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Inventory Management System Final Part2
Inventory Management System Final Part2
Inventory Management System Final Part2
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
An Inventory management is the process of tracking and managing a company’s inventory
from the time it is purchased to the time it is sold. It helps companies identify which and how
much stock to order at what time, and tracks inventory from purchase to the sale of goods. The
practice identifies and responds to trends to ensure there’s always enough stock to fulfill
customer orders and proper warning of shortage. Once sold, inventory becomes revenue.
Before it sells, inventory (although reported as an asset on the balance sheet) ties up cash.
Therefore, too much stock costs money and reduces cash flow. One measurement of good
inventory management is inventory turnover. An accounting measurement, inventory turnover
reflects how often stock is sold in a period. A business does not want more stock than sales.
An inventory management system (or inventory system) is the process by which you track your
goods throughout your entire supply chain, from purchasing to production to end sales. It
governs how you approach inventory management for your business. There are three types of
inventory management systems: manual inventory system, periodic inventory system, and
perpetual inventory system.
In the dynamic landscape of modern business, the effective management of inventory stands
as a cornerstone for success. An Inventory Management System (IMS) emerges as an
indispensable tool, orchestrating the orchestration of products, ensuring optimal stock levels,
and navigating the intricacies of supply chains. Whether you're a small business seeking
streamlined operations or an enterprise handling a complex network of warehouses, the
implementation of a robust IMS can catalyze efficiency, reduce costs, and elevate overall
organizational performance.
In the realm of commerce, inventory represents a tangible asset. Effective management of this
asset is critical, impacting sales, customer satisfaction, and the bottom line. Balancing supply
and demand is an intricate dance, and an IMS serves as the choreographer, synchronizing
movements to achieve a harmonious equilibrium.
One of the pivotal features of an IMS is its ability to provide real-time updates on inventory
levels. Automated reordering mechanisms trigger when stock reaches predetermined
thresholds, ensuring that products remain available and avoiding both stockouts and overstock
situations.
CHAPTER 2
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION
This System Requirement Specification serves as a foundational document for the development
and implementation of the Inventory Management System, outlining functional and non-
functional requirements, constraints, assumptions and dependencies. Regular updates and
reviews should be conducted to ensure alignment with evolving needs.
• Software: XAMPP
• Operating System : Windows7(and other higher version)
• FrontEnd : HTML,CSS
• Programming Language : PHP
• DataBase Environment : MySQL and PHP MyAdmin
• Server: APACHE
Database Connection: XAMPP is a Web development tool, created by Apache, that makes it
easy to run PHP (Personal Home Pages) scripts on your computer locally. Installation of
XAMPP Server on windows is easy as compared to manual installation of a web server and
PHP required a lot of in-depth configuration knowledge.
CHAPTER 3
SYSTEM DESIGN
System design is the process of defining the architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and
data for a system to satisfy specified requirements. For the Inventory Management System the
below given one is a simplified outline of the system design.
1. Admin:
❖ Attributes:
2. User:
❖ Attributes:
3. User groups:
❖ Attributes:
4. Categories:
❖ Attributes:
5. Products:
❖ Attributes:
• Sale price: The monetary value at which a product is offered for sale within a
system or marketplace.
6. Media:
❖ Attributes:
• File_name: The title representing the name of a specific file within a system.
7. Sales:
❖ Attributes:
• Sales Price: The monetary value at which a product is offered for sale within
a system or marketplace.
• Sales date: The specific date and time when a sales transaction occurred.
8. Sales report:
❖ Attributes:
➢ Sales by date: The sales data organized and grouped based on specific dates.
➢ Monthly sales: The sales data for a specific product in one-month period in a system.
➢ Daily sales: The cumulative sales data for a specific product, service, or overall
business within a single day in a system.
Explanation:
• The diagram would include tables for each entity (Admin, User, User Groups,
Category, Products, Sales, Media, Sales Report).
• Relationships would be represented by lines connecting related tables. For example,
there could be a foreign key relationship between the Category table and the Products
table through the Category_id.
• Each table would have its attributes listed, and primary keys and foreign keys would be
indicated.
