1 SHOP-ONLINE: A PROPOSED E-COMMERCE SITE AND INVENTORY SYSTEM FOR BAHANDI PASAL

UBONG CENTER
A Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Information Tech
nology College of Engineering Eastern Visayas State University Tacloban City
In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in
Information Technology
by
Adrian E. Mas Jeffrey J. Caanes Roy H. Zacarias
March 2013
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APPROVAL SHEET
This system entitled SHOP-ONLINE: A PROPOSED E-COMMERCE SITE AND INVENTORY SYSTEM
FOR BAHANDI PASALUBONG CENTER prepared and submitted by Adrian E. Mas, Jeffrey J
. Caanes and Roy H. Zacarias in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the d
egree Bachelor of Science in Information Technology has been examined and is rec
ommended for acceptance and approval for ORAL EXAMINATION. JESSIE R. PARAGAS, MS
IT Adviser
Approved by the members of the Evaluation Panel on Oral Examination with a grade
of ______________________________________.
ORAL DEFENSE PANEL
DEBORAH G. BROSAS, MSIT Panelist
LYRA K. NUEVAS, MST-CS Panelist
ERIC O. STA. SINGH Lead Panelist
Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
DANILO B. PULMA, D.M. Dean, College of Engineering
LYRA K. NUEVAS, MST-CS Head, Information Technology Department
June 2, 2013 Date of Oral Examination
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The proponents would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to the following w
ho have been instrumental in the completion of this study: The personnel and pro
ducers of the Bahandi Pasalubong Center for providing the necessary data and inf
ormation crucial to the development of the proposed online shop portal; Mr. Jess
ie Paragas, the proponents thesis technical adviser for his untiring support and
motivation; The members of the oral defense panel: Mr. Eric O. Sta . Singh, Mrs.
Deborah G. Brosas and Mrs. Lyra K. Nuevas for their constructive criticisms, re
commendations and suggestions; Families, friends and classmates, for their prese
nce and unwavering support; And to the Almighty God, for everything.
ADRIAN E. MAS JEFFREY J. CAANES ROY H. ZACARIAS June 2013
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
TITLE PAGE APPROVAL SHEET ACKNOWLEDGMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST O
F FIGURES i ii iii iv vi vii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
a. Background of the Study b. Statement of the Problem ... c. Obj
mitation of the Study . f. Definition of Terms . 2 6 7 8 9 10
II
METHODOLOGY
a. Review of Related Literature and Studies .. b. Conceptual Framework .
System . c.1. Description of the Current System c.2. Personnel/Equipment U
stem ... 16 25 26 26 27
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CHAPTER
d. Data Gathering Procedures
Page
27
III
REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS SPECIFICATIONS
a. Answer and Explanations of the Statement of the Problem 28 b. Answer and Expl
anations to the Objectives of the Study .. c. Results, Explanations and Analysis
of the Data Gathered . d. Over- All Analysis of the Proposed System .. e. System Desig
Specification .. f. Hardware Requirements . g. Software Requiremen
IV
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
a. Summary . b. Conclusions .... c. Recommendations
Bibliography . Appendices
Letter to the Thesis Language Adviser . Letter to the Thesis Technical Adviser
46 47 48
Screenshots 49 Source Codes . 63
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Modified Waterfall Model Conceptual Di
agram of the Study Context Diagram of the Proposed System Main Module Home Modul
e Login Module Hierarchical Chart of the Proposed System Home Page Log-in Form R
egistration Form Processed Foods Sub-Category Handicrafts , Gift Wares and Holid
ay Decors Organic, Herbal and Natural Products Beverages Product Sub-Category Pa
ge Organic, Herbal and Natural Products Sub-Category Page Handicrafts, Gift Ware
s and Holiday Decors Sub-Category Page Post Harvest Facilities and Food Processi
ng Equipment Product Sub-Category Page 18 Fish/ Seafood Products Page
Page
12 25 33 34 35 36 37 47 48 49 50 51 51 52 52 53
54 55
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Figure
20 21 22 23 Bagoong Product Description Page Bagoong Product Image Page Shopping
Cart Page Product Categories
Page
56 57 58 60
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION
Virtually every business, government and private-owned are going hi-tech these d
ays. Many businesses expect most people to know the basics of information and co
mmunications. This expectation drove the business community to consider other me
ans of conducting business with the clients considering the availability of seve
ral technologies. Among these technologies is the Information and Communication
Technology (ICT). This technology comprises of tools such as software and hardwa
re computer components that facilitate the storage, retrieval and dissemination
of data and information over a wide range of business stakeholders. Based on the
foregoing statement, Information can be best described as the use of computer h
ardware and software to gather, transfer or store information.
Communications technology refers to systems used for communication, which includ
es telephone, radio, fax, television, email, cell phones and instant messaging.
Together, both fields are simply referred to as "ICT" or Information and Communi
cations Technology. ICT is often broken into two major groups: "traditional comp
uter-based technologies" and "digital communication technologies." Examples of t
raditional computer-based technologies are accounting programs and word processo
rs. Digital communication technology covers everything from the Internet to sate
llite linkups. Organizations rely on ICT systems to boost productivity, reduce c
osts and make better decisions. One example is a database software allowing comp
anies to quickly process massive amounts of information about their customers. T
hey can then use data on
9 the customers shopping habits to design a better marketing plan. Another use
of ICT in boosting the profitability of online business is the built-in advertis
ement of products allowing more customers from both local and international to h
ave a glimpse of what the business is all about. These are just but few of the m
any justifications online shopping stores can offer to business establishments t
hat patronize these technologies. Before the advent of the foregoing computer-ba
sed and digital communication technologies, business establishments who sell pro
ducts and the likes solely rely on the works of business experts to interpret cu
stomer shopping trends occurring in their stores. In turn, these experts, or eve
n the owners themselves heavily depend on loads of paper works such as those tha
t detail periodic sales, inventories among others for them to analyze and arrive
at some sales pattern or customers shopping habits. Evidently, these tedious pro
cesses of identifying trends, set aside, carefully skimming through all the nece
ssary documents, are very prone to sluggish outputs, if not miscalculations. The
onset of online shopping or e-commerce not only resolved most, if not all, of t
he predicaments of the classic shopping scheme but also widened the scope of sho
ppers from one localized physical store to cloned, distributed stores that can easil
y be accessed by most of its customers over the Internet. Gone are the long queu
es of lines and the need to travel just to avail ones needed shopping items. For
these reasons, the proponents of the study considered the proposition of an onli
ne e-commerce and inventory system for Bahandi Pasalubong Center as an extension
to its current manual store situated in DZR Airport at San Jose, Tacloban City.
