Abstract:
The world of technology and innovations are advancing rapidly that stakeholders are doing
everything in their capacity to outdo each other whilst little or no recourse is paid to the welfare
and safety of those who patronize and use these innovations. Where some efforts are made, the
solutions are seemingly generic in nature and problems are not solved according to the peculiar
situations of users. Dermalogic Cosmetic Shop Management system was developed to solve
the problems of different categories of cosmetic products, users and administers in our society.
This was achieved by the process of integration of well researched technologies - knowledge-based
management system, information management system, human anatomy & physiology
(dermatology), manufacturing, distribution and marketing processes and people to influence others
with their knowledge. This Dermalogic system assist both shop administers and clients to
eliminate the bottle-neck of making the right selection of product to suit a clients skin type and
needs. The research work diligently traversed all the fundamental procedures required namely;
feasibility studies, requirement analysis and design, methodologies, tools testing and
implementations. The system was developed using the evolutionary prototyping model as the
methodology with Microsoft Visual Studio.Net for the front-end and Microsoft SQL Server 2008
for the back-end. There is the need for all stakeholders in the cosmetic industry to fully embrace
this system in order to help streamline the problems posed by their range of products they often
churned out to their user and various experts in the industry as result of convergence.
