TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION .................................................................................................................. i
APPROVAL ....................................................................................................................... ii
DEDICATION ................................................................................................................... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................. .iv
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Back ground of the Study .............................................................................................. !
1.2 Statement of the Problem .............................................................................................. 2
1.3 Objectives of the study .................................................................................................. 2
1.3.1 General objective .................................................................................................... 2
1.3.2 Specific objective of the study ................................................................................ 2
1.4 Scope of the Study ......................................................................................................... 3
1.5 Significance of the Study .............................................................................................. .3
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Management Information System ................................................................................. 4
2.2 Information Technology ................................................................................................ 4
2.3 Information system ........................................................................................................ 5
2.3.1 The roles of information system ............................................................................. 6
2.3.2 Components of information systems ...................................................................... 7
2.4 Database and all its aspects ........................................................................................... 8
2.4.1 Advantages of databases ......................................................................................... 9
2.4 .2 Database Maintenance ......................................................................................... 11
2.5 Application architecture and development process ..................................................... 11
2.6 Database management information system ................................................................. 12
2.6.1 Merits of Database management system ............................................................. 12
2.6.2 Limitations ofDatabase management system ...................................................... 13
2.7 Description of the system ............................................................................................ 15
2.8 Developing Management Information System ............................................................ 16
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2.9 Review ofSupermarkets .............................................................................................. 17
2.10 Systems Currently Serving Supermarkets ................................................................. 18
2.11 Strength of manual filling systems ............................................................................ 19
2.11.1 Weaknesses of Manual Filling Systems ............................................................. 19
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
3. 0. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 22
3 .1. System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) description; .............................................. 22
3.2. Data collection instruments ........................................................................................ 22
CHAPTER FOUR
SYSTEMANALYSISDESIGN,IMPLEMENTATION ANDEVALUTION
4.0. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 28
4.1. Logical Design ............................................................................................................ 30
4.2. Detailed design ........................................................................................................... 45
4.3. Output requirements ................................................................................................... 45
4.4. Hard copy ................................................................................................................... 45
4.5. Softcopy ...................................................................................................................... 45
4.6. Input Requirements ..................................................................................................... 46
4.7. Processing Requirements ............................................................................................ 46
4.8. Operating system ........................................................................................................ 46
4.9 Database Management Information System .............................................................. .46
4.10. Anti- Virus software .............................................................................................. .47
4.11. Docurnentation .......................................................................................................... 47
4.12. Hardware acquisition ................................................................................................ 48
4.13. Software requirement ............................................................................................... 48
4.14. Software testing ........................................................................................................ 48
4.15. Unit testing ............................................................................................................... 48
4.16. System testing ........................................................................................................... 49
4.17. System implementation ............................................................................................ 49
4.18. System Maintenance ................................................................................................. 50
4.19. Security implementation ........................................................................................... 50
4.21. System Evaluation .................................................................................................... 51
4.22. System Validation ..................................................................................................... 51
4.23. System maintenance and Operations ...................................................................... 52
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CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.0.INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 53
5.1. Discussions ................................................................................................................. 53
5.2. Conclusions ................................................................................................................ 54
5.3. Recommendations ...................................................................................................... 54
