1. By: ISAM 5332 Group 4:Heather Loop, Vyas Maharshi, Koppula Akshay Reddy, Sharad Kumar (Lead) 1

2. Implementation in SQL Server Business Definition Dimensional Model 2

3.  Useful for Small businesses looking for opportunities  Data Warehouse and OLAP will help locate new opportunities with ease  Data Warehouse and OLAP will help find trend in opportunities based on locations, agencies and business types  Will also help find opportunities based on NAICS  Public data available to download from 2009 to September 2015  Personal difficulty faced by a team member locating opportunities 3

4.  Another team member’s experience working with several small businesses  The most important aspect - All team members agreed that this project will be useful as we have access to the actual data and this will be valuable to the companies looking for new opportunities 4

5.  Opportunities across all federal departments  https://www.fbo.gov/ - Single point of entry for vendors https://www.fbo.gov/  Website has search capability and FAQs for any business opportunity for vendors  Opportunities are also listed based on NAICS (North American Industry Classification)  Has links to download data as well 5

6.  Established August 2012  Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business  Focused on engineering solutions  Control Systems  Automation  Currently working for private sector contracts  Future: Bid for federal contracts 6

7.  Are government contracts viable?  Which NAICS codes are most widely used in federal contracts?  Would Blaze have a niche to fill?  Which government agency(s) should the company focus on?  How many contracts are awarded based on NAICS coded? 7

8. 8 Federal Agent Dimension Time Dimension NAICS Dimension Location Dimension BizOpps FACT Table -------- --------- ----------

9. 9 Agency Time NAICS Location Fact Table BizOpps PK FK PK FK FA_ID Location_ID Posting_Date NAICS Code City Zip Code Country State Time_ID Month Quarter Year Office Name Agency Name Office Location Item Description Contract Title Description ------------ Quantity ------------

10.  Aggregation of number of opportunities based on various federal agencies, industry class (NAICS), Location  Slicing and dicing to view types of contracts awarded  Drill down to view individual contract details  Reports 10

11.  Data Warehousing by Paulraj Ponniah  https://www.fbo.gov/https://www.fbo.gov/  NAICS Codes NAICS Codes  http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/ http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/  http://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/business- development/how-to-get-government-contracts-for- your-small-business http://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/business- development/how-to-get-government-contracts-for- your-small-business  http://siccode.com/en/pages/what-is-a-naics-code (NAICS Code Example) http://siccode.com/en/pages/what-is-a-naics-code 11

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