The proposed system will form part of the business scheme of the establishment
thus will operate in consonance to the business undertakings of the physical sto
re, that is, all
10 transactions in the latter will be reflected in the inventory and sales recor
ds of the proposed online store with inventory system.
a. Background of the Study Eastern Visayas with its three island groups of Leyte
, Samar and Biliran, is endowed with abundant and wide selection of raw material
s. For the past sixteen (16) years, aggressive product development clinics have
been initiated by public and private entities to harness these resources into gl
obally competitive manufactured goods. In tandem with product development clinic
s is the marketing of products, offering it to a wider market base. This gave bi
rth to the conduct of regional exhibit of Eastern Visayas aptly dubbed Treasures.
Initially organized by the Department of Trade and Industry in 1989, Bahandi is
now a major annual marketing event for the manufacturing sector of non-tradition
al goods. By year 2000, the 79 active exhibitor-producers of Bahandi were organi
zed into an association now known as the Bahandi Producers Association of Easter
n Visayas (BPAEV). This move of the Department of Trade and Industry to relinqui
sh the conduct of trade exhibit to BPAEV was to empower producers to collectivel
y charter their own marketing activities. Bahandi has carved a niche in the cale
ndar of national trade events and BPAEV, as an association, only need to strengt
hen and nurture the advantage established in the past. However, Bahandi as a mar
keting event is conducted only once a year and there is a need to sustain the pr
esence of the manufacturers in the local and national market. The setting-up of
a pasalubong center or souvenir and gift shop in the premier gateway of Eastern Vi
sayas responds to the need for a continuous showcase and marketing of the produc
ts created by the BPAEV producers.
11 The project mainly aims to strengthen and sustain the presence of BPAEV produ
cers in the local and domestic market all year round. The shop shall effect a co
ntinuous product development on the part of the producers to be consistent with
the quality of goods sold. This will also encourage producers how to utilize of
indigenous raw materials prodigiously taking into consideration the ecological i
mpact of operating the enterprise. This marketing activity shall secure income a
nd employment in the rural communities and its contribution to the poverty allev
iation program of the government. Initially, BPAEV planned to have the soft open
ing of the pasalubong center in October 2005, however, due to financial constrai
nts and the busy schedule of producers who were joining a couple of trade fairs,
it was moved to November which was again postponed to December 27, 2005. Grand
opening was then scheduled on January 26, 2006 to fit in the availability of exp
ected guests. Prior to the opening of the pasalubong center which was from Decem
ber 27, 2005 to January 25, 2005, the center gathered a sales amounting to Php66
,219.00. The amount exceeded its targeted 2,000 average daily sales. As schedule
d, the grand opening of the pasalubong center was held on January 26, 2006. The
grand opening was made possible in cooperation with the Department of Trade and
Industry, Office of the Hon. Congresswoman Remedios L. Petilla and the Embassy o
f the Federal Republic of Germany. However, despite the support of numerous gove
rnment agencies and influential government officials, the pasalubong center seem
ed to be behind the ICT trend in conducting its business to its patrons. There i
s only one web site that advertises the pasalubong centers products under the Pro
duct Portal of Eastern Visayas (http://web.evis.net.ph, September 2012) and it i
s not even maintained by the center itself. The said site features other product
s coming from other producers that are
12 not even members of BPAEV. Although, the centers revenue is beyond question, t
he possibilities of advertisement optimization thus greater profitability can be
attained through the adaptation of the current ICT trend. Buying patrons person
ally go to the center to purchase items or for those product consignments with a
ssociated contact numbers of the producers, the buyers may opt to establish a di
rect contact with the latter. The purchasing scheme follows the traditional meth
odology of trading between two concerned parties. The buyer gives an appropriate
amount as exacted to the seller of the products with an anticipation that the p
roducts are not defective nor deviate from its purported characteristics. While
the said trading scheme poses no threat to the business state of profitability,
product selling is limited to the store itself and as previously mentioned, buyi
ng patrons have to personally carry out the transaction with the store. Furtherm
ore, interested parties from distant places like those outside the region are hi
ndered in availing some products considering the time and travelling costs it wi
ll incur on their part. On the other hand, the shop carries out its product inve
ntory activities manually. Consigned products are recorded in logbooks and produ
ct sales are documented in a separate logbook as well. The shop and the BPAEV me
mbers, which are also the shops product suppliers, set up a date for collecting s
ales and reclaiming defective products twice a month, mostly on the 5th and 25th
day of the month. Since both the shop and the members/suppliers carry out recor
ding separately, record discrepancies occur during inventory periods. In view of
the foregoing statement, the proponents of the study decided to take into consi
deration the development of an online store and inventory
13 system for Bahandi Pasalubong Center as an alternative product selling method
ology to the current physical store.
b. Statement of the Problem The study aimed to identify the resources that will
be needed in expanding the marketability of the Bahandi Pasalubong Center throug
h the creation of an online shopping site and inventory system that will cater t
o the needs of its patrons. Specifically, the study sought to answer the followi
ng queries: 1. What are the constraints and limitations of the current manual pr
ocedures in the Bahandi Store involving: product advertisement and selling; and
product inventory
2. What alternatives can be formulated to resolve the constraints and limitation
s in the current manual procedures of the Bahandi Store involving: product adver
tisement and selling; and product inventory
3. What are the requirement specifications for the development of an e-commerce
site or online shopping portal and computerized inventory scheme for the Bahandi
Pasalubong Center? 4. Is there really a need to develop an online shopping syst
em and computerized inventory system for the Bahandi Pasalubong Center?
14 c. Objective of the Study The main objective of the study is to identify the
necessary resources prerequisite to the development of an adjacent online shoppi
ng store for the Bahandi Pasalubong Center and demonstrate logical justification
s for its development. Specifically, the study aims to achieve the following obj
ectives: 1. develop a web-based system that will allow the customers of the Baha
ndi Pasalubong Center to transact or shop online and carry out product purchase
payments through the PayPal payment gateway; 2. develop a web-based module that
will allow the center to advertise its products effectively through a built-in p
roduct image gallery page supplemented with significant product information; 3.
develop a web-based module that will allow particular personnel of the Bahandi P
asalubong Center to carry out product inventory procedures and automated monitor
ing of products coming in and going out of the center; 4. develop a web-based mo
dule that will continuously accept feedbacks, suggestions and queries from syste
m users to facilitate further modifications and enhancements needed by the onlin
e shop portal and inventory system of the Bahandi Pasalubong Center; and 5. impl
ement the online shop portal and computerized inventory system for the Bahandi P
asalubong Center.
