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IT4310 Data Integration

Unit 4 Assignment  

Data Integration in the Retail Sales Industry

For this assignment you will research how data integration contributes to solving business problems in the retail sales industry. Use the information covered in the assigned reading and Internet and library research, or any additional research that is necessary, to fill in any gaps in your understanding of the concepts.

Write a 3 to 5 page paper that addresses the following components:

Identify the range of data sources and inputs that contribute to the work of retail sales.

For example, consider the activities that make up the business of retail sales such as inventory management, pricing, marketing, or workforce management. Identify all of the data flows that make up those activities.

Describe three technologies that are available to support the use of data analytics through integration of data from multiple sources that would be useful in the retail sales industry.

Consider the data integration tools that have been covered previously in this course and analyze the role they might play specific to the retail sales industry.

List the qualities or characteristics of the tools you selected that make them effective in supporting the use of data integration to solve a business problem in the retail sales industry.

For example, validating the credit status of customers can be an important external data flow when closing a sale, especially for an expensive item.