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NEKTA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PREPARED BY:
name
INDEX NO:
Index number
SCHOOL:
school
SUBMITTED TO:
The Kenya National Examinations Council (K.N.E.C)
DATE:
date
In fulfillment of the Requirement for the award of Kenya Certificate of Secondary
Education (K.C.S.E)
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DECLARATION
I (name) hereby declare this work as mine. With a little help and support from my computer
studies teachers, teacher(name) and (teacher name) and my parents too without forgetting
myself, made it easier for me to complete this project. Thanks a lot, to the Almighty God who
gave me strength day in day out up to date to accomplish all this. “Alhamdulillah’s”
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Table of Contents
DECLARATION ................................................................................................................................... i
List of Figures ................................................................................................................................ iii
List of Tables .......................................................................................................................................... v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................. vi
ABBREVIATIONS............................................................................................................................ vii
DEDICATION. ................................................................................................................................. viii
RELEVANCE ............................................................................................................................................ix
CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................. 1
1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 SYSTEM ANALYSIS..................................................................................................................... 2
1.2 PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS ...................................................................................... 2
1.3 SYSTEM ANALYSIS..................................................................................................................... 3
1.4 Problem definition ................................................................................................................ 3
1.5 Overview of the proposed system ......................................................................................... 3
Accounts department questionnaire.................................................................................. 6
1.6 Feasibility Study ............................................................................................................... 7
1.6.4 Cost benefit analysis ...................................................................................................... 7
1.6.5 Hardware and software requirement ............................................................................... 8
1.7 OBSERVATION ................................................................................................................................9
1.8 REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................ 9
CHAPTER TWO .......................................................................................................................... 10
2.1
SYSTEM DESIGN ........................................................................................................ 10
2.2.1 Fields/ Variables .....................................................................................................................10
2.2.2 Grouping of variables .................................................................................................. 10
2.2.3 APPENDIX ...................................................................................................................11
2.2.4 System flowchart ......................................................................................................... 12
2.2 TABLES DESIGN .............................................................................................................. 17
2.3 INPUT SCREENS .............................................................................................................. 20
2.4 OUTPUT SCREENS .......................................................................................................... 24
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3.0 SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION ............................................................................................. 26
3.1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 26
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3.1.2 Tables .......................................................................................................................................26
3.1.2 Queries ......................................................................................................................... 30
4.1 Input Screens ................................................................................................................... 34
OUTPUT DESIGNS ................................................................................................................. 39
3.3 Reports ................................................................................................................................ 39
CHAPTER FOUR ......................................................................................................................... 41
4.0 SYSTEM TESTING AND IMPLEMENTATION/CHANGE OVER STRATEGIES .........41
4.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 41
4.2 SYSTEM TESTING AND IMPLEMENTATION ....................................................................41
4.2.0 Implementation ............................................................................................................ 41
4.3 Change over strategy .......................................................................................................... 41
USER MANUAL ...................................................................................................................... 41
4.4 Installation of the system .................................................................................................... 41
4.5 Loading Process .................................................................................................................. 41
ERRORS AND ERROR HANDLING ..................................................................................... 42
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED ................................................................................................... 43
CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 44
REFERENCE ................................................................................................................................ 45
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.0: log in flowchart .......................................................................................................... 10
Figure 2.1: Farmers registration flowchart ....................................................................................11
Figure 2.2: Group registration flowchart ..................................................................................... 12
Figure 2.3: Offense registartion flowchart .................................................................................... 13
Figure 2.4: Delivery flowchart ...................................................................................................... 14
Figure 2.6: Group members registration form .............................................................................. 19
Figure 2.7: Employee registration form ........................................................................................ 20
Figure 2.7: Service registration form ............................................................................................ 20
Figure 2.8: Vehicles registration form.......................................................................................... 21
Figure 2.9: Employee report ......................................................................................................... 22