15 d. Significance of the Study The study is deemed directly or indirectly signi
ficant to the following individuals or group of individuals: Local Government Un
it. The study will provide insights to concerned government agencies and officia
ls regarding the many possibilities of assisting small business entrepreneurs th
rough a number of options like the implementation of ICT tools and techniques to
optimize product advertisement and consequently maximizing business profitabili
ty. BPAEV Policy Makers. The study will facilitate the formulation of effective
policies that consider the advantages of ICT in ensuring good revenues for the b
usiness. More or less, these policies will be innovative in nature in as much as
the business is concerned. Bahandi Pasalubong Center Producers or BPAEV Produce
rs/Members. The study will encourage the BPAEV producers/members to employ the u
se of ICT tools and techniques to amplify the business productivity. The study w
ould also serve as an eyeopener to the vast possibilities ICT can offer to impro
ve ways of conducting business. Similar Business Establishments. The study will
provide similar business establishments ideas on improving the ways business tra
nsactions are carried out. This, in turn will pave the way for countless signifi
cant business prospects to be considered such as employing more innovative adver
tisements (cross-online shop advertisements). Customers. The proposed system whi
ch is purportedly the outcome of the study will provide the customers more chanc
es of availing their products through online
16 transactions. Greater savings is at hand since travel expenses will be replac
ed with cheaper shipping fees and PayPal payment charges. Proponents. The propos
ed study will serve to harness the system development skills of the proponents a
t the same time allowing them to fulfill one of the requirements for their degre
e. It will also serve as one of their persistent legacies to their alma mater. F
uture Researcher. The study would serve as a reference material to concepts rela
ted to the subject at hand. Moreover, the study will facilitate the identificati
on of the necessary features for an enhanced similar web-based application.
e. Scope and Limitations of the Study The study will include the business establ
ishment Bahandi Pasalubong Center situated at the premier gateway of Easter Visa
yas, the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport. It will also include products that are con
signed and for sale in the center and excludes those products that are not provi
ded by its registered producers/members. The study will not include other simila
r souvenir shops, within and outside the locality of Tacloban City. However, the
consigners or BPAEV members will be included in the gathering scheme of the stu
dy for products descriptions and pricing for the finalization of the proposed onl
ine Bahandi Pasalubong Center and Inventory System. The design of the proposed w
eb-based system will include and is limited to the web pages minimally typical f
or online e-Commerce sites for similar products. Moreover the study will also in
clude the development of a computerized inventory system alongside the e-Commerc
e site. The web pages for the e-Commerce site will initially include the Home Pa
ge, Products Gallery Page, Online Shopping Cart Page and Other Info. The propose
d system will provide online registration for frequent customers who
17 can avail special discounts and promotional packages. The proposed system wil
l also include a module that will allow the customers to pay purchased products
through PayPal payment gateway. However, it will not include payments through cr
edit cards of any kind. Moreover, although site visitors can transact with the o
nline shop, personal discounts and promotional packages are not available for th
em. The development of the proposed web-based system will use the PHP server-sid
e scripting language and the client-side Javascript scripting language. To mimic
the desktop look and feel, the proponents will be considering the use of the cl
ient-side scripting framework, the jQuery, to improvise the behavior of the appl
ications web pages. Moreover, AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript) will also be utilize
d to augment further the desktop-like experience of its prospective users. On th
e other hand, data persistent will be sustained by MySQL, a powerful Relational
Database Management System owned and maintained by Oracle, one of the software b
usiness giants. The study is limited to the business establishment Bahandi Pasal
ubong Center situated at the premier gateway of Eastern Visayas, the Daniel Z. R
omualdez Airport.
f. Definition of Terms eCommerce. E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the
buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World W
ide Web. In practice, this term and a newer term, e-business, are often used int
erchangeably. For online retail selling, the term e-tailing is sometimes used (h
ttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/ecommerce). Inventory. The raw materia
ls, work-in-process goods and completely finished goods that are considered to b
e the portion of a business s assets that are ready or will be
18 ready for sale. Inventory represents one of the most important assets that mo
st businesses possess, because the turnover of inventory represents one of the p
rimary sources of revenue generation and subsequent earnings for the company s s
hareholders/owners. Online Shopping. Is a commerce methodology by which the prop
osed system is founded featuring goods that are advertised and sold over the sho
ps web portal. The online shopping module of the proposed system is synchronized
with the physical store readily reflecting product sales and inventory status. P
ayPal. Is a global e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to
be made through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alterna
tives to paying with traditional paper methods, such as checks and money orders.
Shop Portal. Is a term, generally synonymous with shopping gateway, for a World
Wide Web site that is or proposes to be a major starting product selling/buying
site for users when they get connected to the Web or that users tend to visit a
s an anchor site to sell/buy products online.
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Chapter II METHODOLOGY
Like the traditional software development, the process of web site development c
an also be divided into different life cycle steps. This can help to format the
proponents effectively, and the standards and procedures can be adopted to achie
ve maximum quality. This section explains the steps of development which can be
possibly arranged as a process of web engineering. Please note though that throu
ghout this manuscripts portion, the words web sites, web applications, web based
applications and Intranet/extranets are interchangeable and likewise, the word c
lient or clients would pertain to the Bahandi Pasalubong Center administrators.
