DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CAR RENTAL SYSTEM
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Page
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Table of content
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Foreign Literature
2.1.1 Car Reservation in America
2.1.2 Local Literature
2.1.2.1 Top Car Rental in the Philippines
2.2 How Car Rental Services Work
CHAPTER THREE: SYSTEM DESIGN
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION
3.3 SYSTEM DESIGN
3.3.1 LOGICAL DESIGN
3.3.2 INPUT DESIGN
3.3.3 OUTPUT DESIGN
3.4 PROGRAM SPECIFICATION
3.5 SYSTEM FLOWCHART
3.3.1.6 SYSTEM CONTROLS
3.3.2.0 STRUCTURE OF DATABASE
CHAPTER FOUR: SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION
4.1.0 INTRODUCTION
4.2.0 FEATURES OF IMPLEMENTATION LANGUAGES
4.3.0 SYSTEM TESTING STRATEGIES
4.3.1 UNIT TEST
4.3.2 INTEGRATION TESTING
4.4.0 TARGET COMPUTER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
4.5.0 SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE ISSUES
4.5.1 CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE
4.5.2 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
4.5.3 ADAPTIVE MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.0 SUMMARY
5.1 CONCLUSION
5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
A car rental or car hire agency is a company that rents automobiles for shortperiod of time for a fee whether in a few hours or a few days or week. It is an elaborateform of a rental shop, often organized with numerous local branches (which allow auser to return a vehicle to a different location), and primarily 'located near airports orbusy city areas and often complemented by a website allowing online reservations.
Car rental agencies primarily serve people who have a car that is temporarily outOf reach or out of service, for example travellers who are out of town or owners ofdamaged or destroyed vehicles who are awaiting repair or insurance compensation.
Because of the variety of sizes of their vehicles, car rental agencies may also serve theself-moving industry needs, by renting vans or trucks, and in certain markets other typesof vehicles such as motorcycles or scooters may also be offered (Mohd, 2012).
Car rental companies operate by purchasing or leasing a number of fleet vehicles and renting them to their customers for a fee. Rental fleets can be structured in several ways – they can be owned outright (these are known as ‘risk vehicles’ because the car rental operator is taking a risk on how much the vehicle will be sold for when it is removed from service), they can be leased, or they can be owned under a guaranteed buy-back program arranged directly through a manufacturer or manufacturer’s financial arm (Walter, 2012).
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In an organization running a car rental service, the Process on searching the client details is slow if the company is using manual system and there are thousands of clients. Besides that, staffs have to record the booking manually and it is difficult to produce a monthly report or an annual report. Manual system does not allow client to booking online and hard to keep track on the record of rental cars.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The main objective of the study is to design and implementa a car rental system for an organization. Specific objectives of the study are:
1. To develop a simple and secure system that protects clients information and confidential information of the organization.
2. To design a user friendly system that enables client check for availability of vehicle and book or reserve a vehicle online.
3. To design a system that enables clients pay their car rent online.
4. To develop a system that stores bookings and reservation information as well as payment history to help the organization keep track of transactions.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The research project will help solve the numerous problems associated with the manual way of doing things. Errors, waste of precious time will be eliminated with the system. This will in turn enhance productivity and efficiency in the organization.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The system will be designed using MYSQL and PHP programming languages.
1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Car: A car is a wheeled, self-powered motor vehicle used for transportation and a product of the automotive industry.
Car Rental: A car rental, hire car, or car hire agency is a company that rentsautomobiles for short periods of time, generally ranging from a few hours to a few weeks.
Management Information System: A management information system (MIS) focuses on the management of information systems to provide efficiency and effectiveness of strategic decision making.
(CRMS): Car Rental Management System is a web-based vehicle reservation system.
References
"Walter L. Jacobs, 88; Rent-a-Car Pioneer". LA Times. 1985-02-08. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
MOHD, K.B. (2012). ‘Rental Car Online System’ unpublished paper submitted for the requirement of a degree in Computer Science.
SCREENSHOTS OF THE APPLICATION
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The research project will help solve the numerous problems associated with the manual way of doing things. Errors, waste of precious time will be eliminated with the system. This will in turn enhance productivity and efficiency in the organization.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The system will be designed using MYSQL and PHP programming languages.
1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Car: A car is a wheeled, self-powered motor vehicle used for transportation and a product of the automotive industry.
Car Rental: A car rental, hire car, or car hire agency is a company that rents automobiles for short periods of time, generally ranging from a few hours to a few weeks.
Management Information System: A management information system (MIS) focuses on the management of information systems to provide efficiency and effectiveness of strategic decision making.
(CRMS): Car Rental Management System is a web-based vehicle reservation system.
References
"Walter L. Jacobs, 88; Rent-a-Car Pioneer". LA Times. 1985-02-08. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
MOHD, K.B. (2012). ‘Rental Car Online System’ unpublished paper submitted for the requirement of a degree in Computer Science.
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