estimating future needs is by far one of the hardest parts of any project..

yesss!!! finish assignment chap nii.. now continue tuk siapkn assignment lain & buku dh memanggil-

manggil dah tu suruh study..emmm nk exam dah.. uhhh kecut perooootttttt!!!!! doakn ye kwn2... k

cukup le tuk entry kali nii..  :)

serpihan meteor jatuh kebumi?? YA ALLAH

8.00 pm - 15/2/13 aku focus tgk berita disebabkan serpihan meteor jatuh di rusia...YA ALLAH betul ke tu meteor?? drpd video yg dirakam, benda tu jatuh di rusia and mengakibatkan 400 org tercedera.. seram nye ak dengar news nii... time benda tu jatuh, nampak cahaya yg bersilau and benda tu jatuh di sebuah banggunan tak silap.. tp org rusia masih mengkaji adakah itu meteor or not..YA ALLAH ak tibe2 terfikir tu baru je serpihan meteor blm lg meteor yg dlm keadaan besar.. YA ALLAH pe le agaknye tjd kalau ianya besar... nauzubillah... emmmmm dunia kite nii dh akhir zaman and semakin tua, dh ,macam2 perkara aneh berlaku.. cukup ke amalan aku kat dunia nii..emmm macam mne le gambarannye kiamat bila hny serpihan meteor dpt membuat kn ramai tercedera.. ini semua kuasa yg maha Esa.. wallahua'lam...

sini sy share kan link and video utk korang tgk...


http://www.metrotvnews.com/metronews/video/2013/02/15/7/171266/Meteor-Jatuh-400-Orang-Terluka-di-Rusia

chap 9 : enabling the organization-decision making

sorry madam lambat update chap baru.. :) mcm sy pulak yg celebrate chinese new year.. heheheh

Artificial intelligence(AI)

tertanya-tanya apa artificial intelligence ni.. name simple dia AI.. bukan ustaz azhar idrus tp AI ni adlh simulates human intelligence such as the ability to reason and learn... kata lain nye ialah satu system yg similarly dgn keupayaan manusia cth robotic..ex movie yg mpraktikkn AI ialah artifial intelligence, transformers, terminator..

madam ckp movie AI ni seronok.. : )

4 most common categories AI :

• Expert system : computerized advisory programs that imitate the reasoning processes of experts in solving difficult problem..

• Neural network : attempts to emulate the way the human brains work..most useful for decision that involves patterns or image recognition

• Genetic algorithm : essentially an optimizing system, it finds the combination of inputs that give the best output..

• Intelligence agent : special purpose knowledge based information system that accomplishes specific tasks on behalf of its users..

yesss!!! siap assignment... alhamdulillah.. selamat bercuti rye cine..seronok dpt mkn limau bnyk2.. hehehe.. k  next chap akn di update.. k tata assalammualaikum.. :)

ajal maut, jodoh pertemuan semua di tangan ALLAH

3.feb.2013 dapat msg dr member sek "mimi, ebi meninggal..." innalillah...mcm nak tercabut jantung dengar news tuu.. Ya ALLAH biar betul?? 21 tahun arwah hidup di muka bumi nii and dengan sekelip mata je arwah meninnggal kan kami..walaupun dulu time sek kita x rapat tp tetap sedih dgn pemergian arwah.. arwah meninggal time nk pergi kerja and waktu subuh sebab accident.. YA ALLAH kesian nye arwah... :( pe yg tertulis dlm takdir kite, kite tak dapat nak halang nye and sape kite utk melawan takdir dr ALLAH.. ajal maut ALLAH dh tentukan and ianya tak dapat diubah tak kira lambat or cepat.. kite pun tak tahu bile lah ajal kite akan menjemput kite.. YA ALLAH berapa lama lg aku kat muka bumi ni?? emmm.. hope arwah ditempatkan disisi-MU YA ALLAH.. ALLAH lebih menyanyangimu kawan.. moga dicucuri Rahmat-NYA... amiinn.. hope family arwah tabah menghadapi cubaan ini..

