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CERTIFICATION

This thesis, ONLINE PRODUCTS CATALOGUE AND ORDERING SYSTEM FOR

ALF GLASS AND ALUMINUM WORKS, prepared and submitted by CJ
CHRISTIAN CRUZ, LADY JAIRA DESCALLAR and JOBELENE NERY in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the degree BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY has been examined and recommended for Oral
Examination.

Evaluation Committee

RIBERT R. ENIERGA, MIT

Adviser

JOHN LESTER DEPUSOY, MBA ERWIN ACORDA, MEdT

Member Member

APPROVAL

Approved by the Panel on Oral Examination on October 25, 2018 with the grade
of ____.

RIBERT R. ENIERGA, MIT

Chair

JOHN LESTER DEPUSOY, MBA ERWIN ACORDA, MEdT

Member Member

Accepted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of

Science in Information Technology.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The researchers would like to thank the Lord God for the strength, wisdom and

knowledge He gave to the researchers to complete the study. And to the professor,

Prof. Ramiro Advincula, of the section BSIT 4-1 where these researchers belong, for

sharing his knowledge and his ideas to the students, for inspiring the researchers to

create a system that others can use. The researchers would also like to thank the

Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Parañaque City Campus, for qualifying the

researchers to be a part of the university and for trusting the skills of these

students/researchers. And most of all to ALF Glass and Aluminum Works for

accepting and allowing the researchers to help them improve in business industry by

advertising them and their products through the website they asked the researchers

to create, and for trusting the ability and skills that these researchers can help them.

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CERTIFICATION OF ORIGINALITY

This is to certify that the research work presented in this thesis entitled

Online Products Catalogue and Ordering System for ALF Glass and Aluminum

Works for the degree Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at the

Polytechnic University of the Philippines embodies the result of original and

scholarly work carried by the undersigned. This thesis does not contain words or

ideas taken from published sources or written works that have been accepted as

basis for the award of a degree from any higher education institution, except where

proper referencing and acknowledgement were made.

CJ CHRISTIAN CRUZ
LADY JAIRA DESCALLAR
JOBELENE NERY
Researchers
October 25, 2018

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ABSTRACT

Title : Online Products Catalogue and Ordering System for ALF

Glass and Aluminum Works

Researcher : Cj Christian Cruz

Lady Jaira Descallar
Jobelene Nery

Degree : Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Institution : Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Year : 2018

Adviser : Prof. Ribert Enierga

This research was founded for the benefit of ALF Glass and Aluminum Works to be used

in their business process. As the researchers accomplish the study, the element of

improvement and innovation of new system in the business is evident. The product order

notification function of the website is the system’s delegacy. This will make the customer get

automated SMS from the system for a specified time or date containing the progress of their

product or service acquired with the establishment. The website is for advertising of the

services and for the ease of inquiry for the customers and the spectators. Based on a

preliminary research, the researchers encountered methods for applying free SMS sending

in a website and it is widely used already in other websites and mobile applications. The

ordering system and the sending of SMS is what this research is all about. Because, all

SMS platforms sends message instantly on the time that the customers submit their orders.

The customer’s inquiry of services will pass through the website and straight through the

administrator’s database.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Title Page i

Certification and Approval Sheet ii

Acknowledgment iii

Certification of Originality iv

Abstract v

Table of Contents vi

List of Tables viii

List of Figures viii

Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Setting

Introduction 1
Theoretical Framework 3
Conceptual Framework 4
Statement of the Problem 4
Objectives 5
Scope and Limitations of the Study 6
Significance of the Study 7
Definition of Terms 9

Chapter 2 Review of Related Literature and Studies

Foreign Literature 10
Local Literature 11
Foreign Studies 11
Local Studies 12
Synthesis of the Reviewed Literature and Studies 13

Chapter 3 Research Methodology

Research Design 14
Research Instrument 15
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Sources of Data 15
Existing System 16
Developed System 16
Project Design 18

Chapter 4 Results and Discussion

Profile of the Respondents 22

Online Interactions 22
Functionality and Ease of Use 24

Chapter 5 Summary of Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations

Summary of Findings 33
Conclusion 36
Recommendations 36

References 38

Appendices

Appendix A Permission Letter 40

Appendix B Survey Questionnaire 43
Appendix C Picture of the Respondents 47
Appendix D Curriculum Vitae 48

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List of Figures Page

Figure 1.0 Context Diagram 17

Figure 1.1 Level 0 17
Figure 1.2 Purchasing on ALF Glass and Aluminum Works over the 20
counter was difficult
Figure 1.3 It will be more efficient to buy without having to go out of 21
the house
Figure 1.4 I felt that I was willing to transact with them over the phone 22
Figure 1.5 I found the staff easy to communicate with and understand 23
Figure 1.6 I found it easy to know that I had my products ready 24
Figure 1.7 I found that purchasing on this system was unnecessarily 25
difficult
Figure 1.8 I felt that I was confused or lost during parts of the 26
purchasing session
Figure 1.9 I found the instructions easy to understand 27
Figure 2.0 I found it easy to know that I had completed the purchasing 28
process

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