Requirement Analysis System Design Implementation Testing
Installation
Maintenance Figure 1. Modified Waterfall Model
20 Figure 1 shows the Modified Waterfall System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) mo
del used by the proponents in developing the proposed SHOPONLINE: A Proposed eCo
mmerce Site and Inventory System for the Bahandi Pasalubong Center. The model is
composed of six (6) phases whereby the proponents utilized varying resources pr
erequisites to the completion of the proposed system such as (1) Requirement Ana
lysis, (2) System Design, (3) Implementation, (4) Testing, (5) Installation, and
(6) Maintenance. Each phase of the development process comprises of several ste
ps and procedures which in turn consist of sub-processes and operations. The Mod
ified Waterfall model is a sequential development model that allows phase iterat
ions purportedly to initiate patch ups on overlooked features from previous deve
lopment phases. Requirement Analysis. During this phase the proponents define wh
at data the system must produce and what transformations of that data the propos
ed system must be able to do. Moreover, this phase also describes how fast the p
roposed system must perform the data transformations, how much it must transform
and any limitations on the amount of utilization of the agents or resources use
d to support the transformation (e.g., amount of machine time, amount of disk sp
ace). Basically, it is during this phase that system attributes such as usabilit
y, reliability, availability, serviceability, localization, portability, maintai
nability, security, testability and extendibility are clearly defined or given e
mphasis. This is the most crucial phase of the development life cycle because it
is on this phase that the foundations of the proposed system are laid out. Syst
em Design. It is during this phase that the requirement specifications defined i
n the previous SDLC phase are transformed into logical and physical designs. The
se
21 designs are composed of the web pages for the e-commerce site of the Bahandi
Pasalubong Center, the logic implemented behind the interactions between the pro
posed system users and the web pages or graphical user interfaces and the data l
ayer responsible in providing and maintaining data persistence to the proposed s
ystem. The logical designs define the over-all flow of the proposed system with
relation to the data and information being concurrently handled. The physical de
signs comprise of the page layouts and animations that the user interface should
consider to augment the effectiveness of the system and user interactions. Impl
ementation. This phase involved the transformation of the designs into set of in
structional codes that can be executed by the computer to carry out a specific t
ask or routine for the proposed system. Most contemporary design implementations
follow the Object Oriented Programming (OOP) approach in the transformation pro
cess. This approach represents the concrete and abstract entities involved in th
e proposed system as objects with their corresponding attributes and behaviors.
Examples of concrete entities or objects in the proposed system are the online s
hops customers and the site administrator or inventory personnel. As far as the p
roposed system is concerned, abstract entities may include online shopping cart
and product inventory. Testing. The objects with their attributes and behaviors
are required to be tested to ensure that the proposed systems desired outcomes or
outputs are obtained. The process of testing is mostly accompanied by the debug
ging process; a means of looking out for syntactical or logical errors in the pr
oposed system. Although, most Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for web-b
ased application development feature built-in or plugged-in debuggers, resolving
out logical errors are still under the lookout of the
22 developers. Moreover, the testing phase involve three (3) testing processes;
unit testing, integration testing and the system testing. Unit testing involves
the separate assessment of individual objects or utility functions/procedures fu
nctionalities. Integration testing assesses the functionality of a particular ro
utine that is composed of several objects and/or utility functions or procedures
. System testing involves the confirmation that the proposed system as whole has
met all the requirements identified or defined during the pre-development proce
ss. Installation. As far as the proposed system is concerned, installation invol
ves the uploading of all the necessary files (i.e., scripts, images or configura
tions) into a file host server. This phase also involves the database objects in
stallation process which includes tables, views, stored procedures/functions, tr
iggers, cursors among others. These database objects are used by the proposed sy
stem to facilitate data persistence throughout the system. Most often, database
installations are facilitated with the use of third party software such as PhPMy
Admin and MySQL WorkBench. Maintenance. This phase obviously involves activities
that are meant to preserve and uphold the conforming functionalities of the pro
posed system. System modifications may be carried out during this phase as may b
e deemed necessary to cater to the transient demands of the system users. This p
hase also considers the implementation of user support modules such as system us
er manuals and help documents. User trainings and seminars may be considered as
far as effective usage of the inventory module of the proposed system is concern
ed. Generally, as previously mentioned, the iterating flow lines depicted in the
Modified Waterfall SDLC Model indicates that a particular development phase can
go
23 back to one of its previous phases to accomplish overlooked tasks or processes
in that particular phase. This system development paradigm addresses the fact t
hat some tasks in some phases are at times not readily apparent to the developer
s for some reasons. The iterative approach of the model allows the developers to
move back to a particular development phase to address that overlooked task or
routine. Somehow, this system model facilitates the deliberation of user feedbac
ks through one of the propose d systems built-in module which can be used to remo
ve or modify misbehaving routines or features and develop further system enhance
ments.
a. Review of Related Literature and Studies At present, there are a number of we
bsites that cater to the shopping needs of virtual customers over the Internet.
These shop portals are equipped with unique shopping and product advertisement f
eatures that allow their respective patrons to browse for products images, gather
product information, accumulate products in a virtual shopping cart and conduct
payment transactions utilizing online payment gaetways such as PayPal and other
credit card companies online. Search engines are also provided to enable browsi
ng individuals to look for specific items or products in the shop portal. Produc
t categories and subcategories facilitate product oragnization thus avoiding con
fusions among web-surfers or customers brwosing for particular products. Most of
the online shops featured in this review of related literature also higlight th
e use of electronic e-mail invoice which can be sent to both the customer and th
e store thereby avoiding misunderstanding in the business process. The following
sections addresses these websites with their acompanying site details and featu
res.
24 Local Studies Everything In Budget Everything in Budget has been online and r
unning as a blog since July 2010. Without being a year old, the site has already
received rave reviews from its subscribers and web visitors for their very deta
iled and helpful information about great deals, sales and other promotions that
caters to everyone who are on a budget. The site is the first-ever site to cover
Group Buying deals in the Philippines and until now it completely lists down al
l the daily deals available. The site covers everything that needs budgeting, fr
om Airline Seat Sale to Concert Tickets, Auctions to Group Buying deals, Mall an
d Warehouse Sales, Hotel Accommodations, Events and many more. Most of the time,
the foregoing information gets posted first in this site. (http://everythinginb
udget.blogspot.com/, September, 2012)
25 PhilShopping.com PhilShopping.com is an online shopping gateway developed by
Filipino Internet shoppers who have merged to establish a legitimate company tha
t aims to provide a safe, convenient and reliable Philippine-based Internet shop
ping
website for consumer goods and services. Its vision is to be demonstrably the be
st and most trusted Internet-based retail company in the Philippines. In order t
o achieve this, it has to consistently adopt an objective attitude towards chang
e and meet future challenges by getting the best out of leading brands in establ
ishing a unique portfolio of consumer products and services; utilizing more inno
vative approaches to secure Internet purchases and product delivery; continuousl
y developing its professional competence, service quality, operating efficiency,
responsible corporate citizenry, stakeholder relationships and overall growth a
nd stability; and setting the appropriate strategic direction for the company. (
http://www.philshopping.com, September, 2012)
26 I-Supreme The i-Supreme store is a 100% fully online retail portal. All trans
actions are done via the internet and the products are delivered either via emai
l (for digital products) or via courier (for tangible products). The i-Supreme s
tore was
launched on January 15, 2012. Its digital products cater to customers in 200 cou
ntries worldwide while its tangible products at first will cater to the resident
s of the Republic of the Philippines. Later on as it grows it will open the door
s for its tangible products outside of the
Philippines. As the technology landscape keeps on improving so will the store ke
eps on finding ways to make its customers online shopping experience remarkable a
nd enjoyable. The products the customers see in its catalogue are but a few of i
ts initial offering. The online store will keep on adding products to its invent
ory as their primary goal is to make the i-Supreme store the customers one stop s
hop for all their wellness needs. (http://www.pinoywealthsys.i-supreme.com, Sept
ember, 2012)
27 www.MerkadoNetwork.com Merkado Network was started in April 14 2008 and re-la
unched in June 2009 to help with the needs of its merchant partners. Since then
Merkado Merchant has successfully opened online business in the Philippines and
foreign countries. Merkado Network (formerly shop.ronoliverclarin.com) marketpla
ce which is an the online diverse
helps
community to have one network for the merchants and the online shoppers. It offe
rs lots of marketing opportunities. The company has strengths in e-Commerce fiel
d, focused on exclusive sales and customer service. (http://www.merkadonetwork.c
om , September, 2012)
28 BayaniStore.com The BayaniStore.com have been in the Balikbayan business for
almost two decades. It claims to know the great lengths that Filipinos around th
e world go through to help their loved ones back home.
