There are many items in a departmental store, which are sold to customers and purchased from suppliers.An order is placed by the customer – required details, which are listed belowItem nameQuantityDelivery time INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEMSInventory Control is broadly classified into 2 main systems –Continuous system (fixed-order-quantity)Constant amount ordered when inventory declines to predetermined levelPeriodic system (fixed-time-period)Order is placed for variable amount after fixed passage of timeTYPES OF DEMANDInventory system encounters the following 2 types of demand –Dependent DemandDemand for items used to produce final productsIndependent DemandDemand for items used by external customersCars, appliances, computers, and houses are examples of independent demand inventoryOBJECTIVES Of This ProjectImprove customer service – As the system is automated customers shall have less of problems and more of help when the shop.Economies of purchasing- As the purchase system of the store is planned it becomes economical ,planned and systematic ;with minimum possibilities of wasteage.Economies of production – Here any product being processed is done more systematically.Transportation savings – As the purchase order is well planned, transportation cost is minimal or optimized.Hedge against future – Stock is always maintained to deal against future problems in supply if any.Install Inventory Management ProjectRequirements:Web server – Apache or IIS with SSLwww.apache.orgwww.microsoft.comPHP – 4 or higher with MySQL libraries enabledwww.php.netMySQL – 4 or higherwww.mysql.comInstall:1. Create Databasecd to the unzipped directory from the command promptrun “mysql –u root –p 2. Create a user and grant access to inventory databaseExampleRun “mysql –u root –p” from the command line.grant usage on * . * to ‘YourUser’@’localhost’ identified by ‘password’;grant select, insert, update, delete on inventory . * to ‘YourUser’@’localhost’;3. Edit sql.phpGo into the www ? includes from the unzipped directoryOpen the sql.php in a text editor.Edit the line $cn=mysql_connect(“localhost”,”YourUser”,”password”);If your MySQL database is on different server from your web server change the localhost to the MySQL’s name or ip address.Replace “YourUser” and “password” with the user name and password you added in step 2.4. CopyCopy the contents of the www directory of the unzipped file to your web server’s document root or subfolder under the document root.5. Open a web browser and browse your to your web server. The default username is “root” and the default password is “password”. After log in click on the “Click Here to proceed”.6. Click on administration from the menu. Here you can add/edit user logins and inventory types.Login Roles:Read – Can view what is in inventory and who it is assigned toOperator – All above plus Add/Edit assets, Add Employee’s, Add/Edit software, Assign Software, and Add/View support incidents.Administrator – All above plus Add/Edit/Disable login information, Add/Edit inventory types, Edit inventory asset tags, and Delete assets.
