TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
APPROVAL
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION ............ .——..~ 1
1.1 Back ground ofthe Study I
1.2 Statement ofthe 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 of Database management system 13
2.7 Description of the system 15
2.8 Developing Management Information System 16
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2.9 Review of Supermarkets .17
2.10 Systems Currently Serving Supermarkets 18
2.11 Strength of manual filling systems 19
2.11.1 Weaknesses ofManual Filling Systems 19
CHAPTER TRREE
METHODOLOGY
3.0. Introduction 22
3.1. System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) description; 22
3.2. Data collection instruments 22
CHAPTER FOUR
SYSTEM ANALYSIS DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUTION
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.Soflcopy
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. Documentation 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
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
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Kibuli Supermarket is a Supermarket which manages sales, products, stock and information about the buying and supply of commodities. The manual system of data entry, updates and storage of data of riddled with problems. As a way of solving the above problems a computerized system has been introduced where there will be easy accessibility of data, reliability, and security which makes decision making and administrative activities simplified even with fewer employees. 1.1 Back ground of the Study A Management Information System is a formal method of making available to management the accurate and timely information necessary to facilitate the decision making process and enable the organization’s planning, control and operational functions to be carried out efficiently and effectively (Laudon, 2000) ~l5j. Management Information Systems forecast trends, support routine decisions, provide answers to queries thus making the business strategies of Supermarkets come to fruition in an efficient manner. However, as always; Management Information Systems are difficult to maintain and costly to construct (Turban, 2002) [03). A Supermarket is a food store that carry a wide selection of edibles and non edible products, the concept was started in United states in the 1930’s although the large Supermarket is a fixture in the united states; it has not caught on to a large extent in other parts of the world and it must be remembered that a wide variety is less important than quality and local ambiance. They deal in the buying and selling of commodities. Supermarkets have become famous for retailing of various commodities including building materials, office products and of course groceries through self service at low prices and support of national development through tax payment and providing employment to citizens (Michael, 2001) [02]