BayaniStore.com was created to make this process more convenient, faster, and mo
re secure. BayaniStore.com is a Philippine
company based in the United States. With its years of experience, the company is
able to get a grasp on what is being sent back home. Its product line contains
top sent items on almost any Filipinos list. It also includes items that most Fi
lipinos want to ship but cant. Like easily breakable items such as chips, glasswa
re, and electronics. All its products originate from the U.S. and therefore comp
ly with the highest U.S. standards, regulations, and/or safety requirements. It
does not sell refurbished items, used items and damaged items. (http://bayanisto
re.com, September, 2012)
29 Foreign Studies EBay The online auction website was founded as AuctionWeb in
San Jose, California, on September 5, 1993 or 1994, by French-born computer
Iranian-American
programmer Pierre Omidyar (born June 21, 1967) as part of a larger personal site
that included, among other things, Omidyar s own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the
Ebola virus. One of the first items sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for
$14.83. In November 1996, eBay entered into its first third-party licensing dea
l, with a company called Electronic Travel Auction to use SmartMarket Technology
to sell plane tickets and other travel products. Growth was phenomenal; in Janu
ary 1997 the site hosted 2,000,000 auctions, compared with 250,000 during the wh
ole of 1996. The company officially changed the name of its service from Auction
Web to eBay in September 1997. Originally, the site belonged to Echo Bay Technol
ogy Group, Omidyar s consulting firm. Omidyar had tried to register the domain n
ame echobay.com, but found it already taken by the Echo Bay Mines, a gold mining
company, so he shortened it to his second choice, eBay.com. (http://www.ebay.co
m, September, 2012)
30
Amazon.com Amazon.com is an American multinational electronic commerce
company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world
s largest online retailer. The company also produces the consumer Amazon
electronicsnotably
Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computerand is a major provider o
f cloud computing services. Amazon has separate retail websites for the followin
g countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spai
n, Japan, and China, with international shipping to certain other countries for
some of its products. It is also expected to launch its websites in Poland, Braz
il, Netherlands and Sweden. Jeff Bezos incorporated the company (as Cadabra) in
July 1994, and the site went online as amazon.com in 1995. The company was renam
ed after the Amazon River, one of the largest rivers in the world, which in turn
was named after the Amazons, the legendary nation of female warriors in Greek m
ythology. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified, selli
ng DVDs, CDs, MP3 downloads, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furnit
ure, food, toys, and jewelry.
(http://www.Amazon.com, Septmber, 2012)
31 Swatch In the mid-seventies, the Swiss watch industry was in the midst of its
worst crisis ever. Technologically speaking, the Japanese competition had been
outclassed in 1979 with the launch of the "Delirium," the worlds thinnest wristwa
tch with a limited number of
components. But the event that marked the upturn in the industrys fortunes was th
e founding of SMH, the Swiss Corporation for Microelectronics and Watchmaking In
dustries. And its answer to the crisis was Swatch-a slim plastic watch with only
51 components (instead of the usual 91 parts or more) that combined top quality
with a highly affordable price. It first went on sale in 1983. Since this time,
it has gone on to become the most successful wristwatch of all time, and The Sw
atch Group, the parent company, is the largest and most dynamic watch company in
the world. For many years, new developments have been taking place alongside th
e standard Swatch watch in plastic-from Irony (the metal Swatch) to the Swatch S
KIN Chrono (the world s thinnest chronograph) to Swatch Snowpass (a watch with a
built-in access control function which can be used as a ski pass at many ski re
sorts throughout the world), and Swatch Beat (featuring the revolutionary Intern
et Time). Outstanding technical capabilities and advances in the fields of scien
ce and technology were already proven by Swatch during its role as the Official
Timekeeper in several Olympic Games and Ski and Snowboard World Cup competitions
. (http://www.swatch.com, September, 2012)
32 b. Conceptual Framework
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
Products Information Products sales and consignment policies Products Inventory
Update product information Update product sales Check and validate stocks
Sales Reports Inventory Reports
Figure 2. Conceptual Diagram of the Study
Figure 2 is the conceptual diagram of the proposed ONLINESHOP: A Proposed e-Comm
erce and Inventory System for the Bahandi Pasalubong Center. The diagram outline
s the preferred approach carried out by the proponents to realize the proposed o
nline shop system. The concepts Input Module comprises of data that facilitate th
e definition of the preliminary phase of SDLC which is the Requirement Analysis.
These data are processed in the Process Module which is responsible in the exec
ution of the other phases of SDLC along with complementary implementation of add
itional requirements resulting from user feedbacks and e-commerce site creation
policies and bylaws. The Output Module presents the realization of the proposed
ONLINESHOP: A Proposed e-Commerce Site and Inventory System for the Bahandi Pasa
lubong Store.
