...ONLINE CAR RENTAL SYSTEM SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BSC Computer science COURSE CODE SCO 400 BY MUHAMMAD TOBOSO DAUD REG NO: J17S/11624/2011 Phone No: 0770305102 Email: modifaya@gmail.com Supervisor: Daisy M Ireri Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 The Background of the Project 5 1.2 Problem Statement 5 1.3 Objective 6 1.4 Project Scope 6 1.5 Project Significance 7 Conclusion 7 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 8 2.1 Introduction 8 2.2 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM 8 2.3 Facts and Findings 9 2.3.1 Domain 9 2.3.2 Existing Systems 9 2.3.3 Problems in existing system 10 2.3.4 Differences between the manual and the computerized system that is going to be developed 11 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH APPROACHES AND METHODOLOGIES 12 Research methodology 12 3.0 Introduction 12 3.1 Project Methodology 12 Waterfall Methodology 12 3.2 System Study and Investigation 12 3.2.1 Interviews 13 3.2.2 Observation 13 3.3 Summary 13 3.4 Budget 14 CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 15 4.1 REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS 15 4.1.1 User Requirement 15 4.1.2 Functional Requirement 15 4.1.3 Non-Functional Requirements...
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...the marketing strategies. | 4 | Introduction to enterprise & definition of Ansoff’s Matrix. | 5 | Market development & product development. | 6 | Diversification, market penetration & summary. | 7 | Introducing Kellogg’s and Kellogg’s brands. | 8 | Marketing mix, packaging & advertising | 9 | Market research & communicating with consumers & summary. | Introduction The purpose of this report is to research two different marketing strategies that can be used by organisations to identify opportunities to grow. The two organisations used in this report are Enterprise Rent-a-Car and Kellogg’s Breakfast Cereals. The growth strategies include Ansoff’s Matrix and Branding. According to The Chartered Institute of Marketing, “Marketing is the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably.” Enterprise Rent-a-car In 1957,Jack Crawford Taylor, an American entrepreneur established executive leasing in Missouri, united states which came later to be renamed as enterprise rent –a-car in 1962. With a vast network of over 6500 rental offices (5400 local markets locations and 419 airport locations) and over 850000 cars, enterprise rent-a-car is the largest rental car company in north America w99ith an annual revenue of $14.1 billion and 68000 employees. In fact with this statistics only enterprise could be considered as the largest in the United States. It has increased its...
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...Introduction: This Case Study is focus on the company of AutoNation, the system they are using for their business process. We scope some information about the said company and the connection of it to M.I.S. (Management Information System). Lastly to answer the question “CAN DETROIT MAKE THE CARS CUSTOMERS WANT?” History: AutoNation was created in 1981 as Republic Industries, Inc. a company specializing in waste disposal. H. Wayne Huizenga became Chairman of the Board in 1995. Republic got into used auto sales with the purchase of Auto Nation USA in 1997, In 1996, Republic began purchasing new car dealerships and offering long-term contracts to owners who joined the automotive division management team In 1996, Alamo Rent a Car was acquired. In 1997, Republic continued acquisitions in the car rental business with the purchase of National Car Rental, Spirit Rent-A-Car, Value Rent-A-Car, Snappy Car Rental, and EuroDollar Rent A Car. In January 2003, Jackson is named chairman of the board replacing Huizenga. On October 24, 2005, the AutoNation building in downtown Fort Lauderdale suffered significant damage due to Hurricane Wilma. The company has since transferred to another nearby building. In 2006 Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation announced that his company would be reducing orders from General Motors, Ford and Chryslerin 2007 In 2009 AutoNation announced the AutoNation Payment Protection program, promising that the dealership will buy back any car at market value, should...
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...day’s everybody wants a safe and comfort journey, which required a good vehicle which makes their journey hassle free. The main purpose of Online Car Rental system is to provide a platform for the users to view the information about to the Car which can be hire for few day or a week. In this system...
