Production Database Solutions Senior Project Travis Harpenau

Introduction Older Databases  Separated  Programs dependent on computer systems New Movement  Towards complete integration  Cross platform  Saas Software as a Solution

Specification Develop Generic Production Database System  Able to dynamically add new information to the system Processes Products Customer Workers  Contain information regarding current orders and how much work has been done on the orders Ease of use  Should be its own black box (user don't need to understand how it does things, just what it does)  Accept commands from either a keyboard or scanner device  Must be accessible and useable via most operating system (primarily by a internet browser)  Contain simple tools to aid the user in using the system COMMON JOBS  Display where, how long, and by whom parts have be completed  Inform users what needs to be done for a particular order  Add/Remove new process, orders, and workers

Implementation details Programming  PHP Website development Database  Mysql Server  Apache

Development Cycle First Stage DDevelopment of the backend database PPrototyped in Microsoft Access 2007 MMovement to actual Mysql Database Images table Separation of addresses

Second Stage DDesign and development of generic website IInitially to be written in Ruby on Rails, but moved to PHP

Third Stage BBuilding of a working model of the project SSimulated chair making company TThe Website

Cost and Requirement Creep No cost incurred Requirement creep  Additional tables  Change to PHP from Ruby on Rails

Results Starter solution for companies Future enhancements  Security  Additional imaging  Scanner implementation