33 c. Documentation of Current System The documentation of the current system pr
esents the description and the personnel or equipment used in the current tradin
g scheme of Bahandi Pasalubong Center. This section also presents the procedures
involved in the selling, advertising and inventory of products consigned to the
above business entity. Generally, the current system involving product selling,
advertisement and inventory of the Bahandi Pasalubong Center is performed manua
lly. These include store activities such as recording of newly arrived consignme
nt products, daily arrangement of product displays, recording of daily sales int
o record log books and accepting orders from the stores walk -in customers.
c.1. Description of the Current System At present, the Bahandi Pasalubong Center
sells and displays its products inside the shop. Some are displayed on shelves,
like the delicacies and condiments, and some products are displayed right on th
e store front such as home decors (i.e., native lamp shades, mats, caps, vases a
mong others.). The shop receives consignments from its suppliers which are also
members of BPAEV, the shops founding organization, and hands over the sales twice
a month, mostly on the 5th and 25th day of the month. The current product inven
tory process includes the recording of consigned products from the different sup
pliers, sold items, stocks on hand per kind of product, defective products subje
ct to be returned back to their respective consigners, reserved and ordered prod
ucts, products scheduled for delivery, and returned or replaced products. The re
cording media used by the shop are record logbooks and other writing and recordi
ng materials. The two personnel hired by the shop owner are responsible in carry
ing out the shops
34 manual sales and inventory process. They are also responsible in making the p
roper arrangements of the products display to make them more appealing to the bu
ying public. c.2 Personnel/Equipment Used by the Current System At present, Baha
ndi Pasalubong Center employs two (2) personnel to cater to the needs of its cus
tomers. Log books are used to record transactions which include details such as
the name of customer, date of transaction, number of sold items with their corre
sponding unit prices and sub-total and the total payable amount. It is deemed ne
cessary by the establishment that aside from the official receipts issued, all t
ransactions be recorded so as to facilitate the identification of probable busin
ess patterns for future marketing planning and strategies. A telephone line and
a mobile phone are provided for allowing on-the-line transactions. Aside from th
e foregoing recording materials and communication gadget mentioned, no other equ
ipment is employed by the business establishment.
d. Data Gathering Procedure A number of data gathering procedures have been carr
ied out by the proponents so as to amass information crucial to the study. The s
aid procedures include, but are not limited to, personal interviews, direct obse
rvation and online searches for related documents over the Internet. Personal in
terviews are used to elicit data pertaining to the different products sold by th
e business establishment, the time of the day when there are more or less custom
ers and the most sought-after products for a particular period of the year. Dire
ct observations facilitated the proponents to examine the flow of business trans
actions conducted by the establishment with its customers.
35
Chapter III REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS SPECIFICATIONS
This chapter discusses the answers and explanations to the sub-topics in Chapter
1 such as the Statement of the Problem and the Objectives of the Study. It also
presents and explains the results of the data gathered and their analysis. This
chapter also elaborates the overall analysis of the proposed system based on th
e data flow diagrams and the system flowcharts of the current and proposed syste
ms. Moreover, system design specification is also presented in this chapter. The
design specification is based on the Hierarchical Input Process Output (HIPO) c
hart of the proposed system which graphically represents the general functionali
ties of the proposed system. Additional topics are also given emphasis on this m
anuscript section such as the required hardware and software in developing the s
ystem and the manpower requirement for the operational proposed system.
a. Answer and Explanations of the Statement of the Problem Based on the results
of the data gathering procedures carried out by the proponents, the following re
sources are considered to resolve the constraints and limitations of the current
manual sales and inventory system employed by the Bahandi Pasalubong Center: Si
nce the proposed system includes the computerization of the current inventory sy
stem of the concerned business establishment, the store should be equipped with
one (1) set of computer for carrying product inventory processes. The computer i
s also used
36 to perform modifications of products displayed online as well as making modif
ications on some related data such as information for each product featured onli
ne. Online store/shop policies and bylaws should also be considered with the onl
ine store implementation. This also includes the setting up of online payment sc
hemes with the assistance of online payment gateways such as PayPal to allow onl
ine payment of business transactions. This makes possible for the inclusion of a
n online shopping cart for the proposed system which would allow customers to pu
rchase products online. Although the online transaction will incur additional ch
arges such as shipping fees and payment gateways service charges, the customers
will be able to avoid travelling expenses, effort and time if the transaction wi
ll be carried out personally. The following are the constraints and limitations
of the current manual sales and inventory system employed by the Bahandi Pasalub
ong Center: 1. Product consignment monitoring and stock counting is very tedious
and prone to record discrepancies; 2. Products subject to expire needs a consta
nt monitoring; 3. Record logbooks are subject to wear outs and at times may be m
isplaced; 4. Products display is crowded and are not categorically arranged whic
h makes it hard for the consumers to look for a specific product without the hel
p of a shop sales representative; 5. Product information and pricing are not rea
dily available to the customer; and 6. Consigners have difficulty in tracking th
e sales status of his/her consigned products;
37 Among the alternatives that could be considered to resolve the constraints an
d limitations of the current manual sales and inventory system of the Bahandi Pa
salubong Center is the implementation of an online shopping portal and a compute
rized inventory system. The requirement specifications needed to transform the f
unctional specifications of the current manual sales and inventory system includ
e the inclusion of an online shopping cart, a gallery of products with their cor
responding information, a built-in inventory system that is capable of effective
ly managing consigned products, and a routine that tracks the expiration dates o
f products that are subject to expire. The implementation of the requirement spe
cification will be facilitated through the utilization of several computing reso
urces such as hardware, software and networking protocols. Considering the const
raints and limitations of the current manual sales and inventory system employed
by the Bahandi Pasalubong Center, the implementation of an online shopping port
al for the said business establishment is deemed justifiable.
b. Answer and Explanations to the Objectives of the Study The main objective of
the study is the development of an online shopping portal and computerized inven
tory system that will address the problems encountered in the manual system. To
ascertain the foundations for the development of an adjacent online shopping sto
re for the Bahandi Pasalubong Center, the proponent conducted several data gathe
ring procedures through personal interviews, direct observations of the sales an
d inventory processes of the shop, and related documents from books, articles an
d those that are downloaded from the Internet.
38 c. Results, Explanations and Analysis of the Data Gathered The number of onli
ne shopping websites is getting bigger and bigger. However, many online stores i
nvested a lot of money and human resource in setting up websites, but the outcom
e does not meet their expectation. Sellers have to learn the influence of websit
e design quality on customers in order to overcome the issue. When customers bro
wse a website, first thing that affects their interest is the websites appeal. If
a website is not attractive, customers would not want to browse it. According t
o the factor of unique design, the proponents learned that if the design of a we
bsite is unique, customers would feel more curious and fresh about the website.
