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Bespoke Inventory Systems: Design & Build for Small Businesses

Learn to manage inventory with bespoke systems and help small businesses thrive with this course from Aberystwyth University.

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Bespoke Inventory Systems: Design & Build for Small Businesses

  • 4 weeks

  • 4 hours per week

  • Digital certificate when eligible

  • Introductory level

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  • Duration

    4 weeks
  • Weekly study

    4 hours
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Master the essentials of custom inventory management systems

Dive into a transformative learning experience that empowers you to revolutionise inventory management. Gain hands-on expertise to design systems that cater uniquely to your business needs and maximise your potential for success.

Design custom inventory systems tailored to your business needs

On the course, you’ll learn to create systems that address the unique challenges faced by small catering and retail businesses.

This equips you with the skills to create bespoke inventory systems that meet the specific needs of small catering and retail enterprises. Gain practical skills to optimise inventory processes, enhance efficiency, and support business growth.

Develop skills in entity relationship diagram creation

You’ll acquire the ability to visualise and map out complex data relationships with ER diagrams. The course dives into the construction of Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) to visualise complex data relationships. Mastering ERDs will enhance your ability to plan and communicate database structures effectively.

Master the basics of relational data management

Lastly, you’ll build a solid foundation in managing relational databases to enhance data accuracy and accessibility. The course aims to help you build a robust foundation in relational data management, focusing on data organisation, management, and querying. These essential skills will improve the accuracy and accessibility of your data, supporting informed decision-making.

As a learner, you’ll walk away with not just the technical know-how, but the confidence to apply innovative strategies in real-world settings. This course arms you with bespoke solutions, ensuring your catering or retail business thrives.

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Identify advantages and disadvantages of software driven inventory management systems.
  • Explain the different types of relational and non-relational databases and the types of data that can be stored and queried within them.
  • Identify redundant data within databases and remodel the structure to conform with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Normal Forms.
  • Identify relationships between data within our database to present them as Entity Relationship (ER) diagrams.
  • Explain what the Structured Query Language is and generate code to create tables, insert and update records, and generate queries from existing data.

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for entrepreneurs and managers in small catering or retail businesses who want to build and manage custom inventory systems. It is ideal for those seeking practical solutions to enhance operational efficiency without prior technical expertise.

Who will you learn with?

Sarah Pryse

Multimedia Designer working on distance learning material.

Tomos Fearn

Tomos is a lecturer in Computer Science at IBERS Distance Learning, Aberystwyth University. His expertise covers a range of introductory content to programming, database design and microcontrollers.

Who developed the course?

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Aberystwyth University

Aberystwyth University has a proud reputation for leading edge research, teaching excellence and an exceptional student experience. It’s a place for the adventurous, the curious and the creative.

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