Figure 2.10: Vehicles report .......................................................................................................... 22
Figure 2.11: Group registration report .......................................................................................... 22
Figure 2.12: Offense registration report........................................................................................ 23
Figure 3.0: Members table ............................................................................................................ 24
Figure 3.1: Groups table ............................................................................................................... 25
Figure 3.2: Employees table ......................................................................................................... 25
Figure 3.3: Delivery table ............................................................................................................. 26
Figure 3.4: Offense registration table ........................................................................................... 26
Figure 3.5: Transport orders table ................................................................................................. 27
Figure 3.6: Vehicles details table ................................................................................................. 27
Figure 3.7: Relationships .............................................................................................................. 28
Figure 3.8: Delivery query ............................................................................................................ 28
Figure 3.9: Drivers query .............................................................................................................. 29
Figure 3.10: Individuals query ...................................................................................................... 29
Figure 3.11: Group members query ............................................................................................. 30
Figure 3.12: Vehicles income query ............................................................................................. 30
Figure 3.13: Empoyees pay query ................................................................................................ 31
Figure 3.14: Loading fee query..................................................................................................... 31
Figure 3.15: splash screen ............................................................................................................. 32
Figure 3.16: switch board ............................................................................................................. 33
Figure 3.17: Individual member registration ................................................................................ 33
Figure 3.18: Vehicle registartion ................................................................................................... 33
Figure 3.19: Offense registration .................................................................................................. 34
Figure 3.20: Service registration ................................................................................................... 34
Figure 3.21: Transport order ......................................................................................................... 35
Figure 3.22: Delivery registartion ................................................................................................. 35
Figure 3.23: Group Registration ................................................................................................... 36
Figure 3.24: Employees report ...................................................................................................... 37
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Figure 3.25: Group members report.............................................................................................. 37
Figure 3.26: Offenses report ......................................................................................................... 37
Figure 3.27: Transport orders report ............................................................................................. 38
Figure 3.28: Delivery report ......................................................................................................... 38
Figure 3.29: Vehicles report .......................................................................................................... 38
Figure 36error''can’t go to a specific record'' ................................................................................ 40
Figure 37error ''primary key'' ........................................................................................................ 40
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List of Tables
Table 1.0: interviews ....................................................................................................................... 5
Table 1.1: questionnaires................................................................................................................. 6
Table 2.0: Members registration table........................................................................................... 15
Table 2.1: Group registration table ............................................................................................... 15
Table 2.2: Employees registration table ........................................................................................ 16
Table 2.3: Vehicles registartion table ............................................................................................ 16
Table 2.4: offenses registration table ............................................................................................ 16
Table 2.5: Delivery table ............................................................................................................... 17
Table 2.6: Service registration table .............................................................................................. 17
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank the almighty Allah from whom made it all good for me. I wish to
acknowledge the great encouragement and support from
My family “(family surname)”
My teachers - (teacher name))
-(teacher name)
-The school’s principal (school principle)
Who have been guiding me throughout this project and also for equipping me with all the
necessary tools for carrying out my project?
Thank you all!
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ABBREVIATIONS
CD-Compact Disk RAM—
Random Access Memory GBGigabytes
MB-Megabytes
MHz-Megahertz
RW-Rewritable
LCD-Liquid Crystal Display
GPD-Gas Plasma Display
OS- Operating System
MS- Microsof
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DEDICATION
I (name) dedicate this work to my computer teachers, friends, and family and also the school’s
principal for their support when developing this system project. They made me build real
confidence in myself I really appreciate them all without forgetting The Almighty God, the most
important of them all.
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RELEVANCE
The system will help to maintain a list of bee farmers, services rendered and payments in their
accessories and their beehives, and it will also compute and generate each of the following
reports like trainees, services offered and transport orders and deliveries.
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Nekta is a company that deals with beekeeping and selling of honey. The company offers the
following services:
•
selling of beehives and associated accessories to bee farmers;
•
setting up of the beehives for the bee farmers;
•
offering of training on beekeeping;
•
buying of honey-related products from farmers for resale.
The company sells beekeeping accessories in three packages namely: single hive, mini package
and full package as per the following descriptions:
•
•
A single hive is one beehive and its associated accessories for setting up.
•
A mini package consists of six beehives, harvesting accessories, beehive setting up
and training for one person for one day.
A full package consists of twelve beehives and a honey extractor. It also includes
training for two people for one day and honey harvesting kit for two people.
The cost of each of the packages.
