Design and Implementation of Point of Sales Management System for God’s Grace Cosmetic Trading Enterprise
Chapter One
AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The study aims to build a computerized automatic point-of-sales system that will replace the traditional manual point-of-sales method used in small and medium-scale businesses such as the God’s Grace cosmetic trading enterprise.
The objectives include:
- An extensive study of the literature around the operations of the retail industry.
- Identifying the key areas of operation in the cosmetic retail industry and particularly God’s grace cosmetic trading enterprise where automation is needed.
- Design of systems with the potential of proffering solutions to those areas identified in (ii) above.
- Implementation of the designs in (iii) above and providing recommendations for the future.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION: This chapter examines in detail, the history and developments made in the ICT sector, through previous research work on this subject of point-of-sales information systems we would also examine the characteristics, models, architectures, and limitations as pointed out by various scholars and researchers. This will provide the groundwork for figuring out an efficient way to implement a point-of-sales information systems for the God’s grace cosmetic trading company.
OVERVIEW OF POINT-OF-SALES SYSTEMS
The point of sale (Point-of-Sales) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place where a retail transaction is completed. (Mbanaso et al, 2019). At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice for the customer (which may be a cash register printout), and indicates the options for the customer to make payment. It is also the point at which a customer makes a payment to the merchant in exchange for goods or after provision of a service. After receiving payment, the merchant may issue a receipt for the transaction, which is usually printed but can also be dispensed with or sent electronically. (Mbanaso et al, 2019).
To calculate the amount owed by a customer, the merchant may use various devices such as weighing scales, barcode scanners, and cash registers (or the more advanced “Point-of-Sales cash registers”, which are sometimes also called “Point-of-Sales systems”). To make a payment, payment terminals, touch screens, (Ali, 2013) and other hardware and software options are available.
The point of sale is often referred to as the point of service because it is not just a point of sale but also a point of return or customer order. Point-of-Sales terminal software may also include features for additional functionality, such as inventory management, CRM, financials, or warehousing (Sukhia et al, 2014).
Businesses are increasingly adopting Point-of-Sales systems, and one of the most obvious and compelling reasons is that a Point-of-Sales system eliminates the need for price tags. Selling prices are linked to the product code of an item when adding stock, so the cashier merely scans this code to process a sale. If there is a price change, this can also be easily done through the inventory window. Other advantages include the ability to implement various types of discounts, a loyalty scheme for customers, and more efficient stock control. These features are typical of almost all modern ePoint-of-Sales systems (Kabir et al, 2015).
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
This chapter reviews how the existing system works as well as how to produce a better alternative for its improvement. The relationship among actors, entities, platform, and information flows within the organization is very important. In a nutshell, system investigation and analysis studies an existing system with the view of improving on it or developing an entirely new system to replace the existing one. The major task here is to design a new system using tested and trusted development methods that is as efficient and probably more efficient than the existing one. The software development model is the Waterfall model.
FACTS FINDING
Fact finding is an approach taken to acquire data about a specific or subject with the aim of analyzing and synthesizing the analyzed data to come up with a better system. Fact finding for this study was done by examining related publications, research work, journals, and books.
ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM(S)
In this section, thorough studying and analysis of the gathered data and fact were done on the existing system.
The typical process of an automated point-of sales system generally follows the processes of:
CHAPTER FOUR
IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS
INTRODUCTION
This chapter discusses the deployment and testing of the demonstrated point-of-sales management system after the design and development. The Hardware and Software Requirements as well as Development tools are identified in this chapter.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION
SUMMARY
This entirety of this project has brought to light new effective ways to manage store payments, its inventory as well as administrative maintenance. From the review of literature to the final implementation, the academic and theoretical aspects of this kind of project have been implemented with various web technologies and database tools.
This study has laid some groundwork using a prototype in the sense that it can be used as a framework for future implementations of automated point-of-sales and inventory management tools.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, there is potential for promising improvement in warehousing and this project has shown how it can be done.
RECOMMENDATION
For future works, improvements can be made in terms of user identification and verification. Data security and data retrieval should be a vital consideration in development of any further automated systems, be it point-of-sales systems or otherwise
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