ABSTRACT

For years farmers have been reporting financial information on a variety of forms
for
various reasons such as proof, records to aid decision making, and so on using the
old filing
or hand system. Although the filing or hand system has low initial expense, and it
is easy to
implement, but it is also time-consuming, have more chance to make mistakes, and
requires
too much of time and effort.
The programming environment to be used in designing and programming this
PFMIS’s GUI Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 and the database management environment to be
used in designing the database is Microsoft Access. The database will hold the farm
data such
as the inventory records, sales records, employee records, and Production and
Financial
records. The GUI will read the user’s inputs with forms, and display reports on
information
acquired from the database to the user.
The software is sectioned into Sales Management Section, Activity Management
Section, Inventory Management Section, Employee Management Section, and Reports
section such that: The Sales Management Section handles daily sales in the poultry
farm. The
Activity Management Section deals with the activities in the poultry house such as;
feeding,
treating, cleaning, and so on. The Inventory Management Section handles the
management of
animals on the farm and their products, and crops available for sale or use in the
store house.
The Employee Management Section handles the management of employees/workers on the
farm. The Reports Section handles reports generation in form of tables and allow
search and
print reports.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE -
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................
................ 1
1.1

BACKGROUND ........................................................................
................................. 1

1.2

STATEMENT OF THE
PROBLEM ..........................................................................
2

1.3

AIM OF THE
PROJECT ...........................................................................
................. 2

1.4

SCOPE OF THE
PROJECT............................................................................
............ 2

1.5

OBJECTIVES ........................................................................
..................................... 2

1.6

METHODOLOGY .......................................................................
............................... 3

CHAPTER TWO - LITERATURE

REVIEW ...........................................................................
4
2.1

BACKGROUND ........................................................................
................................. 4

2.2

ACTIVITIES OF A POULTRY
FARM ..................................................................... 4

2.2.1

Brooding ..........................................................................
.................................... 4

2.2.2

Feeding and
watering ..........................................................................
................. 6

2.2.3

Managing layers and collecting

eggs ................................................................... 7

2.2.4

Other activities of a poultry

farm ......................................................................... 7

2.3

Existing Poultry Farm Management Information

Systems ......................................... 8

2.3.1

Poultry Farm ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) & Management ................... 8

2.3.2

Layer Management System

(LMS) .................................................................... 13

CHAPTER THREE - SYSTEM

DEVELOPMENT ................................................................ 16
3.1

INTRODUCTION ......................................................................
............................... 16

3.2

SYSTEM
DESIGN ............................................................................
....................... 16

3.2.1

Input
Phase .............................................................................
............................ 17

3.2.2

Processing
Phase .............................................................................
................... 17

3.2.2

Output
Phase .............................................................................
......................... 17

3.2.3
Architecture of the
System.............................................................................
.... 17

3.3

DESIGNING
TOOLS .............................................................................
.................. 29

3.3.1

Adobe Dreamweaver
CS4................................................................................
.. 29

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3.3.2

Microsoft
Access ............................................................................
................... 29

CHAPTER FOUR - SYSTEM

IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................ 32
4.1

INTRODUCTION ......................................................................
............................... 32

4.1.1

System
Testing ...........................................................................
........................ 32

4.1.2

Maintenance .......................................................................
................................ 32

4.1.3

Documentation .....................................................................
.............................. 32

4.2

Interface
Design ............................................................................
............................ 34

CHAPTER FIVE - CONCLUSION, SUMMARY, AND RECOMMENDATION................ 47

5.1

CONCLUSION ........................................................................
................................. 47

5.2

SUMMARY ...........................................................................
................................... 47

5.3

RECOMMENDATION ....................................................................
........................ 47

REFERENCES ........................................................................
................................................ 48

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LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1 Description of the sales
table..............................................................................
.....29
Table 3.2 Description of the Inventory
table............................................................................33
Table 3.3 Description of the transact
table..............................................................................
.37
Table 3.4 Description of the Emp
table..............................................................................
......38

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TABLE OF SYMBOLS AND ACRONYMS
Acronyms and Symbols

Description

DBMS

Database Management System

PFMIS

Poultry Farm Management Information System

GUI

Graphical User Interface

IMS

Information Management System

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

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LIST OF FIGURES
Fig. 2.1 Gauging temperature by your chicks’
behaviour...................................................... 8
Fig. 2.2 ProducePak Poultry Farm ERP Solution
screenshot................................................15
Fig. 2.3 Layer Management System
screenshot.....................................................................18
Fig. 3.1 Representation of the
PFMIS..............................................................................
.......24
Fig. 3.2 Representation of the sales
section............................................................................
.25
Fig. 3.3 Representation of the Inventory
section...................................................................27
Fig. 3.4 Representation of the on-Farm
section......................................................................29
Fig. 3.5 Representation of the Employee
section....................................................................31
Fig. 3.6 Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
screenshot........................................................................3
4
Fig. 3.7 Microsoft Access user
interface..........................................................................
........35
Fig. 4.1 Login
page...............................................................................
...................................39
Fig. 4.2 Home
page...............................................................................
...................................40
Fig. 4.3 View egg sales
page...............................................................................
.....................41
Fig. 4.4 Add new sales
page...............................................................................
......................42
Fig. 4.5 View inventory
page...............................................................................
....................43
Fig. 4.6 Add new inventory
Page...............................................................................
..............44
Fig. 4.7 View employee records
page...............................................................................
.......45
Fig. 4.8 Add employee
page...............................................................................
......................46
Fig. 4.9 Onfarm feed
page...............................................................................
........................47
Fig. 4.10 Onfarm egg collection
page...............................................................................
......48
Fig. 4.11 Onfarm occurrence
page...............................................................................
...........49
Fig. 4.12 Onfarm other activities
page...............................................................................
.....50

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