is 10-16. Do individuals engage in outsourcing If you business processes? answer

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is 10-16. Do individuals engage in outsourcing If you business processes? answered yes, give some examples. 10-10. What do we mean when we say companies are offshoring business processes? PROBLEMS 10-17. Listed below are several types of account- f. Identification numbers on airline ticket ing data that might be coded. For each data item, recommend a type of code (mnemonic, sequence, block, or group) and support your choice. stubs g. Automobile registration numbers h. Automobile engine block numbers i. Shirt sizes for men's shirts j. Color codes for house paint k. Identification numbers on payroll check a. Employee identification number on a com- puter file b. Product number for a sales catalog c. Inventory number for the products of a d. Inventory part number for a bicycle manu- e. Identification numbers on the forms waiters wholesale drug company facturing company and waitresses use to take orders forms 1. Listener identification for a radio station m. Numbers on lottery tickets n. Identification numbers on a credit card o. Identification numbers on dollar bills

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Solution: Computation of the following Items Recommend a type of code a.      Employee identification number on a computer file. Recommend a Group Code, allowing for Employee work department, name initials and work station coding for identification. b.     Product number for sales catalog. Recommend a Group Code, because products are coded to reveal more than one facet of their physical descriptions. c.      Inventory number for products of a wholesale drug company. Recommend a Block Code system, allowing grouping of similar use drugs and/or brand name and generics, etc… d.     Inventory part numbers for a bicycle manufacturing company. Recommend a Block Code system, allowing grouping of similar bike parts in regards to use and/or part brand names. e.      Identification numbers on the forms waiters and waitresses use to take orders. Recommend a Sequence Coding, but by order book. Example: Every order sheet would be in triplicate, allowing for one to cooks, one for waitress and original top to customer for payment and saved at register for tax accounting when payment taken, while customer is given register receipt of payment. f.      Identification numbers on airline tickets. Recommend a Group Codes due to sheer volume, this would allow for departure and arrival codes within the tickets, as well as maybe seating and flight number coding for tracking. g.     Automobile registration numbers. Recommend a Sequence coding, this makes it easier to add year, month and day coding, plus even county and state coding to a national registry. h.     Automobile engine block numbers. Recommend a Group Codes, this would make identifying engine size, factory of origin and date of production information all in one code. i.       Shirt sizes for men. Recommend a Mnemonic Code, to align with current S, M, L, XL, etc… coding used in production at present. j.       Color codes for house paint. Recommend a Group code as the variations of gloss, semi-gloss, or flat textures can be combined with indoor, outdoor paints, to separate wood, concrete, or metal surfaces, to help quickly identify finish, surface and handling of paints. k.     Identification numbers on payroll check forms. Recommend a Sequence Codes, to match checks if attached, or identify employee if used for direct deposit receipts. l.       Listener identification for a radio station. Recommend a Group Code, currently alpha identifiers have been used in groups of 4 letters, with first letter “W” identifying stations east of the Mississippi river and “K” those west of the river. m.   Numbers on lottery tickets. Recommend a Group coding also, as to help eliminate counterfeiting, through a combination of random alphanumeric identifiers. n.     Identification numbers on credit cards. Recommend a Block codes, as currently used to identify territorial regions, credit VS debit cards and bank or organization of origin. o.     Identification numbers on dollar bills. Recommend a Group Coding; currently American bills have several numerical and alpha identifiers. From the eight digit serial numbers preceded and followed by alpha identifiers, to the design date just to the right of Washington’s left shoulder, engraving plate ID just below and right of upper left denomination number, to the engraving plate serial number up and to the left of the lower right denomination number and the four larger interior corner Federal Reserve District Number identifiers. p.     Passwords used to gain access to a computer. Recommend a Group Code, alphanumeric combinations allowed so as to strengthen security. q.     Zip codes. Recommend a Sequence Code, currently it starts from 00001-0001 in the northeast and moves down and across the country to 99999-9999 in the southwest. r.      Chart of accounts in a department store. Recommend a Block Code, to aid in grouping assets, liabilities, revenues and equities into like numeric order. s.      Chart of account for a flooring contractor. Recommend a Block Code, to aid in grouping assets, liabilities, revenues and equities into like numeric order. t.       Shoe sizes. Recommend a Mnemonic Code, to align with current size and width standards used by international and American companies. u.     Identification number on a student examination. Recommend a Sequence Code, allowing for identifying examination subject, student accessing it and last update identification. v.     Identification number on an insurance policy. Recommend a Sequence Code, allowing for identifying region prepared in, subject age grouping, face value ID and salesman’s ID.

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