Design And Implementation Of A Computerized Information System In A Grocery Business

INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Until quite recently grocery business in the country, were characterized as essentially background and a cog in the over all development of Nigerian economy. As a result of this, there has been prevalent feeling that such business could assisted, through information system.
By definition, Grocery is a kind of business that deals with selling of food, and household items.
Meanwhile, too little attention has been paid to the benefits that could be derived from helping grocery businesses to be computerized, mordernize and grow. This attitude arose partly from general ignorance and apathy amongst the grocery business owners and mainly from the very nature of the business, which made it difficult for its impact to be felt in the information system.
However, due to much problem being encountered the running of this business activity manually, there is need to invent computers as an electronic method of running this business activities.
The latent contributions in which grocery business enterprises can be make has now been recognized. This awareness in manifested in the large number of Nigerians who are now striving to put their personal ideas and abilities to effective use by starting Grocery Business. Another evidence in thie very fact that government in now direct its efforts towards the development of the sector of the economy by the use of information system.
Inspite of its numerous advantages such as computerized information system, provision of employment opportunities, product of mini markets, quicker development of rural areas and the attention given to it by the government.
The grocery business organization is still confronted with problems. One of such problem is no knowledge of information system, which in very important to do business, from the time a business idea in conceived of, to the promotional stage. It is therefore not purposing that the issue of information system and their design and implementation is a major concern to small business organization. The typical business man is always worried over the need of information system towards his business; as well as how to design and implement such business into information system. The problems will be looked into closely in this study.
It is not worthy that most of the grocery business enterprises in Nigeria are sole proprietorship. Sole proprietorship, this is the simplest form of business, as the name suggests, there is on owner who in personally responsible for everything done by the business. He may have a number of people working for him, but the critical elements of ownership is in this hands.

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
This research work is design to investigate the role of information system in the survival of grocery business, and to see if information system can help the growth of grocery business.
Consequently, grocery business face a lot of problems particularly information system. In some cases, they have been instrumental for forcing the business into liquidation.

1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is a modest attempt to analyze to impact of information system in the survival of grocery business, with a view to ascertaining the extent to which information system affect grocery business in its survival.

1.4 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
1. To identify the significant of information system in the survival of grocery business.
2. To identify how grocery business entitles are able to survive in the current IT generation
3. To identify the extent to which is affect grocery business growth.
4. To identify the limitations to proper design and implementation system in the survival of grocery business.

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
Not really specified, but I personally choose to study Holy flock shopping center in Enugu municipal council of Enugu state.

1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS
1. Grocery Business: For the purpose of this study a grocery business is a kind of business that deals with selling of food, and house hold items.
2. Information System (IS): Is in a set of interrelated component that collect, process store and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization.
3. Implementation: The installation and starting of operation of computer system.
4. Design: The specification of working relation between parts of a system
5. End-user: Person who uses the computer and its applications to perform certain task. Eg. Manager
6. Analyst: A person that define and analyse problems and design solution that maybe implemented by a computer
7. Intranet: A private network with a company or organization that serves shared applications intended for internal use only.
8. Extranet: A connect of two or more intranets.
9 E-business Any business that derives part of or all of its revenue from electronic or online dealings, especially the internet.
10. Internet: Internet is a task collect of inter-connected networks that all use the TCP/IP protocols and which evolved from the ARAPANET of the late 6050 and early 70s and connects roughly 120, 000 independent networks into a global network.
11. Web browser: A software program used to view or access documents and web pages on the internet.
12. Website A collection of web papers linked together and mounted on one server.
13. Computerize: A slang term meaning to implement an application of some process on computer equipment.
14. Information Technology (IT): This is concept of acquisition, handling processing and distributions of data / information using computer hardware and software telecommunications, and digital electronics.