A website can also combine featured pictures, making unique website scenario and
leaving customers good impression of the website while using it. The appearance
, the interface design, and color application of a website are all factors which
determine if a website can attract customers. Besides, website appeal has signi
ficant influence on customer trust and purchase experience when browsing the web
site (Chen and Chang, 2003). Among factors of website functions, the ease of use
affects customers mood of browsing the website. If the website can provide guida
nce to customers for using the website and increase convenience of searching inf
ormation, customers can sense the usability of the website. Interaction between
a website and customers can impress customers. Although buyers and sellers can o
nly communicate through the website, if a sellers response meets customers expecta
tion, they usually can increase customer satisfaction and purchase intention. We
bsite can also use e-paper or massage board to respond to customers questions, wh
ich also increas es the interaction between buyers and sellers. Other than impro
ving website quality, sellers should also
39 learn how to invest their resources in order to increase customer satisfactio
n, trust, and commitment.
d. Over-all Analysis of the Proposed System The proposed e-Commerce Site for Bah
andi Pasalubong Center will be composed of a number of components consistently a
dhering to the principles of a good website design presented in the Results, Exp
lanations and Analysis of the Data Gathered section of the research manuscript.
Based on the current needs and business scope of the business entity concerned,
the following conveys the preliminary outcome for the functional analysis of the
proposed system: (1) the focus of the proposed e-commerce site is product searc
h and online buying, (2) product content experience is unique for each user, (3)
the proposed ecommerce site creates sales incentives by giving Why shop with us r
eminders, (4) products are given much exposure as possible by providing product
image galleries, (5) the site doesnt make the user feel as some products/services
are being forced on them, (6) the site has important sections easily accessible
at the appropriate time, and (7) the site makes the shopper feel comfortable an
d in control at all times. The proposed ecommerce site will have a consistent in
terface theme in all the pages. The theme will be based on the categories of pro
ducts currently being sold in the physical store. Since it is the products that
should be given emphasis in the proposed ecommerce, product galleries should be
interesting enough for the user. This will be facilitated through the inclusion
of an interactive image gallery with the utilization of a client-side scripting
framework, the jQuery, along with its asynchronous execution capabilities of sen
ding and receiving content requests to and from the server.
40
stock out threshold
Employee incharge of products inventory
pre-order limit add product backorder limit notification updated product invento
ry
stock out alert
backorder limit
pre-order limit notification product selection details payment details
product catalog details
Admin
SHOPONLINE: A Proposed eCommerce Site and Inventory System for Bahandi Pasalubon
g Center
product catalog list billing statement
Customer
payment receipt confirmation email
0
Bahandi Pasalubong Center Database
login account registration details user ID & password login session id
going into the system going out of the system
Figure 3. Context Diagram of the Proposed System
41
System Flowchart of the Proposed System
Start
[1] Home [2] Login [3] Register [4] Bahandi Products [5] About Us [6] Contact Us
[7] Search
Make selection (sel)
sel=1 False sel=2 False sel=3 False sel=4 False sel=5 False sel=6 False sel=7 Fa
lse
True
Home
S1
True
Login
S2
True
Register
S3
True
Bahandi Products
S4
True
About Us
S5
True
Contact Us
S6
True
Search
S7
End Figure 4. Main Module
42
S1
Display Welcome Screen Make Selection (sel)
[1] Processed Food [2] Home Style and Living [3] Beverages [4] Organic, Herbal a
nd Natural Products [5] Handicrafts, Gift Wares and Holiday Decors [6] Post Harv
est Facilities and Food Processing Equipment True Processed Food
sel=1 False sel=2 False sel=3 False sel=4 False sel=5 False sel=6 False
S1.1
True
Home Style and Living
S1.2
True
Beverages
S1.3
True
Organic, Herbal and Natural Products Handicrafts, Gift Wares and Holiday Decors
S1.4
True
S1.5
True
Post Harvest Facilities and Food Processing Equipment
S1.6
End
Figure 5. Home Module
43
S2
Enter user id and password
Bk
Verify Password
Bahandi Database
User ID and Password verified?
True
User
U
False
Try again?
True
Bk
False End Figure 6. Login Module
44 e. System Design Specification The proposed ecommerce for Bahandi Pasalubong
Center features the following functionalities: Product Search and Online Purchas
ing. Users of the site can perform searches for a particular product. Search fil
ters could be defined so as to speed up the search process and display only rela
ted items. Online purchase allows users to place their selected items in the sho
pping for processing. Categorized Items Display. Products of the proposed ecomme
rce site will be displayed in a categorized manner to make easy for the user/cus
tomer to browse for specific product selection. Recommended Items Based on Prior
Activity. This feature necessitates the cookies be allowed in the client browse
r where the user is on. This will allow the web application to fetch for product
based on product browsing history of the user. This features simply anticipates
browsing patterns of the current user/customer. Various Why Shop With Us Reminder
s. These are little reminders which can be found in the little corners of the pa
ge to give the users/customers justifications in shopping with the site. This wi
ll display various guarantee statements, discount packages and purchase rebates
that could be available for some specific period of time. Prices Compared to Sug
gested Retail. The Bahandi Pasalubong Center also accepts bulk orders from their
customers. While the products retail prices are already reasonable, bulk orders
will give the customers the privilege of availing more discounts. The pages in t
he proposed ecommerce site for the Bahandi Pasalubong Center include the followi
ng:
45 Home Page. The home page will give visitors an overview of our services. Prod
ucts List. This page will give an overview of the sites products. Product Image G
allery. This page will allow the user to individually browse for the sites produc
ts. Products Detail Pages. For each product there will be two pages. The first w
ill provide a detailed summary of the product including prices and photographs.
The second will contain a detailed specification. On Line Shop. Basic shopping c
ard features for Each product page will to have a link that will allow visitors
to place an order on-line. About Us. Details about the business entity and its p
ersonnel. Contact Us. Full contact details including a map. Site Map. A site map
should be provided showing the structure of the site and linking to every page
on the site. f. Hardware Requirements The following table shows the minimum hard
ware requirements required to develop the proposed system:
Areas Processor Minimum Specification Intel Pentium 4 "E" 520 Prescott,2800/200,
P35,533, Socket 775,12K?Ops+16 kB, 1 MB Recommended Specification Intel Core 2 Q
uad Q6600 Kentsfield,2400/266,P35,800, Socket 775,32+32kB,8 MB or higher CORSAIR
2GB (2 x 1GB) 184Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit or higher Sea
gate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Inter
nal Hard Drive -Bare Drive or higher
Computer Memory Hard Drive
Ultra 512 MB PC2700 DDR 333MHz Memory WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB Desktop Hard Driv
e - 3.5", SATA, 7200RPM, 16MB Cache
46 g. Software Requirements The following are the software requirements in devel
oping the proposed ecommerce site for Bahandi Pasalubong Center: Areas Operating
System Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Script Editor Browser Relationa
l Database Management Server (RDMS) Database Management Web Server Word Processo
r Graphics /Image Processor Recommended Software Windows XP or higher Delphi for
PHP Development, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft Expression Web 4 Notepad++ M
ozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8 MySQL Server Community Editio
n MySQL WorkBench, PHPMyAdmin Apache MS-Word Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe Photosh
op CS6, Paint
h. Human Resource Complement There are basically two types of users for the syst
em: the system administrator and the customers. The system administrator will be
in-charge in the maintenance of products being sold online. He/she also has the
privilege to cancel customer accounts as may be deemed necessary. He is also re
sponsible in managing product sales and inventory, both offline and online.
