A hotel chain and now has a custom program to manage their purchasing system increasing efficiency.
Problem:
The company required a custom program to manage there purchasing system.
  • Replace their paper system with more reliable electronic system
  • Streamline the system for increased efficiency
  • Approval of a PO (purchase order) being issued required within four hours.
  • Secure login is required with varying areas of restriction
Solution:
The program is currently undergoing an evaluation phase .
  • Security login and user rolls are incorporated
    • Preventing unauthorized users from gaining access and to restrict access to various areas of the program
  • The program allows users to create PO's then send them on to department heads, etc. for approval
    • Workflow ensures that three levels of approval are met before the PO originator is given the OK to place the order.
We employed the following development tools:
  • VB.Net
  • Microsoft Access Database
Result:
The program is currently undergoing an evaluation phase. The future intent is to fine-tune the application and then push it out to other hotels within the chain located in Canada