DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WEB-BASED PARCEL DELIVERY SYSTEM

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WEB-BASED PARCEL DELIVERY SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

This research project emphasizes on the need to automate the crude, obsolete and manual methods used by our courier companies in the distribution network or supply chain. Parcel are valuables  whether raw or refined, so; they is every need for senders who I refer to in this work as customer or clients to check and know the location or progress/status of their goods independent of location along the distribution network. The activities of individuals, corporate bodies and government both locally (internally/intra) and externally (extra) requires the movement of valuables from one location to the other, meaning this valuables will at times change hands severally between individuals or companies of interest bringing about so much hurdle in documentation and monitoring process. At the end of this, one should be able to see the need for the automation of an online parcel delivery system in Nigeria, in which way it has improve the trust and security in the distribution network/supply chain and see how successful it can be implemented.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Almost all corporate body requires goods to be moved or distributed from one location to another, be it raw materials or manufactured goods. Also in day to day activities there arises the need to move assets from one location to another by air, land or sea. The destination for these goods ranges from states, countries and continents and may take hours, days, weeks or even months to reach. This observable fact brought about the need for owners to monitor the progress of their goods along the distribution network. Tracking which means; “to follow the progress or development of something…” (The oxford Advance Learner’s dictionary, the 6th edition) can stand as a definition for the need explained in the previous paragraph. For the course of this study we shall further define tracking as; “the process of gathering and presenting information on the location of delivery items in a distribution network or supply chain” (Deschner et al., 1998). Besides its role in providing information on shipment status, tracking can also have an impact on supply chain management as it provides the possibility of creating visibility or transparency to the material flowing in the supply chain. A comprehensive tracking system would enable a company to monitor the arrival critical components and plan its operation based on the estimated arrival of these components (Biddle, 2004). Today, most logistics service providing company see tracking as an important tool for improving customer service and it is now a known standard in most of these companies, there is no denying the fact that tracking has come to stay and will continue to play its role in proper and transparent service delivery.

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WEB-BASED PARCEL DELIVERY SYSTEM

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