Development of an e-Post Office System

                              Development of an e-Post Office System

 

Abstract of the project

The e-Post Office is the shopping portal of the world renowned postal service on the internet and an additional distribution channel. It sells Stamps, PostCards, Packets, Cartons and has services like courier, registering for electricity vendors, selling mobile cards, etc.  Under this website many products and services can be ordered , that are also available  in a "normal" branch.  The product prices are identical with the prices of their normal branches. 

The e-Post Office is expanded permanently through new products and services in order to offer a product portfolio corresponding to the market.  Private customer and business customers can order the selected products of the postal service online quickly and comfortably.  Besides this,  the e-Services offer new flexibility through e-Packet, the PICKUP order for packages over the internet as well as the online forwarding order and storage order.  For the case of the absence or the move, one can let delegate here the after shipment of the postal service at another address or store the letter shipments.  The customers can register themselves and can be served individually.

Target groups of customer of the e-Post Office are predominantly little and middle-class business (SMEs).  The customers can have a payment alternative through credit card.  In order to use the load writing procedure, the customer registers itself in the e-Post Office and receives a login for its purchases name.

You have to develop this web site, which captures the above functionality. It is an internet application

Keywords

Generic Keywords

Databases, Middleware, Programming

 

Specific Technology Keywords

PHP, MYSQL

Project Type keywords

Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing

Functional components of the project

Following is a list of functionality of the system. More functionality that you find appropriate can be added to this list. And, in places where the description of functionality is not adequate, you can make appropriate assumptions and proceed.

Users of the system: Customer is the user of the system. An administrator of the website is the super user.

When the user types in the URL of the website, a Welcome page is shown which has a menu on the left hand side, a banner at the top and any related links to other sites. This site contains an online catalog for the user. User has to login to Welcome Page before ordering anything. Login functionality should check the authenticity of the user from the database.

Menu should contain following screens

·         Registration Screen

If the user is not registerd, then registration screen should be available

·         Stamps and Bulk Stamps Order

This screen will show all the types of Stamps with their values and minimum quantity that should be ordered. If possible, provide the image of each of the stamp types. On selecting any one of the Stamp type, user is shown the columns for the quantity to be entered.

After entering the quantity, price is automatically set by the system based on the product price data. On adding to catalog, kindly check the inventory and take appropriate action.

·         Letter Order

This Screen will show  different types of letter which can be ordered online. Provide an image for each type of letter. On selecting any one of the Letter type, user is shown the columns for the quantity to be entered.. After entering the quantity, price is automatically set by the system based on the product price data.

On adding to catalog, kindly check the inventory and take appropriate action.

·         Catalog Information

This screen contains the information about the orders for the user.

It gives total  value of the order together with individual items ordered.

On ordering, the validation about users credit is made. Credit information can be kept in the database for the sake of simplicity. Once the order is accepted, inventory is updated and shipment entry is made in the database. Once the shipment is done, shipment status is updated.

·         Terms and Conditions – A Breif text on the website explaining terms and conditions and printable copy of it.

·         Contact Information – Contact information regarding the office addresses with phones and faxes are provided on this screen

The following steps will be helpful to start off the project

1.      Get a firm grasp on the above technology.

2.      Decide on the number of users and their profile, number of products, type of products,  business rules.

3.      Make a super user who will be able to assign users to groups and will be able to assign rights to a group.

4.      Help should be very user friendly.

5.      UI should include good images and have a constant look and feel throughout the application.

Requirements

                       

       H/W System Configuration

        Processor               -    Pentium –III

Speed                                -    1.1 Ghz

RAM                                 -    256  MB(min)

Hard Disk                          -   20 GB

Floppy Drive                     -    1.44 MB

Key Board                         -    Standard Windows Keyboard

Mouse                                -    Two or Three Button Mouse

Monitor                              -    SVGA

S/W System Configuration

v   Operating System               :   Windows 95/98/2000/NT4.0.

v   Application  Server  :   Wamp2.2e

v   Front End                               :   HTML, PHP.

v   Scripts                                   :   JavaScript.

v   Server side Script                :   PHP.

v   Database                               :   Mysql.

v   Database Connectivity       :   PhpMyAdmin.