• For example, in the Products table, Product_id is likely the primary key, and
Category_id and Media_id are likely foreign keys linking to the Category and Media
tables, respectively.
• The Sales table may have a foreign key relationship with the Products table through
Product_id, representing the products sold in each sale.
• Sales Report attributes could be related to the Sales table, aggregating data for reporting
purposes.
3.3 ER Diagram:
Entities: Represented by rectangles, entities are objects or concepts about which data is
stored. Each entity has attributes that describe its properties.
Foreign Key: Represented by an attribute in one entity that refers to the primary key in
another entity, a foreign key establishes a link between two entities, indicating a relationship.
Crow's Foot Notation: Used to denote cardinality, crow's foot symbols represent the
"many" side of the relationship. For example, a "1" next to an entity and a crow's foot next
to another entity would signify a "One-to-Many" relationship.
Explanation:
Each entity is represented by a rectangle in the ER diagram, and the attributes of each entity
are listed within the rectangle.
Relationships between entities are indicated by lines connecting them. The type of relationship
(one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many) is often labeled along the lines.
Sales-Sales Report Relationship: Sales and Sales Report may have a one-to-many
relationship, indicating that one sale contributes to multiple entries in the sales report.
CHAPTER 4
IMPLEMENTATION
In this Implementation we will develop a basic Inventory Management System using PHP. The
system will allow admin, users and special user to login, add products, add images to products,
add sales, and view sales history. Additionally, the admin will have access to a dashboard where
they can manage all the options easily which are not accessible by users and special users.
4.1 Modules:
Implementing an Inventory Management System (IMS) involves developing modules that
address key functionalities in managing products, sales, purchases, and overall inventory
control. The system is designed to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and provide
accurate insights into stock levels and sales activities.
The User Groups module is essential for managing and organizing users into different groups
with distinct roles and access levels. It allows administrators to streamline user permissions
and facilitate efficient access control within an information system. In the context of an
inventory management system, the User Groups module would handle the creation,
modification, and association of users with specific groups.
The Category module in an inventory management system is responsible for managing product
categorization. It allows for the creation, modification, and retrieval of product categories,
providing a structured way to organize and classify different types of products.
The Products module in an inventory management system is crucial for managing and
organizing information about products. It enables the creation, modification, and retrieval of
product details, providing a structured approach to handling inventory items.
The Media module in an inventory management system is responsible for handling and
managing media files associated with products or other system entities. It allows for the
storage, retrieval, and association of media files, such as images or documents, with specific
records.
The Sales module in an inventory management system is responsible for managing and tracking
sales transactions. It facilitates the creation, recording, and retrieval of sales information,
providing insights into revenue generation and product movement.
The Sales Report module in an inventory management system is responsible for generating and
presenting various reports related to sales transactions. It provides insights into sales
performance, trends, and other relevant metrics.
Helping the developers and businesses with system management is one of the importance of
the UML use case diagram . It includes the procedures from the viewpoint of users. The
diagram serves as the system analysis to identify, clarify, and organize the project needs. This
diagram works best with other UML Diagrams. It includes activity, class, sequence,
deployment, and component diagrams.
CHAPTER 5
SOURCE
The Source for inventory management system project in PHP. For its UI elements, a free open-
source CSS framework; Bootstrap with Vanilla CSS is on board. Presenting a new inventory
management system project in PHP MySQL which includes an admin panel with special user
and employee login panel that contains all the top important features to follow up, and a
knowledgeable resource for learning purposes.
5.1 Backend:
PHP and MySQL are a powerful combination for developing dynamic web applications. PHP,
as a server-side scripting language, and MySQL, as a relational database management system
(RDBMS), work together seamlessly to create interactive and data-driven websites. This
combination is widely used due to its efficiency, flexibility, and the fact that both PHP and
MySQL are open source and freely available for use.
MySQL :
Key Features :
The combination of PHP and MySQL provides a powerful platform for building dynamic web
applications. PHP handles the web application's logic and interacts with the MySQL database
to retrieve, modify, and update data based on user interactions. This integration allows
developers to create applications that can manage large amounts of data while providing users
with real-time access and updates. Here the Inventory Management System’s backend is
supported PHP and MySQL.