Learning outcome chap 7 n 8

chap 7 : Storing Organizational Information-Database

1. Define the fundamental concepts of the relational database model

• Relational database model is a type of database that stores information in the form of logically related two-dimensional tables.. two-dimensional tables ex: in student portal uitm, when student click at subject register the system can show all subjects student... The primary concepts of the relational database model is entities,attributes,keys and relationships.. An entity is a person, place, thing, transaction, or event about which information is stored.. ex: title of database, student attendance.. Attributes, also called fields or columns, are characteristics or properties of an entity class.. ex: no ID of students, name and class..

keys and relationship to manage and organize various entity classes within the relational database model..have two keys, primary keys is a field that uniquely identifies a given entity in a table..but for foreign key is a primary key of one table that appears as an attribute in another table and acts to provide a logical relationship between the two tables..

2. Evaluate the advantages of the relational database model.

-the advantages of the relational database model have a 5 :

• Increased flexibility- database provide flexibility in allowing each user to access the information in whatever way best suits his or her needs..
• Increased scalability and performance- it is about performance of organizations.. scalability is how well a system can adapt to increased demands and performance measures how quickly a system performs a certain process or transaction.
• Reduced information redundancy - redundancy is the duplication of information..to eliminate information redundancy by recording each piece only one place..
• Increased information integrity (quality) - measure of the quality of information..database have a integrity constraints are rules that help ensure the quality of information.. 
• Increased information security - including password, access level and access controls.. its for protect information from competitors..

3. Compare relational integrity constraints and business-critical integrity constraints.

Rational integrity constraints - rules that enforce basic and fundamental information-based constraints..ex:

not allow someone to create an order for a nonexistent customer, provide a markup percentage that was negative or order zero pounds of raw materials from a supplier.

Business-critical integrity constraints - enforce business rules vital to an organization's success and often require more insight and knowledge than relational integrity constraints..provide better support for business decisions..

4. Describe the benefits of a data-driven website

Data-driven website is an interactive website kept constantly updated and relevant to the needs of its customers through the use of a database, ex: wikipedia..benefits is :

• Development : allows the website owner to make changes any time all without having to rely on a developer HTML programming..
• Content management : a static website requires a programmer to make updates..this add unnecessary layer between the business and its web content, which can lead to misunderstandings and slow turnarounds for desired changes.
• Future expandability : having a data-driven website enables the site to grow faster than would be possible with a static site..changing the layout, displays, and functionality of the site is easier with a data-driven solution..

5. Describe the two primary methods for integrating information across multiple database

forward and backward integration system

Forward integration takes information entered into a given system and sends it automatically to all downstream system and process. A backward integration takes information entered into a given system and sends it automatically to all upstream and process...

chap 8 : Accessing Organizational Informational-Data Warehouse

1. Describe the roles and purpose of data warehouses and data marts an organization.

Data warehouse- a logical collection of information gathered from many different operational databases that supports business analysis activities and decision making tasks.. The roles and purpose of a data warehouse is to aggregate information throughout an organization into a single repository for decision making, to store in one system, data and information that originates from multiple applications within, or across, organisations. The data may be stored 'as received' from the source application, or it may be processed upon input to validate, translate, aggregate or derive new data/information..

Data marts- contains a subset of data warehouse information.. The primary use is business intelligence, BI is used to gather, store, access and analyse data.. The data marts can be used by smaller business to utilize the data they have accumulated.. can be less expensive than implementing a data warehouse..

example of data warehouse and data marts

2. Compare the multidimensional nature of data warehouses and data marts with the two-dimensional nature of database

• database contain information in a series of two-dimensional table, which means that can only ever view two dimension of information at one time.. In a data warehouse and data mart, information is multidimensional, it contains layers of columns and rows. Each layer in a data warehouse or data mart represents information according to an additional dimension.. Dimensions could include such thing as products, promotions, stores, category, region, stock price, date, time, and even the weather. The ability to look at information from different dimensions can add tremendous business insight..

data or information can be figuratively as a cube

3. Identify the importance of ensuring the cleanliness of information throughout an organization

• an organization must maintain high-quality information in the data warehouse
• information cleansing and scrubbing is a process that weeds out and fixes or discards inconsistent, incorrect, or incomplete information.
• without high-quality information the organization will be unable to make good business decisions..

4. Explain the relationship between business intelligence and a data warehouse

business intelligence is information that people use to support their decision making efforts.. A data warehouse is an enabler of business intelligence.. The purpose of data warehouse is to pull all kinds of disparate information into a single location where it is cleansed and scrubbed for analysis..