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CHAPTER-1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Brief summary
Courier System (CSS) is a product that automates business processes in companies providing courier services. The system is comprised of subsystems, a courier-
handling side, and an Order Entry side, for handling clients.
1.2 Detailed summary
The courier-handling side tracks the complete functioning of the courier's activities, including processing several payment systems simultaneously (e.g. monthly salary + hourly rate + commission) and the company's equipment rented by the courier, vehicle usages, etc. The client-handling subsystem performs a complete cycle of operations with clients, such as issuing invoices, making sure payments are made in due time, etc. The order-handling subsystem places orders and dispatches them. The system is implemented in the three-tier architecture.
1.3 Specific Features:
The main features of this Software solution namely Courier Automation System
• The utmost features Packet Entry
• The Franchise for Delivery
• Updating the delivery status for the packets
• Printing of the bills invoice
• Client Management
• Initial Setting
• Employee Management
• Queries and Reporting
1.4 Problem Introduction
It is a very time-consuming process. Because any person wants to take service they have to go to particular courier branch. If an employee is busy then a customer has to wait for a while, so this is very time consuming for the customer to do a particular transaction with the courier system. If more than one person come for transaction then person has to wait in a queue for a long time.
1.4.1 Limitation of existing system
• Manual data entry.
• Data may lost or damage
• Any unauthorized person can access confidential data.
• Any information cannot be easily searched.
• Redundancy of data.
• More time consuming.
• Inaccuracy in transactions.
• Slow processing.
1.4.2 Advantages of Proposed System
• Any information can be easily searched.
• All records of client and articles are stored in separate database which are maintained constantly.
• A particular client record can be modified for one or more field’s customer name, address by providing Client_ID.
• A client record can be easily deleted by providing Client_ID.
• Any article can be track by Article_ID.
• Can calculate the charge of packets at the time of delivery according to their weight and delivery area.
• The proposed system provides faster data access, data entry and retrieval.
• The proposed system is more efficient, fast, reliable, user friendly.
• The services are available seven days a week, 24 hrs a day
• Over and above the proposed system does not have any possibility of data loss during processing.
• Provide improved customer services.
• Keep cost down.
• Easily employee can do updation, manipulation and entry according to requirement
1.4.3 Scope Of The System
• The current system can be extended to provide sms tracking
• Current system will may provide international services for good transaction.
• E-commerce.
• Provide web based bussissens solution.
• Chatting facility.
• Email facility.
1.5 Modules of Project
Real time Automation System for Logistics has in all six modules
• Admin Module
• Client Module
• Employee Module
• Query Module
• Report Module
1.5.1 Admin Module
This module will provide the following functionalities:
• Manage Franchises.
• Manage users.
• Manage Queries.
• Manage Reports.
• Change Password.
1.5.2 Client Module
This module will provide the following functionalities:
• View the packet status
• Post the queries.
• Change their own password.
• View the replies.
1.5.3 Employee Module
This module will provide the following functionalities:
• Packet management.
• Manage article details
• Manage dispatched details of packets.
• Manage received details of packets.
• Manage overall branch details.
• Vehicles management
• Client management
• Manage salary details.
1.5.4 Query Module
This module will provide the following functionalities:
• Manage query about the changes.
• Mange query about employee.
• Manage query about courier.
• Query about status of query.
1.5.5 Report Module
This module will provide the following functionalities:
• Manage all the invoices
• Mange all the billing functionality
CHAPTER-2
LITERATURE SURVEY
The purpose of the literature survey is to develop an overall idea for the proposed system by understanding the present situation and the requirement. Hence, it is carried out in the initial stages of the project.
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