1. Company LOGO Bid Tracking System Smith & Schaefer, Inc.

2. Agenda 1. Corporate Introduction 2. Project Description / Intended Use 3. User Profile 4. Design Protocols 5. Business Scenario 6. Conclusion and Summary

3. Corporate Introduction Furnishings & Equipment EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS HEALTHCARE FACILITY LABORATORY

4. Project Description (High Level) Internal Communication External Communication Redundant Process Manual Tracking Workflow Redundant Forms Diff. Dept. Use Same Info Use of Paper System No Electronic System in Place 2 sales offices sales reps in 6 cities 1,000+ clients territorial clients dispersed over 4 states

5. Intended Use – To Eliminate Current Process Unfinished MS Access Solution Manual Capture of Data Lost Communication Human Mistakes Old DOS System Current Bid Tracking Process

6. Intended Use – To Provide a Quality Solution Completely Paperless Web Accessible Data Warehousing Processing Create Reports

7. User Profiles Estimator Estimating Director Sales Rep Work under Estimating Director Retrieve Bid Request Info Assigned by Estimating Director Use LabWorks to generate pricing quotes Receives initial Bid Info from Sales Reps Will update Bid Status (Won, Loss, Pending) Must be able to administer Bid Request Process Have contact with potential clients and project owners Submit Bid Request Info to Estimating Director Follow up after final Bid Status is confirmed

8. Bid Request Process Sales Rep talk with potential clients, project owner Sales Rep submit Bid Request to Estimating Director Estimating Director assigns request to Estimator Estimator puts info into Excel; import into LabWorks LabWorks file with pricing info is sent to Estimating Director Estimating Director send pricing information to client Estimating Director waits to receive word on Bid Status (won or loss) Final Bid Status is sent to Sales Rep Based on final Bid Status, Sales Rep due follow up with client

9. Bid Request Process

10. Design Protocols Database and Class Design

11. Design Protocol (High Level) Front End – ASP.NET 1.1 (coded in VB.NET) Back End – Database Technology (MS Access) Biggest Factor – Smith & Schaefer Inc. is a Windows Shop

12. Design Protocol Details 3 – Tier Web Application BLL, DAL, GUI Each Table = Business Logic Object GUI – Presentation (ASP pages) BLL – VB Classes DAL – VB Classes (OleDB) Form Based Authentication Color Scheme Design

13. Functionality / Deliverables Simulate Business Scenario to show functionality Listing will show deliverables

14. Conclusion Dynamic website & web application Using IT skills to solve real world business problems Show Smith and Schaefer - Solves problems of current Bid Tracking Process Next Steps for Version 2.0 Thank You!

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