Table 1: Cost of the Packages
Package
Cost per package (KSh)
Single hive
15,000
Mini package
120,000
Full package
190,000
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Other services offered by the company are:
•
training at a cost of KSh 7,000 per person;
•
sale of accessories at KSh 2,500 per unit;
•
sale of honey harvesting kits at KSh 600 per unit;
•
sale of honey extractors at KSh 13,000 per unit.
The company also buys honey from farmers at KSh 900 per kg and bee products at KSh 1,200
per kg, for further processing and subsequent sales to consumers. A farmer whose sales is below
KSh 20,000 is paid in cash, while sales between KSh 20,000 and KSh 80,000 are paid by mobile
money transfer. Any sales exceeding KSh 80,000 are paid via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).
A farmer seeking services from the company is required to provide personal details. The details
are captured and the farmer is required to make full payments for the services sought. Once the
payment has been verified, services are approved and offered. If the payment is for training
services, the trainee is then provided with the training schedule.
The company also provides transport services to farmers and are charged based on the
destination and the quantity of the items.
Table 2: Cost of Transport Services
Transport services
Cost (KSh)
Single
2,000 per package
Mini package
20 per km
Full package
25 per km
Accessories
30 per item
Harvesting kit
30 per item
Honey extractor
100 per item
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1.1 SYSTEM ANALYSIS
Nekta Management System is an organization formed by farmers for purposes of easy
transportation of goods to and from the farm. The organization has been using manual files to
maintain their bee farmers, accessories , beehives and services records. This has resulted to a
huge disappointment to the farmers and in the organization since large sums of money has
been disappearing leading to majority of the farmers and employees to exit from the
organization.
1.2 PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS
By making a preliminary investigation, the system development team has discovered the
following problems with the current manual system:
1. Manually counting of the money leads to inaccurate number of sums of money hence
interfering with their net profits.
2. Failure of some farmers to abide by the campany’s rules of operation in both the training and
product purchase.
3. Some farmers order transport of honey that is not yet ready leading to loss of money through
fuel, driver and loader expenses and servicing of the vehicles.
4.Some farmers fail to register the correct details leading to inconveniences during transportation
of goods to and from their farms.
Therefore, the group of developers have proposed a new system
1.3 SYSTEM ANALYSIS
1.4 Problem definition
The organization has been working with a manual system to do their daily tasks. Their daily task
is all about keeping records of the farmers, trainees, beehives and accessories which requires a
computerized system. Nekta company has been experiencing problems such as occurrence of
errors when handling the farmers orders and transport deliveries, it has also brought to tired
workers since most of the group workers will definitely be of user friendly with the
computerized system.
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1.5 Overview of the proposed system
1.5.0 Input
Use of record’s books to store records, most written and kept into the store as important records.
The records kept in record’s books are entered by personnel, which is susceptible to human
errors.
1.5.1 Data Manipuation
Data manipulation is carried by use of calculators across record’s books when tabulating
information. Calculators are electronic but depends on human input to be carried out.
The use of calculators reduces errors as compared to basic calculation that ensures reduction in
errors availed within the data manipulated for statistical use.
1.5.2 Output
The output of records is mostly in form of documented receipts, the receipts are signed for
authenticity and eligibility as proof.
When output is to be presented for statistical analysis, drawn charts and diagrams are used that
are seen to be bulky, most of the data is not well diagrammatically presented as some are
manually drawn.
1.5.3 Objectives of the proposed system
Maintain a record of the;
1. maintain records of bee farmers;
2. maintain records of trainee farmers;
3. maintain records of services rendered and products sold by the company;
4. capture payments for each package;
5. capture income from various sales and training services; 6. capture details of purchases
from farmers;
Compute each of the following
1.
payments for the services to farmers;
2.
payments made to farmers for honey deliveries;
3.
total sales to clients;
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4.
transport earnings;
5.
income from training;
6.
total income for the company;
1.5.4 Scope of the system
I had to use different methods to gather information from the employees and farmers of Nekta
Company.
1.5.5 Observation
I had to observe how the employees and farmers performed their daily duties and I did observe
that the employees and farmers were tired of the losses. This means that the manual system was
tiresome to the employees and farmers.
1.5.6 Interview
I had to interview the employees so that I could be able to identify their strength and weaknesses.