5.2 Frontend:
The frontend of the Inventory Management System is developed by using html, CSS and Java
Script. For its UI elements, a free open-source CSS framework; Bootstrap with Vanilla CSS is
on board. Presenting a new inventory management system project in PHP MySQL which
includes an admin panel with special user and employee login panel that contains all the top
important features to follow up, and a knowledgeable resource for learning purposes.
HTML, which stands for HyperText Markup Language, is the standard markup language used
to create and design web pages and web applications. It consists of a series of elements or tags
that are used to structure content on the web. HTML elements tell the browser how to display
the content of web pages. When combined with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and JavaScript,
HTML allows for the creation of visually engaging and interactive web pages.
• Elements and Tags: HTML documents are formed by HTML elements. An element is
defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag. For example, <p>Hello World</p>
defines a paragraph element.
• Attributes: Elements can have attributes that provide additional information about an
element. Attributes are placed within the start tag. For example, <img src="image.jpg"
alt="My Image"> uses src and alt attributes for an image element.
• Structure of an HTML Document: An HTML document has a defined structure,
starting with a <!DOCTYPE html> declaration, followed by an <html> element that
includes a <head> section (for metadata, title, and links to scripts and stylesheets) and
a <body> section (for the content of the page).
• Semantics: HTML5 introduced more semantic elements that define the different parts
of a web page more clearly, such as <header>, <footer>, <article>, <section>, and
<nav>. These elements help improve accessibility and SEO.
• Forms and Input: HTML forms are a significant part of web interaction, allowing
users to enter data that can be sent to a server for processing. Forms contain input
elements like text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, and submit buttons, defined using
tags like <input>, <label>, <textarea>, and <button>.
• Links and Navigation: HTML provides elements to link to other pages within the same
site or to external sites, using the anchor (<a>) tag.
• Multimedia: HTML supports embedding images, audio, video, and other multimedia
elements into web pages using tags such as <img>, <audio>, and <video>.
CSS, which stands for Cascading Style Sheets, is a stylesheet language used to describe the
presentation of a document written in HTML or XML (including XML dialects such as SVG
or XHTML). CSS describes how elements should be rendered on screen, on paper, in speech,
or on other media. It is one of the cornerstone technologies of the World Wide Web, alongside
HTML and JavaScript.
JavaScript :
• Dynamic Typing: JavaScript is a loosely typed language, meaning you don't have to
declare the type of a variable ahead of time. The type of a variable can change at runtime
based on its current value.
• First-Class Functions: Functions in JavaScript are treated as first-class citizens,
meaning they can be assigned to variables, passed as arguments to other functions, and
returned from functions.
• Prototype-based Object Orientation: Unlike class-based languages, JavaScript uses
prototypes for inheritance. This means that objects can inherit properties from other
objects directly.
• Asynchronous Programming: JavaScript supports event-driven, non-blocking I/O
operations, primarily through callbacks, Promises, and async/await syntax.
1. Download XAMPP: Go to the official XAMPP website and download the version
installation, you can choose which components to install. Make sure to include
MySQL (MariaDB) and PHP.
1. Open XAMPP Control Panel: After installation, launch the XAMPP Control Panel.
2. Start MySQL: Click on the Start button next to MySQL. You may also start Apache if
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "your_database_name";
// Create connection
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
?>
Replace "your_database_name" with the name of the database you created in phpMyAdmin
and Test the connection by using http://localhost/InventorySystem_PHP/
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CONCLUSION
SCOPE:
The future scope of inventory management systems is poised for significant advancements
driven by emerging technologies and evolving business needs. One prominent trend is the
integration of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, allowing for real-time monitoring and tracking
of inventory levels. IoT sensors can provide valuable data on factors like stock levels,
expiration dates, and environmental conditions, enabling proactive decision-making and
minimizing the risk of stockouts or overstocking.
Additionally, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms are revolutionizing
inventory management by offering predictive analytics capabilities. These technologies can
analyze historical data, forecast demand trends, and optimize inventory replenishment
strategies, ultimately reducing costs and improving operational efficiency. Moreover, the
integration of blockchain technology holds promise for enhancing transparency and traceability
across the supply chain, ensuring the authenticity and integrity of inventory data.
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