An Integrated Web-Based Transport Management System

Abstract

An investigation into the manual transport management system has been carried out with a view to design an Integrated Web-based Transport Management (IWTMS) for developing countries, particularly Nigeria. The blending of various services of different transport companies into one website is proposed. This is to enable transport company customers/users access the services of any company of their choice, at all times, from any location, for services such as bus booking, currier services, job application and online enquiries, etc. Sequel to the above reasons, necessary information was gathered to define the requirements of the new application from historical records and policies of the Federal Ministry of Transport and National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). In addition, to design and develop this system, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) was used to model the software and Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD). Both have been established to describe a plan which executes the requirements gathered earlier. The system is designed with MYSQL and wamp server to read and extract data from database connectivity (ODBC) compliant at the back end. The front end is designed and fully implemented using PHP and dream weaver, thus making it user friendly and highly interactive. Object-oriented design methodology with structured programming approach were used in designing and program coding of the system, which ensured that all relevant components of system were incorporated in the design. This new system will help both the company customers and the administrator to analyze and establish a standard in transportation management process such as booking, currier services and recruitment exercise. The system when fully developed will not only assist company managers and the company customers/users to minimize uncertainty in the transport company’s schedules and in decision taking tendency of the managers, but will enhance the company’s efficiency effectiveness. The system will equally guarantee the credit payment system.