However, I learnt that the farmers and employees were facing a lot of difficulties. This means
that the manual system was troublesome to the farmers and employees. The team conducted
some interviews with the management, staff and selected employees and farmers.
Interviewee name: ……………………………………… interviewer: ………………………………………………..
Date:……………………………………………..
Place:…………………………………………………
Subject:……………………………………………………..
Time
Interviewer questions
Open the interview:
3 min
Response
Introduction
Thank (name) for his humble
time
6 min
What are your expectations
from the new system?
What are some of the things
3 min
that hinder your job?
Approximately how much do
you lose per year?
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Conclusion
Thank (name) for his
cooperation.
Table 1.0: interviews
1.5.7 Questionnaires
I had to give out questionnaires to all farmers and employees so that they could answer the
question that I had given them.
Accounts department questionnaire
Date……….
Introduction: The organization is in the process of developing a new system, please take your
time to fill in this questionnaire and return it to the IT office before date…………
I.
II.
How much do you lose as an organization due to the loss of record
Very ofen
Not ofen
Ofen
Not at all
Afer receiving a delivery request how long does it take to process it?
1 hour
Several hours
1 day
Several days
Table 1.1: questionnaires
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1.5.8 Overview of the manual system
The manual system is a bookkeeping system where records are usually maintained by hands,
without using a computer system. The Nekta Company has been keeping records using journals
and other writing materials. The manual system do has advantages and lots of disadvantages.
1.5.8.1 Advantages of the manual system
1. Always accessible.
2. Job opportunities.
3. It is less expensive.
4. The risk of corrupt data is much less.
5. Data loss is less of a risk.
1.5.8.2 Disadvantages of the manual system
1. Takes up a lot of space. The biggest downfall to manual document filing is the amount of
space it can take up.
2. Prone to damage and being misplaced.
3. Hard to make changes.
4. Access time.
5. Lack of security.
6. Higher cost.
1.6 Feasibility Study
The feasibility analysis of the proposed the system centered on the following:
1.6.0 Feasibility report
1. Schedule: the system will take7 months to develop.
2. The technology required to develop the new system is readily available in the market.
3. The system users are happy with the proposal to develop a new system.
4. It meets all the legal demands.
1.6.1 Operational feasibility
The system is flexible and people with the knowledge of computer will be able to operate the
system with least guidance.
1.6.2 Technical feasibility
This indicates that the group needs to improvise their infrastructure in order to support and
enable usage of the new system
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1.6.3 Economic feasibility
This identify the cost and benefits that is proposed to the current system.
1.6.4 Cost benefit analysis.
(a) Costs
The entire development and operational costs can be estimated as follows:
1. Development – Kshs. 1,200
2. Monthly operational costs – Kshs 1,200
3. Total lifetime of a system – 10 years
Total lifetime costs = 1,200+ (1,200 * 12) * 10
= Kshs 156,000
(b) Benefits
(i) Savings from introduction of paper less system
Kshs 570,000
Conclusion: The study concluded that the implementation of the Movers system is feasible
whereas the state financial support is essential.
1.6.5 Hardware and software requirement
The new system was developed using the hardware and software. They all had some expenses.
1.6.5.0 Hardware requirement
Item no.
Item name
Name of the item
Cost
1.
Computer
Deli computer
50,000
2.
Printer
Dot matrix printer
48,700
3.
Hard disk
Floppy drives
45,800
4.
Power backup
U.P.S
39,000
1.6.5.1 Factors to consider when purchasing hardware
1. Upgradability
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Authenticity
User-friendly
Warranty
Compatibility
Reliability
Storage system
1.6.5.2 Software requirements
Item no.
Item name
Example
Cost
1.
Windows xp OS
Ms windows 2010
34,000
2.
Application
programs
Debugging
utilities
Net explorer
MS office suite
24,000
Norton
16,900
Moville
27,560
3.
4.
1.6.5.3 Factors to consider when purchasing software
1. User friendly
2. Compatibility
3. Reliability
4. Effectiveness
5. Cost
6. Version
7. Upgradability
1.7 OBSERVATION
The team took its time to observe the behavior of workers, the management and some farmers.
