Lesson+1+-+Introduction

__Lesson 1 - An Introduction﻿ __
My team and I were assigned to complete a semester long project for Manhattan Associates. The primary focus of their organization is creating supply chain/distribution software for large retail companies. For example, Manhattan supplies software to Home Depot for the purposes of controlling and optimizing inventory in their stores. The reason my team was brought in was to provide analysis and possible solutions to an issue concerning database consolidation. As it was explained to us, Manhattan is having concerns with the efficiency of data retrieval for the purposes of creating reports. The organization currently stores and retrieves data from multiple sources including websites and data warehouses, and uses different tools to manage the reporting from each source. Before we began work on these solutions, our first deliverable was a "deep dive" into the current systems and provide a technical layout to present. Article about Manhattan Associates from the AJC: []

Unger, Henry. "Manhattan Associates Sees Uptick in Supply-chain Business | The Biz Beat." //Blogs about Atlanta News, Sports and More | Ajc.com, AccessAtlanta.com//. 7 Sept. 2010. Web. 13 Oct. 2010. .