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Web Databases Examples

Sample ideas for leveraging a web database in business

Integrated Logistics Management

Using an on-site web server with a secure front-face and back facing office access:

A transport company has drivers, prime-movers, trailers, freight, fuel and warehousing spread over the country. A single database could be accessed by different personnel with different security clearances. The drivers use a PDA application to track their driving hours and upload the data when they are able. The truck's GPS systems feed position data into the database at all times. The computer can calculate fuel plans based on driving speeds and positions from the database. The administration can access the database to see which drivers are available for given routes, based on their location and driving allowance. The customers can access the database to find out where their goods are, to book collections or check invoices. A driver can use the database to book his rest days or sign up for lucrative long routes. For a logistics operator it's a dream system. Currently, these features are available in disparate packages, but the only way to get the whole thing is via custom development.

Matching buyers and sellings in a specialist second hand marketplace

Using a traditional on-line web service.

A record retailer keeps a database of all the products he has available for sale. He specialises in rare second hand vinyl. People from all over the world can use a form on the site to register records they want to sell. Customers can search the site for records they want to buy. When there's a match the system makes a note of it. Every so often the system sends an email to the retailer with a list of the matches. The retailer's assistant phones people up and completes the deals.

Example of a web database to enable nationwide cooperation

Coutrywide data collection and graphical display

Using a traditional on-line web service, feeding data into a secure back-office database.

Environmental campaigners collect data on pollution levels from all around the country. They enter the data using a web form. The complete results are available to all of them, as well as at the offices of the organization in Canberra. The web site also provides a public front end that shows maps of pollution hot spots for each state. When the central office receives a complaint about a pollution incident, they can enter it into the database. Email is automatically sent to the nearest volunteer field worker so they can go out to check the site and measure it.