BuyerZone users' database design requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their database design purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of database design companies other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: database design purchasing requirements

"Need to maintain customer information Need monthly price for maintenance and intitial set up feesNeed suggestions on manageable database"
-- Marketing/Public Relations, Other Business Services, Saint Cloud, FL

"I need to do order entry which i have figured out i need to run pending reports, i need to be able to print results, and i also need to have one table link to another table when there is a hit."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Murphy, NC

"For a construction company during both cad and interface concepts"
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Houston, TX

"For people to list their items on our web site to advertise buy or sell or trade."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Information Services, Fort Worth, TX

"We are looking for a company that can migrate our data from excel to access or mySQL and create a user interface for 15-20 users. This database will need to work with Salesfore, Quickbooks and Direct Track if possible."
-- MIS/IT, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, New York, NY

"Real EstateKeeping in contact with customers, their children and their birthdays, etc."
-- Sales/Business Development, Real Estate, Maggie Valley, NC

"I need to be able to pull up any type of equipment at any one of our jobs that are in remote locations. I need to be able to compare sent items to a job as to returned items from a job. I need to be able to make a damage/stolen report."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Cincinnati, OH

"Its a dating website... I would like it translated in several languages... and need the capability to IM & search for other members that have similarities."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Irvine, CA

"I need a way to track all incoming and out going documents and a way to brand all company documents. I also want to search the database by key words."
-- Human Resources, Other Business Services, North Wales, PA

"We have been developing a database for two years utilizing a programmer who is only available to us on a part time basis. We would like to complete this project with someone who is more available to us and someone that we can meet with face to face when warranted."
-- Partner/Principal, Insurance, Bordentown, NJ

"Develop literary agency database with sales and contracts and project tracking and automate accounting."
-- Partner/Principal, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, New York, NY

"A Medical Records System used to assist in:1. Providing a Smart Card for Patience with medical & Dental History including Insurance and Prescription information.2. Physicians will have the ability to update the information whenever the patient is examined "
-- Consultant, Consulting, Fort Lauderdale, FL

"This is a new on-line business providing eCourses to on-line marketers, similar to ClickBank. Once they make the sale the customer is routed back to my systems for payment processing and distribution of the eCourse. Need records for customers, marketers, people who produce the eCourses, the eCourses themselves, and a non-profit 501c3 pay-it-forward opportunity."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Information Services, Lake Zurich, IL

"Moving company, customer data, international destinations,payments control,leads traks, sales information,appoinments control."
-- Administrative Assistant, Transportation/Logistics, South Gate, CA

"The database is being designed for an investigation company that has a large project where the data is sensative and can not be explained here. There will be about 10k records - each will hold background information on the "subject" to include the capabilities of scanning large amounts of data to be stored to each record. All will be explained to a qualified company."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Legal, Eatontown, NJ

"I will be purchasing the data contained in OJIN(Oregon Judicial Information Network) from The State of Oregon. Everything which has occurred in Oregon State Courts since the late 80’s will be contained. The data will be sent to me on 27 DVD’s, so in excess of 100 gigs of raw data in a fixed length format, will be arriving. The state will send an update on one DVD each month They sent a sample data file and 2 Excel files which explain field names and lengths. I will be happy to email these files to you. The database query method chosen will have to be flexible so that periodic changes can be added. I really need answers to the following:1. What type of database should I focus on?2. What can I expect to pay for this database creation?3. Can the work be accomplished remotely?4. How long will the job take?Please, only capable, reasonably priced, professionals need apply."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Legal, Lake Oswego, OR

"I need a database that has the ability to allow a online interface with multiple users at any given time. I need to be able to attach a pdf format to a submission to entries into the database. The database has to allow mulitple searches and entries from anywhere and it needs to be secure. It also has to have the ability for reporting capabilities."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Financial Services, Lithonia, GA

"Design a client database capable of providing estimates, invoices, form letters, order tracking."
-- Sales/Business Development, Retail, New York, NY

"We would like to implement a multi-location accessable database with several concurrent users. The database function is to track/report several different levels of data on clients in a residential treatment setting. Also we need to chart."
-- MIS/IT, Health Care, Littleton, CO

"Contain our customers information (name, address, phones, products, payments, service received, service dates)."
-- Administrative Assistant, Other Business Services, Bayamon, PR

"Collection Agnecy. We must enter new customers and track payments made, current balance, total amount collected per client (3rd party) versus custyomers. Also, with customers name address and telephone numbers with notes on time and dated called. With reports on money collected per client and per collector (employee). Thats a brief explanation."
-- Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Burleson, TX

"We would like a database so that we can make puchase orders from our suppliers through one database online."
-- Consultant, Retail, Waco, TX

"We currently operate a geographically seperated manufacturing facility with home office. we need to manage standard manufacturing criteria such as work in progress, post production and pre production data. The information needs to be migrated to inventory, invoicing and shipments."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Dayton, OH

"We provide financial services to small businesses and their employees, ie payroll admin, 401k, health ins, p&c ins, wealth management,mortgage,etc. We need to be able to track prospects in various stages of development, as well as which of our current clients are already which of the services we provide so that we can make proposals to them on the products they do not currently use. We want to be able to track leads, proposals, closings by sales person as well as generate prospect lists and action reminders."
-- Sales/Business Development, Financial Services, Alpharetta, GA

"This database will be used to track Asthma in children. WIll be used to generate federal and state reports, track children from differen counties and the providers that serve them."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Education, Hudson Falls, NY

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