Title: Design & Implementation of an Inventory Management Software for CSE department Name: Lwambura Eric Reg.

No: 36904 /T. 2002 Supervisor: Dr. Mvungi N.H

Presentation outlines
Problem statement System Objectives Work done Work remained Conclusion

Problem statement
The current File based system used to store record of the lab equipments has the following problems: Poor reliability of data Data redundancy Updating problems Inconvenience when Searching Monitoring equipment movements is difficult

System objectives
The main objective of the project is to design and implement a database Driven Information System that will allow: Searching of equipments available in the labs. Update item particulars Generation of reports showing available, borrowed and defected equipments. Deletion of equipments those are no longer available. Registration of new equipments

Literature Review
System investigation System analysis System design System Implementation System maintenance

System Analysis
Functional Requirements The system shall be able to register new items. The system shall be able to remove/delete an item. The system shall have a feature for searching an item using different categories. The system shall have a feature for logging in and editing particulars of an item. The system shall be able to generate different reports.

System analysis.cont
Non-Functional requirements The system shall run in win 98 or above, Linux and other Operating systems with exception of Mac systems. Data will be stored in a database Minimum space needed is 20GB There must be a backup data storage The system must be implemented in different access layers.

System Design
The methodology to be adopted during design is Object Oriented and following in the next slides are the use case, class and ERD diagrams

System Design.cont

System designcont
ENTITY RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM
ITEM PK PK item_name serial_number specification model function supplier manufacturer productionyr unitprice lifespan

unregistered_item PK arrivaldate quantity item_name serial_number

REGISTERED_ITEM PK reg_no reg_date room description staff_id item_name serial_number

FK1 FK1

FK1 FK1

AVAILABLE ITEM PK PK,FK1 item_name reg_no room

BORROWED_ITEM PK,FK1 PK reg_no borrowed_date item_name serial_number borrowed_by room return_date issued_by

Work done
System investigation System analysis System design

Work Remaining
System Implementation System maintenance

Problems Encountered
Limited project cost
Limited resources Project time

Questions, suggestions, and opinions