Design and Implementation of a Web E-Post Management System
Chapter One
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
The objectives of this project are as follows.
- Analyzing global trends in e-commerce and why it is important for economic development.
- Identifying benefits of the adoption of an e-post management system by courier Service Company.
- Developing an e-post platform that can be used by customers to order post office items and make payments online.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
CARGO SHIP
According to Systematics (1998), cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another.
Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world’s seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usually specially designed for the task, often being equipped with cranes and other mechanisms to load and unload, and come in all sizes. Today, they are almost always built of welded steel, and with some exceptions generally have a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years before being scrapped Cargo ships/freighters can be divided into four groups, according to the type of cargo they carry. These groups are:
1. General Cargo Vessels
2. Tankers
3. Dry-bulk Carriers
4. Multipurpose Vessels
General Cargo Vessels carry packaged items like chemicals, foods, furniture, machinery, motor vehicles, footwear, garments, etc.
Tankers carry petroleum products or other liquid cargo.
Dry Bulk Carriers carry coal, grain, ore and other similar products in loose form.
Multi-purpose Vessels, as the name suggests, carry different classes of cargo – e.g. liquid and general cargo – at the same time.
Specialized types of cargo vessels include container ships and bulk carriers (technically tankers of all sizes are cargo ships, although they are routinely thought of as a separate category). Cargo ships fall into two further categories that reflect the services they offer to industry: liner and tramp services. Those on a fixed published schedule and fixed tariff rates are cargo liners. Tramp ships do not have fixed schedules. Users charter them to haul loads. Generally, the smaller shipping companies and private individuals operate tramp ships. Cargo
liners run on fixed schedules published by the shipping companies. Each trip a liner takes is called a voyage. Liners mostly carry general cargo. However, some cargo liners may carry passengers also. A cargo liner that carries 12 or more passengers is called a combination or passenger-cum-cargo line.
The earliest records of waterborne activity mention the carriage of items for trade; the evidence of history and archaeology shows the practice to be widespread by the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. The desire to operate trade routes over longer distances and at more seasons of the year motivated improvements in ship design during the middle Ages.
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS
According to oxford advanced learners dictionary, methodology is a set of methods and principles used to perform a particular activity. This chapter deals with the methods used in carrying out the project and the analysis of the methods used.
APPROACH
The software development approach used in the design of this project is the topdown approach. A top-down approach (also known as stepwise design or deductive reasoning) is essentially the breaking down of a system to gain insight into its compositional subsystems. In a top-down approach, an overview of the system is formulated, specifying but not detailing any first level subsystem.
Each subsystem is then refined in yet greater detail, sometimes in many additional subsystem levels, until the entire specification is reduced to base elements.
CHAPTER FOUR
SYSTEM DESIGN
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
The project applies a modular architecture with the various project features represented using modules.
PROJECT MODULES
Sign in module
This module enables a user or administrator to log in to an already created account. Text boxes are provided for the user name and password, and an option box for selecting which type of user you want to sign in as.
CHAPTER FIVE
SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Computer system is made up of units that are put together to work as one in order to achieve a common goal. The requirements for the implementation of the new system are:
- The Hardware
- The Software
- Software Requirement
For the effective implementation of the new system, the following software has to be installed on the computer system.
CHAPTER SIX
SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
SUMMARY
E-post is a major improvement on the post office as it delivers better services in a very convenient manner and eliminates the time wasted in standing in long queues waiting to buy stamps and other postal products. This system enables a registered user to buy postal products online and have them sent to his mail box without having to visit the post office. It also enables him to buy goods online have them delivered to his residence address via courier service. This makes the prospect of using this service more appealing as it saves time and
money, plus it is a very fast way of purchasing goods online.
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED
Some problems were encountered in linking the various pages and creating a control panel level embedded in the normal home page login level. Also, creating and arranging the database tables effectively was tedious and bulky.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that:
The management of DHL Enugu should adopt the automated method rather than continuing with their manual system.
The staff of DHL Enugu should be given training on how to use this system and other related computer application.
CONCLUSION
The project work has exposed a lot of information relating to courier service information management. Also it has been observed that with the trend in technology, most businesses are computerized and with the computerization of the process for parcel delivery record, the courier service company can easily track purchases and online product ordering records.
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