1.8 REQUIREMENTS
After the above data gathering, it has actually helped us to get crucial information needed to
design the new system. The following are key functional and non-functional requirements of the
proposed system.
1.8.0 Functional requirements
The main goal for this system is to increase the efficiency in processing. In order for us to meet
this goal the system should be able to:
Be accurate during handling of the money
Save time
Monitor the payments of the youths in the organization
Maintain all the records
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1.8.1 Non-functional requirements
In order to switch from the current manual system to computerized environment the organization
recommended that the new system should be
Efficient
Easy to be used by staff with minimal computer literacy skills in order to to be
able to easily generate reports and capture their inputs
Enforce system security
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CHAPTER TWO
II.1 SYSTEM DESIGN
2.2.1 Fields/ Variables
Normalization
No, Member_Name, Oackage_Id, Package_Name, Farmer_Name, Vehicle_Reg_No, Produce,
Driver_Name, Loader_Name, Location, Address, Phone, Vehicle_Category, Vehicle_Make, Sale,
Training_Done,
2.2.2 Grouping of variables
1. The “Registration” allows you to register new farmers, loaders, drivers, vehicles and
services into the system.
2. The “Transport orders/Delivery” allows you to create new Transport orders and
scheduling for the transport delivery pick-up based on the transport orders received into
the system.
3. The “Sales” allows you to record new sales to be done into the system.
4. REGISTRATION: consists of farmers registrations – this form allows the user to register
the farmers into the system.
5. TRANSPORT ORDERS/DELIVERY: consists of creating transport orders and delivery
scheduling – this allows the users to add new transport orders and the company to
schedule for delivery of items/produce into the system
6. SALES: consists of sales and purchases made by the company committed by the drivers.
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2.2.3 APPENDIX
SYMBOL
MEANING
Decision
Document/Report
Flow direction
Start/Stop
Computerized process
Input
On page connector
Display
Manual input
Manual operation
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2.2.4 System flowchart
The system flowchart below shows the flow of process in the proposed system.
Figure 2.0: log in flowchart
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Figure 2.1: Farmers registration flowchart
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Figure 2.2: Sale registration flowchart
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Figure 2.3: Produce registartion flowchart
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Figure 2.4: Delivery flowchart
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2.2 TABLES DESIGN
FIELD NAME
Farmer Code
Farmer name
Address
Phone
Home
Status
DATA TYPE
Autonumber
Short Text
Short Text
Number
Short Text
Short Text
Table 2.0: Farmers registration table
FIELD NAME
Item code
Item name
Description
Cost
Table 2.1: Items registration table
DATA TYPE
Autonumber
Sort text
Short text
Currency
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FIELD NAME
Product Id
Description
Cost
DATA TYPE
Autonumber
Short Text
Number
Table 2.2: Farmers Produce table
FIELD NAME
Purchase Id
Purchase date
Purchased from
Item Purchased
Unit bought
DATA TYPE
Autonumber
Date/Time
Short Text
Short Text
Number
Table 2.3: Purchases table
FIELD NAME
User Id
User name
Password
Table 2.4: Users registration table
DATA TYPE
FIELD NAME
Transport Id
Date
Farmer
Items
Units
Amount
Destination
Vehicle
Table 2.5: Delivery table
DATA TYPE
Autonumber
Date/Time
Short Text
Short Text
Number
Currency
Short Text
Short Text
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FIELD NAME
Transport code
Transport Service
Description
Cost
Table 2.6: Transport cost registration table
DATA TYPE
Autonumber
Short Text
Short Text
Currency
2.3 INPUT SCREENS
Figure 2.5: Farmers registration form
Figure 2.6: Purchase form
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Figure 2.7: Transport form
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Figure 2.7: Sales form
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Figure 2.8: Vehicles registration form
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2.4 OUTPUT SCREENS
Figure 2.9 Purchase report
Figure 2.10: Sales report
Figure 2.11: Farmers report
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CHAPTER THREE
3.0 SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION
3.1.1 Introduction
This chapter deals with the construction of the new computerized system. Here from the system
design, the tables, the queries, forms and reports are constructed.