47
Chapter IV SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATION
This section presents the summary, conclusion and recommendation of the study. T
he summary review the main points of the study in relation to the proposed onlin
e ecommerce with inventory system for the Bahandi Pasalubong Center situated at
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport, San Jose Tacloban City. The conclusion presents the
assumptions devised by the proponents based on the findings of the study. This
sub-section justifies the implementation of the proposed online e-commerce as an
alternate online store for the physical store located at the heart of the above
mentioned local public airstrip. The recommendation conveys key concepts to the
extension of the current study into further related studies so as to make room f
or overlooked features and discover feasible enhancements to the proposed system
.
a. Summary Among the constraints and limitations of the current manual procedure
s in the Bahandi Store that are involved in product advertisement, selling and i
nventory include the following: Product consignment monitoring and stock countin
g is very tedious and prone to record discrepancies; Products subject to expire
needs a constant monitoring; Record logbooks are subject to wear outs and at tim
es may be misplaced;
48 Products display is crowded and are not categorically arranged which makes it
hard for the consumers to look for a specific product without the help of a sho
p sales representative; Product information and pricing are not readily availabl
e to the customer; and Consigners have difficulty in tracking the sales status o
f his/her consigned products. The best alternative realized by the proponents to
resolve the constraints and limitation mentioned beforehand is the implementati
on of an online shopping portal with inventory system as an alternative shopping
location for the customers. The online shop also caters to the needs of the con
signers for monitoring and conducting their own inventory of their consigned pro
ducts. The proponents utilized several resources that included computing resourc
es comprising of system development theories, principles, techniques and other t
hird-party business tools such as payment gateways for online business transacti
ons.
b. Conclusion Based on the findings of the study, the implementation of an alter
native online shop for the Bahandi Pasalubong Center resolves most of the constr
aints and limitations apparent in the physical store. The proponents further con
cluded that the while the alternate online shop for the Bahandi Pasalubong Cente
r settles a number of business issues, the profitability and maintenance of good
rapport between the customers and the center is stabilized.
49 c. Recommendations The study recommends the conduct of further researches rel
ated to the resolution of the constraints and limitations apparent in the curren
t business strategy employed by the Bahandi Pasalubong Center so as to include o
ther features and strategic business strategies that will alleviate, if not erad
icate, the said constraints and limitations.
50
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APPENDICES
52
APPENDIX A
Letter to the Thesis Language Adviser
Republic of the Philippines Eastern Visayas State University Tacloban City
July 5, 2012 Mrs. Enriqueta Santo Faculty Dulag EVSU Satellite Campus-CAS Depart
ment Dulag, Leyte Maam: Greetings! As part of the requirements for the Bachelor o
f Science in Information Technology subject IT412L, Software Project 1, we are c
onducting a thesis study on SHOP-ONLINE: A Proposed e-Commerce Site and Inventory
System for Bahandi Pasalubong Center. With this regards, we would like to reques
t from you to be our Thesis Language Adviser for the whole school year 2012-2013
. We are looking forward for your approval on this matter. Thank you! Respectful
ly yours, ADRIAN MAS JEFFREY CAANES ROY ZACARIAS Noted by: MR. JESSIE PARAGAS The
sis Technical Adviser Recommending Approval: MRS. LYRA K. NUEVAS Head, IT Depart
ment o0o CERTIFICATION o0o The undersigned is the authorized person giving permi
ssion/authority to the students whose name appeared above to make the said propo
sal for the purpose. Approved: Mrs. Enriqueta Santo Faculty, Dulag EVSU Satellit
e Campus-CAS Department Dulag. Leyte
53
APPENDIX B
Letter to the Thesis Technical Adviser Republic of the Philippines Eastern Visay
as State University Tacloban City
July 5, 2012 Mr. Jessie Paragas Faculty EVSU-IT Department Tacloban City Sir: Gr
eetings! As part of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Information
Technology subject IT412L, Software Project 1, we are conducting a thesis study
on SHOP-ONLINE: A Proposed e-Commerce Site and Inventory System for Bahandi Pasa
lubong Center. With this regards, we would like to request from you to be our The
sis Technical Adviser for the whole school year 2012-2013. We are looking forwar
d for your approval on this matter. Thank you! Respectfully yours, ADRIAN MAS JE
FFREY CAANES ROY ZACARIAS Noted by: MRS. LYRA K. NUEVAS Head, IT Department Appro
ved by: MR. JESSIE PARAGAS
45
APPENDIX C GANTT Chart of Activities
ACTIVITIES 1 1. Formulation of the Title of the Study 2. Requirement Analysis Ph
ase June 2 3 July 2 3 August 1 2 3 4 2012 September 1 2 3 4 October 1 2 3 4 Nove
mber 1 2 3 4 December 1 2 3 4 2013 January February 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
4
1
4
3. System Design Phase
4. Implementation and Unit Testing Phase 5. Integration and System Testing 6. Op
erations and Maintenance
55
APPENDIX D
Screenshots
Figure 8. Home Page
56
Figure 9. Log-in Form
57
Figure 10. Registration Form
58
Figure 11. Processed Foods Sub-Category
59
Figure 12. Handicrafts , Gift Wares and Holiday Decors
Figure 13. Organic, Herbal and Natural Products
60
Figure 14. Beverages
61
Figure 16. Home Style and Living
62
Figure 17. Shopping Cart Page
63
Figure 18. Products Inventory
64
Figure 19. Add Products Page
65
Figure 20. Contact Us
66
Figure 21. Search Products Page
67
Figure 22. Payment
68
Figure 11. Products Categories