Design and implementation of a smart stock management system

Description

Abstract This research work deals with the problems of managing activities of Benitex Supermarket and to avoid the problems which occur when carried out manually. In the existing system, all the activities of the supermarket are done manually in paper works. The aim of this research work “Smart Stock Management System” is to develop a web-based system with a central database that will automatically manage the activities of the supermarket, manage records of all transactions related to the supermarket the system designed will keep track of all sales and purchases done in the supermarket. For the purpose of this study, an object-oriented methodology was adopted. Information for this research work was collected from two forms of data which are primary and secondary data. These are done by semi-structured interviews and exploration of the services of the library from textbooks, journals, internet and other materials for purpose of better understanding. The new system was implemented using PHP and MySQL. The result of the research is a Smart Stock Management System for Benitex Supermarket located in Lafia, Nasarawa State.