PROJECT

REPORT
April 20, 2009

Project Title: SHOP HERE

Group members:
Dinh Viet Long
Dinh Duc Tam
Batch Code: B090060
Centre: NIIT CHO LON
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SHOP HERE

Batch Code : B090060

Start Date : April 6, 2009

End Date : April 29, 2009

Name of the Coordinator : Mr.Vinh

Names of Developers : Dinh Viet Long-Dinh Duc Tam

Date of Submission: April 29, 2009

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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that this report titled Shop Here embodies the original work
done by Dinh Viet Long-Dinh Duc Tam in partial fulfillment of their course
requirement at NIIT.

Coordinator: Mr.Vinh

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We have benefited a lot from the feedback and suggestions given to us by

Mr.Vinh and other faculty members, and the machine room coordinator.

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PROJECT PLAN

S. No Activity Description Planned Actual Date Status Remark

Date

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INTRODUCTION

Shop Here is leading department store in New York. The store is

known for quality products, affordable price range, timely
services, and home delivery facility. The store has customers
from all sections of the society and procures goods from
various countries.
Shop Here maintains an optimum inventory of various
categories of items. The details of the various categories are
stored in the Categories file. This file contains data about the
item category numbers and the corresponding categories. The
details of the items are store in a file name Items. The Items file
contains records such as item number, item description, item
category number, serial number of the item, unit price of each
item, and reorder level of each item.
The store has several regular suppliers for the various items.
The suppliers are spread over various geographical locations. A
detailed record is maintained for each supplier. The supplier
record consists of supplier code, supplier’s name, address,
phone number, country of origin, and shipment mode number
and shipment mode for outstation supplier. All records are
maintained in the Suppliers file.
Whenever the employee of a store places a purchase order, a
purchase order form needs to be filled out. The format of a
purchase order form is a follows:

PURCHASE ORDER FORM

Purchase order ID: Supplier ID:
Employee ID: Order day:
Shipment date: Quantity:
Shipment method ID: Freight Charge:

A complete transaction takes place when the purchase is made

and the payment is done.

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ENTITIES

Number of entities: 5

Name of entities:
1. Categories
2. Items
3. Suppliers
4. Employees
5. Orders

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ATTRIBUTES

The attributes of the regular entities are:

1. Categories
Category number
Category Name
Location
Title

2. Items
Item number
Item description
Category number
Serial number of the item
Unit price of each item
Reorder level of each item

3. Suppliers
Supplier code
Supplier ID
Supplier’s name
Address
Phone number
Country of origin
Shipment mode number
Shipment mode for outstation supplier

4. Emloyees
Employee ID
Employee Code
Employee Name
Country
Address
Phone
Department

5. Order
Purchase Order ID
Employee ID
Supplier ID
Order Date
Shipment Date
Quantity
Shipment Method ID
Freight Charge

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E/R DIAGRAM

Locatio Category
n Item number
Categor Description
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number Item
numbe
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1 m
CATEGORY BELON ITEM
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Reorder
Catego level of Serial
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Name Title the item

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of each
item
Quanti FOR
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Supplier m
Supplier ’s Name Employ
ID ee
code
Supplie m
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Employe
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Address name

m m EMPLOYEE
SUPPLIER GET
Phone
number
Depart Countr
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of origin
Shipment Phon Addres
mode e s
number
Shipment
mode fo PURCHA 1
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outdtation m
supplier

Purchas Freight
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Supplier ID e
ID
ORDER
Shipment
Employee ID date
Order Shipmen
Date t method
ID

