This document outlines the requirements for developing a software system to manage operations at a supermarket. The key goals of the system are to automate tasks like maintaining sales, stock, and accounting records; reduce calculation and paperwork; and store large amounts of data. It describes functions for administrators to manage product and employee data, customers to purchase items, and an automated billing process. The benefits of the system over a manual process are also summarized, such as reduced costs, errors, and improved reporting.

3.  To produce software which manage the activities done in a
Super-Market.
 To maintain the records of the sales done for a particular
month.
 To maintain the stock details.
 To reduce time in calculation of Sales activities.
 To store large amount of data in the database which will
reduce clumsiness.
 To reduce paper work; so that users can spend more time on
monitoring the Super-Market.

4.  Based on the transactions in a Super-Market.
 First activity is adding the items to the system along with
their rates and names of the items which will be up for sale in
the Super-Market. This authority is given only to Admin.
 Any modification to be done in the item name or item rate can
be done only by Admin.
 Right to delete any item details rest with the Admin too.
 As the customer buys the products and comes to the billing
counter, the user is supposed to enter the item name
purchased.

5.  The system will display all the items a customer wants to
purchase.
 If the stock is not available, the supermarket orders and buys
from a prescribed vendor.
 The amount can be paid either in cash or via online according
to customer preference.
 Admin provides a unique username and password for each
employee through which they can login.

6.  Manual system faces a lot of inefficiencies.
 Hinders smooth flow of work.
 Lack of security of data.
 Although more man power, but less efficiency.
 Time consuming.
 Consumes large volume of paper work.
 Needs manual calculations which are prone to errors.
 Poor communication may lead to serious inadvertent errors.

8.  The products will arrive the store.
 Data entry operator will enter the information of the product
in the databases.
 The administrator will enter the taxes and commission for
each product.
 The customer will come and take the basket with him or her
and choose the product and take it to the counter.

9.  The bill calculating operator will check the products with the
bar code detecting machine, then it will match with the
product_id,then it will show its information and price and the
bill will be calculated and the total payment will be shown.
 Customer will pay for the products and it will be packed and
delivered to the customer
 Stock will be updated by reducing of the product

10.  Reduced processing cost
 Error detection
 Automatic updation of product details
 Improved report generation and analysis
 Better equipped to meet user requirements.
 Reduction of use of paper
 Reduction in man power
 Faster response time

11.  LIST OF ATTRIBUTES:
 customer-customer name,customerId,Address line1,Address
line 2,Address line 2,city,District,State,PIN,Contact no.,E-
MAIL ID,Membership card no.
 Ordered product: Product name, Product type, Product Brand
,Product model ID,Product Price, Product manufacturing
descriptions.

12.  Billing counter: bill no., bill date ,customer Id details, bill
amount
 Product Shelves: product category, product type, product
brand, product mail Id.
 Accounts: user designation, user Id,user password, login time.

13.  Payment: payment receipt no. payment amount ,payment
mode
 Stock: product name, product Id,Product Type, product price
,manufacturing details, product model.
 Employee details: employee name, employee details, date of
joining, designation.
 Login: employee id,password,login,logout.
 Supplier details: supplier name, supplier Id ,contact no. ,E-
mail Id,address line 1,address line 2,address line
3,city,district,pin,state
 Order placed for the suyppplier:order no, product type,
product brand ,date of order, ordered quantity.

14.  With business opportunities increasing as never before ,
companies are in dire need of efficient management. One
such key area is to maintain a methodical way of managing
large databases , especially in the Retail Sector.
 DBMS is a vital tool for future growth of business
organisations.
 It offers a simple , efficient and reliable way of storing ,
managing and accessing data.
 To churn profits , companies need to have a good plan along
with affective DBMS.

15.  Abdul–Muhmin, Alhassan G. (2010). “Transaction Size
Effects on Consumers’ Retail Payment Mode Choice”,
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management,
Vol 38 (6), pp 460–478.
 http://www.scribd.com/doc/140997151/Supermarket-
Management-System-Project-Report

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