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Data Flow Diagram Case

World’s Trend Company

World’s Trend is a mail order supplier of high-quality, fashionable


clothing. Customers place orders by telephone, faxing, mailing an order
form included with each catalog, or via the Web site.

List of Business Activities :

(1) Add new customers to the customer master file. When


customers are added to the master file, they are assigned a
customer number, which is used when placing subsequent
orders.
(2) Perform inquiries to let customers know the current selling
price of an item and the quantity available for sale.
(3) Process customer orders by verifying that all order information
is accurate and that a record exists for the customer placing the
order. If a customer record does not exist, it is added to the
master file. As orders are entered, customer and item master
record field are updated.
(4) If a customer orders more of an item than is currently available
in stock, back-ordered item information is sent to the inventory
control department. When back-ordered items are received
from World’s Trend suppliers, they are shipped to the
customers.
(5) Orders are sent to the warehouse where they are filled.
(6) A shipping statement is attached to the filled order. Mailing
labels are prepared, and the order is shipped to the customer.
(7) Order information is used to produce a billing statement for all
customers charging their goods to their World’s Trend account.
(8) Order information is used to produce an accounts receivable
report for the accounting department.

DRAW the complete DFD (Data Flow Diagram) showing the 3 steps.
[Step 1 : Draw the Context Diagram, Step 2 : Draw the Diagram 0,
Step 3 : Draw the child diagram, Step 4 : Draw the Physical Data Flow
Diagram or the Final DFD]

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