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TABLES

CATEGORIES ITEMS

Category Number Item Number

Category Name Item Description

Location Category Number

Title Serial Number of each item

ORDER DETAILS
Unit Price of each item

Reorder Level of each item

Order Detail ID

Purchase Order ID

Item Number

Quantity

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SUPPLIERS

Supplier Code

Supplier ID

Supplier’s name

Address

Phone number

Country of origin

Shipment mode number

Shipment mode for outstation

number

EMPLOYEES

Employee ID

Employee Code

Employee Name

Country

Address

Phone

Department

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ORDERS

Purchase order ID

Employee ID

Shipment Date

Shipment Method ID

Supplier ID

Order Date

Freight Charge

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TABLES AFTER 1NF

The tables are already in 1NF

ORDER DETAILS
CATEGORIES Order Detail ID

Category Number Purchase Order ID

Item Number
Category Name
Quantity
Location

Title

SUPPLIERS

Supplier Code

Supplier ID

Supplier’s name

Address

Phone number

Country of origin

Shipment mode number

Shipment mode for outstation

number

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EMPLOYEES

Employee ID

Employee Code

Employee Name

Country

Address

Phone

Department

ITEMS

Item number

Item description

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Category Number

Serial number of each item

Unit price of each item

Reorder level of each item

ORDERS

Purchase order ID

Employee ID

Shipment Date

Shipment Method ID

Supplier ID

Order Date

Freight Charge

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TABLES AFTER 2NF

The tables are already in 2NF as the attributes each table depend on the primary
key.

ORDER DETAILS
CATEGORIES
Order Detail ID
Category number
Purchase Order ID
Category Name
Item Number
Location
Quantity
Title

SUPPLIERS

Supplier Code

Supplier ID

Supplier’s name

Address

Phone number

Country of origin

Shipment mode number

Shipment mode for outstation

number

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EMPLOYEES

Employee ID

Employee Code

Employee Name

Country

Address

Phone

Department

ITEMS

Item number

Item description

Category number

Serial number of each item

Unit price of each item

Reorder level of each item

ORDERS

Purchase order ID

Employee ID

Shipment Date

Shipment Method ID

Supplier ID

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Order Date

Freight Charge

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TABLES AFTER 3NF

In Orders table, the attribute Shipment Mode Number, Shipment Mode For
Outstation Number depends on Shipment Method ID
and not on Purchase Order ID, Supplier Code. Therefore, for the tables to be in
3NF, we need to create another table, Shipment Method.

CATEGORIES

Category number

Category Name

Location

Title

ITEMS

Item number

Item description

Category number

Serial number of each item

SUPPLIERS
Unit price of each item
Supplier Code
Reorder level of each item
Supplier ID

Supplier’s name

Address

Phone number

Country of origin

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EMPLOYEES SHIPMENT METHODS

Employee ID Shipment Method ID

Employee Code Shipment Mode Number

Employee Name Shipment Mode for Outstation

Number
Country ORDER DETAILS

Address Order Detail ID

Purchase Order ID
Phone
Item Number
Department Quantity

ORDERS

Purchase order ID

Employee ID

Shipment Date

Shipment Method ID

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Supplier ID

Order Date

Freight Charge

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PRIMARY AND FOREIGN KEYS

1. Categories
Primary key: Category number

2. Items
Primary key: Item number
Forign key: Category number

3. Suppliers
Primary key: Supplier Code, Supplier ID
Forign key: Shipment mode number

4. Emloyees
Primary key: Employee ID

5. Order
Primary key: Purchase Order ID
Forign key: Employee ID, Supplier ID, Shipment Method ID

6. Order Details
Primary key: Order Detail ID
Forign key: Purchase Order ID, Item Number

7. Shipment Method
Primary key: Shipment Method ID

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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FINAL TABLES

ITEMS

Item number

ItemSHIPMENT
description
METHODS
CATEGORIES
Category number
Shipment Method ID
Category number
Serial number
Shipment of each item
Mode Number
Category Name
Unit price of each item
Shipment Mode for Outstation
Location Number
Reorder level of each item
Title EMPLOYEES

Employee ID

Employee Code

Employee Name
SUPPLIERS
Country
Supplier code
Address
Supplier ID
Phone
Supplier’s name

Address Department

ORDER DETAILS
Phone number
Order Detail ID
Country of origin
Purchase Order ID

Item Number
ORDERS
Quantity

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Purchase order ID

Employee ID

Shipment Date

Shipment Method ID

Supplier ID

Order Date

Freight Charge

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