STOCK AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA, ASOKWA

Abstract

Stock and inventory management is one of viewpoints of organization to enhance its business performance so as to obtain a reasonable return on the business venture. The company uses a manual record system which normally has irregularities when entries are done into the ‘TALLY CARDS. This actually consume considerable amount of stationary (paperwork), also making it difficult for workers to identify tally cards in time. The principal purpose of the automation of the stock and inventory management system is to facilitate and provide all forms of stock level reports quickly (less time) for management support system for important decision making. Once the quantities of an item in stock hit below the minimum level, the screen will light up, telling the organization to reorder. The indicated item which causes the screen to light up, the items will be checked at the end of the day to establish whether more of the items should be ordered. Data vi flow diagram is some of the tools that would be used to develop the required system. The stock and inventory management system database will contain the inventory information for all the items and systems and the system will also capture the stock and inventory data that is to be stored and processed for day to day running of the company. The system has forms that will be used to capture and insert data into the database, delete records, view reports and provide user rights to only authenticate users.