Agricultural produce shop management system (APSMS):

Abstract

An Agricultural Produce Shop Management System (APSMS) is a computerized program designed to create awareness about the available agricultural products in the shop. Shop management (SM) refers to the process of running and management of a shop or business. This includes tasks such as setting goals and objectives, developing and implementing business strategies, managing finance, handling customer service and complaints, and overseeing the day to day operations of the shop. Shop Management System (SMS) is a software program platform that is used to manage and oversee the operations of the shop or business. It typically includes features and tools for tasks such as inventory management, financial management, customer relationship management, and employee management. The specific features and capabilities of a shop management system will vary depending on the specific needs and goals of the shop management system. These include, inventory management, financial management, customer relationship management, employee management. The major objective of the study was to design an Agricultural Produce Shop Management System (APSMS) that would help Jibidayo Agricultural Produce Shop (JAPS) to effectively and efficiently display the records of the available agricultural products in the store. The specific objectives of this study were to investigate the current system of displaying the available agricultural products in Jibidayo Agricultural Produce Shop (APSMS), gathering the requirements for designing an Agricultural Produce Shop Management System (APSMS), design and develop an Agricultural Produce Shop Management System (APSMS), test and implement the system. Data was gathered using observation, document review and interviews. The collected data was sorted and analyzed using Microsoft excel software and it was found out that the current manual system is in efficient, time and space consuming in addition to being insecure hence judged not good for shop management. After gathering the requirements, entity relation diagrams and dataflow diagrams were used to design an Agricultural Produce Shop Management System (APSMS). Microsoft Visual basic was used to create user interface while Ms-Access was used to create the database. An Agricultural Produce Shop Management System (APSMS) developed enables capturing the details of the customers and products, storing of this data in an electronic database eases the retrieval of the same data anytime by only authorized people. The developed Agricultural Produce Shop Management System (APSMS) also allows the backup of data on movable devices like flash disks, memory card and external hard drives which increases the capacity of backup. An Agricultural Produce Shop Management System (APSMS) reduces a burden of the customers moving from their places of residence to Jibidayo Agricultural Produce Shop (JAPS) to view the available products in the store.