DISCOUNT RATE IN MANUFACTURING COMPANY (A CASE STUDY OF MOUNT OLIVE COMPANY)

ABSTRACT

The basic aim of this project is to provide a simplified method of discount rate for manufacturing company using Mount Olive Company as a case study. Due to the rapid improvement in modern science and technology in ratifications of life there is need for the management of the company to apply computer in their transaction of the discount rate to make a quick decision with the existing method due to this difficulties. This project is designed to take care of the difficulties, and this program is written in Visual Basic programming (6.0) language which creates database file that will keep all the transaction information when any action is been taken.   

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page i

Certification ii

Dedication iii

Acknowledgement iv

Abstract v

Table of content vi

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 General Introduction 1

Background to the Study 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem 3

1.3 Aims and Objectives 3

1.4 Significance of the Study 4

1.5 Scope of the Study 5

1.6 Organization of the Report 6

CHAPTER TWO

Literature review 8

CHAPTER THREE

Methodology and Analysis of the System 12

3.1 Research Methodology 12

3.2 analysis of the Existing System  13

3.3 Problems of the Existing System 14

3.4 Description of the Proposed System 15

3.5 Advantages of the Proposed System 16

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 Design and Implementation of the System 18

4.1    System Design. 18

4.1.1   Output Design 21

4.1.2 Input Design 23

4.1.3     Database design 24

4.1.4 Procedure design 27

4.2. Implementation of the system 29

4.2.1 Choice of programming language 31

4.2.3 Software requirements 32

4.3.1 Program documentation 33

4.3.2 Operating the system 33

4.3.3 Maintaining the system 34

CHAPTER FIVE 

Conclusion and recommendations

5.1 Summary 35

5.2 Conclusion 36

5.3 Recommendations 37

Reference 39

Appendices

1. System Flowchart

2. Program Flowchart 

3. Source Listings

4. Computer Output