Introduction
The
project entitled ‘Automart’ is an online Automobile shopping system that
allows web users to purchase used cars online without visiting any physical
location.
‘Automart’
allows the user to purchase Automobile online and Bid cars in Auction. The Site
Administrator updates the information about new Automobiles concurrently. Only
registered customers can purchase Automobiles bid from Automart. The system
also maintains the details of new Automobiles, company details, feedbacks. The
registered user or the general user can also post comments regarding the
system. The user must be register the site to access their accounts, after
login they can buy used cars using credit cards and bid Automobiles which are
available for auction. The user can bid a car with a high rate than the latest
Bid Rate, before the date expires. After date expires, the site sends the
Confirmation letter to the user who bid the car with highest rate through
email-id which they specified.
The
important modules of the project are:
- User Module
- Auction
- Administrator Module
- Purchasing
The
project has been developed based on these modules.
- User Module
The main processes in this module are given below:
- Change Password
- Edit Details
- Purchase
- Bidding
- Product Review
- View Updations about
new product
- Post comments
- Auction
I.
Select Cars
II.
Add to Auction
III.
Updating Details
IV.
Setting Initial Rate
V.
Sending Confirmations
- Administrator Module
- Edit Profile
- Create Employee
account
- View Sales report
- Manage Customers and
Staff
- Checking Products
- Add cars to Auction
- Purchasing
I.
Selecting Company and Model
II.
Displaying Details
III.
Purchase
IV.
Filling Credit Details
V.
Purchase
VI.
Sales report
PRELIMINARY
STUDY
Preliminary study is the process of gathering and interpreting facts,
using the information for further studies on the system. It is a problem
solving activity that requires intensive communication between the system users
and system developers. It does various feasibility studies. In these studies, a
rough figure of the system activities can be obtained, from which the decisions
about the strategies to be followed for effective system study and analysis can
be taken. Preliminary study also identifies the method collection to be
followed.
At the preliminary study conducted an initial picture about the system
working was got. From the information got form the study, the data collection
methods are identified. Even in the first investigation itself draw back of the
existing system could be identified.
3.1 Existing System
A problem to be
computerized is called a ‘system’. System analysis is the detailed study
of the various operations performed by a system and their relationship within
and outside the systems. In the system analysis process the life-cycle
methodology relates the different significant phases in the project.
In the present system, it
is a manual process. Manual process is by means of conversation or paper work.
The draw back of existing system is the impossibility of time management.
3.2 Proposed System
The proposed system will
give solutions to the problems mentioned in earlier system. This system has
three modules.
The first module deals
with search functionality to search items category wise, then Brand wise and
Model wise . It also deals with implementation of Shopping Management
application functionality such as adding items to cart and removing items from
cart .User can search items category wise by logging into the system.
The second module deals
with the adding of new products ,editing product details, changing password.
The proposed system will
be very easy, efficient, simple and fault free. This will provide an easier
interface with the user and also make data access easy as well. It reduces loss
of data and will give faster access to data. It is user friendly and basic
learning is needed to use it. It takes less time for execution and provide
greater security by preventing unauthorized access.
In order to overcome the drawbacks in the existing system,
database is created which is:
- Integrated
- Accessibility
- Reliable
- Consistent
- Secure
The present database
- Helps in
speedy information retrieval.
- Extract
information from tables using menus.
- Offers options
of the online updating and in maintaining up to date
information.
The proposed system is
- Menu driven
and user friendly.
- It assists
in quick deletion of errors by issuing appropriate error message.
- Validity of
input data is automatically checked and error will be immediately
signaled.
- Efficient utilization of
resources.