3.1.2 Tables
The construction of Tables was as follows;
Figure 3.0: Farmers table
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Figure 3.1: Transport table
Figure 3.2: Farmers Produce table
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Figure 3.3: Transport Cost table
Figure 3.4: Purchases table
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Figure 3.5: Items table
Figure 3.6: Requests table
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Figure 3.7: Relationships
3.1.2 Queries
The construction of Queries was as follows;
Figure 3.8: Active farmers query
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Figure 3.9: Purchase query
Figure 3.10: Trainees query
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Figure 3.11: Sales query
Figure 3.12: Farmers query
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Figure 3.13: Trainings query
Figure 3.14: Products query
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4.1 Input Screens
The forms that mainly represent the input screens for the system were constructed as follows;
Figure 3.15: splash screen
This is the main switchboard that shows all what is going on in the system.
Figure 3.16: switch board
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Figure 3.17: Farmer registration
Figure 3.18: Purchase Form
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Figure 3.19: Sales form
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Figure 3.20: Transport form
Figure 3.21: Farmer details
Figure 3.22: Login form
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Figure 3.23: Password reset
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OUTPUT DESIGNS
3.3 Reports
The reports were generated from tables and calculated queries, the following are outputs required
as reports by construction;
Figure 3.24: Purchase report
Figure 3.25: Sales report
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Figure 3.26: Trainees report
Figure 3.27: Package sales report
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Figure 3.28: Individual farmers report
Figure 3.29: Farmers report
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CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 SYSTEM TESTING AND IMPLEMENTATION/CHANGE OVER
STRATEGIES
4.1 INTRODUCTION
In this chapter is where there is testing of the new computerized system.
4.2 SYSTEM TESTING AND IMPLEMENTATION
This system was tested using test data and found to be working accurately and properly.
Error messages may be encountered due to wrong test data entered.
4.2.0 Implementation
This is the final stage in system development which involves putting the new system to use.
The tasks during implementation stage are:
1. System management-This involves installation, resource and staff allocation where there is
how to install the system.
2. Staff training-This is done without interfering with the business operations.
3. Security control and contingency planning incase the system breaks down.
4.3 Change over strategy
In this system there is use of parallel change over strategy where both the old and the new system
are both used especially when the new system breaks, the old manual system is used
USER MANUAL
4.4 Installation of the system
The following procedure is followed for a successful installation and running of the proposed
project:
1. Connect al peripheral components of the computer.
2. Turn the computer on.
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3. Copy the document on a CD to the desktop and name it NEKTA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
4.5 Loading Process
To load the program the following procedure has to be followed by the user to open the system:
1. Double click on NEKTA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
2. Access and wait for it to open
3. The system’s main switchboard appears
ERRORS AND ERROR HANDLING
Figure 1error''can’t go to a specific record''
This error occurs when the user is on the first record and you click “PREVIOUS” or when
he/she is on the last record and you click “NEXT”. To minimize this error, the user should avoid
clicking “PREVIOUS” or “NEXT” when he/she is on the first or last record.
Figure 2error ''primary key''
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This error occurs when the user does not enter the whole details of a person being registered
before going to the next one.
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED
The following are the problems I encountered in the creation of this system:
Limited time to work on the project because it was too demanding in terms of time and
level of understanding and the other subjects also needed time.
Understanding the limited and shallow information given was quite hard because the
instructions given for constructing the system did not suffice.
Few books available which were also not as self-explanatory on creating a program using
Microsoft Access software and also the functions were not easily comprehended.
Power fluctuation was a hindrance in the creation of the program as unsaved parts of the
project had to be redone over and over again.
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CONCLUSION
The task of developing this system was challenging and tough. In the process of developing the
system I got to learn many new things in Microsoft Access which broadened my knowledge and
skills of using Microsoft Access. Developing this project has made me learn values like patience,
determination, dedication to my work and not giving up.
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REFERENCE
1. Onunga Dr. John: KCSE Computer Studies book 4: 3rd Edition: Mariwa Publishers LTD:
Nairobi Kenya. 2003: ISBN 9966-802-04-5.
2. S.Mburu and G.Chemwa: computer studies form three: longhorn publishers and 2005
3. S. Mburu and G. Chemwa: Computer Studies Form Four: Longhorn Publishers: 2005.
4. http://www.scribd.com/doc/36672705/Kenya-Census-2009
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As9FBME8IqM
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