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...“Enterprise Rent-A-Car” A Case Study Solution Submitted By: Group ‘B’ (Bimee Maskey, Hrizu Adhikari, Krishna Dahal, Mahesh Bhandari, Sacheet Pandit, Sampada Paudel) Submitted To: Prof. Dr. KD Koirala SOMTU Date: 31st Dec, 2014 Kirtipur Enterprise Rent-A-Car Case Summary: Enterprise Rent-A-Car is founded by Jack Taulor in 1957. It is a Private car rental business with a fleet of more than 850000 vehicles which is based in St Louis, Missouri with services in the US, Canada, Germany, Irelance, Puerto Rico and UK. It is an international car rental company with a multi-billion pound turnover. Enterprise is an extended 'family' of more than 66,000 employees. It is the largest rental car company in North America but has the approach and feel of a small business. The business is synonymous with exceptional customer service. Enterprise Rent-A-Car (EARC) maintains a unique selling proposition in the rental automobile industry, describing its greatest idea as personal service. This proposition is built into every facet of ERAC’s operations from point-to-point car delivery to a 427,000 rental-vehicle fleet. The business has been shaped by various concepts like: treating customers like good friends and neighbors, which has enables ERAC to grow to a point where the automotive operations have annual revenues in the billions, a fleet of cars and trucks with the numerous employees. ERAC became the industry leader in terms of fleet size and market presence with the revenue...
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...University of Dubai Introduction to information system CAN DETROIT MAKE THE CARS CUSTOMERS WANT? Done by : BiLaL aLi Introduction 7788655 Why is AutoNation having a problem with its inventory? AutoNation is having a problem with its inventory. That is that they have to maintain an excessive inventory that it can't easily sell. Because of Detroit’s century-old business model, which is still continue from the dates of Henry Ford's mass production of millions of largely identical Model T's. Rather than build cars to suit customer’s preferences, Most of the U.S. car makers are production oriented but not customer oriented therefore they have to put an extra effort to sell the cars to the customers. Vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks become outcast. That case booms the question that is can the automakers will be able to sell all the cars they have. Current situation of American economy make this worse. With the slumping economy and very high gas prices, now Americans can't think of affording new vehicles like in past. They want smaller and more fuel-efficient vehicle models. AutoNation, they are being loaded with the unwanted inventory which results in stocking up there yards and also getting them costs such as interests on the money that had been borrowed from the bank. And also dealers often have a surplus of new cars sitting in their lots for months at a time that no one wants to buy it. Why is this also a problem for auto manufacturers such as GM, Ford,...
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...Case Summary: The case presents a scenario with two Zipcar customers who have both reserved the same car. Sal Fishman reserved it until 3:30, which was exactly when Anita Karr had arranged to pick it up. The problem is that Sal is in the middle of an interview that is going better and longer than he expected. Anita needs the car immediately while an unknowing Sal is considering extending his reservation of the car. For Zipcar to retain customers, the service must be convenient and reliable. Unfortunately, this is not directly in their control, since it relies on the behavior of their customers. The company needs to figure out how to keep their profitable members, retrain the ones that drive the profitable member’s away, and kindly show insufferable negative members the door. Decisions to Make Zipcar must decide two things. (1) The company needs to decide how to reduce the number of late returns by influencing their customers’ behavior. (2) Since some late returns occur by virtue of traffic constraints, automobile accidents, and other unforeseeable problems Competitive Positioning: Zipcar has positioned itself as a low cost alternative to car rental and ownership. They provide wide variety of car for rental including luxury and SUV. The customer can rent the car either on hourly basis or daily basis based on their requirement. The customer has flexibility of reserving car. They can book car anytime as per their convenient. They also have tie up with universities to provide...
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...Group Project Stage 1: 1) Dependent Variable: Quantity of economy cars. The units of measurement that will be used in this analysis are quantity. For example, 1 economy car, 2 economy cars, etc. 2) Independent variables: a. Price (P): This variable will be important because price is a factor when renting a car. Price is also a factor when 60% of customers are college students. We expect to not see a correlation when prices go up, conjointly rental of cars will decrease. b. Season of semester (S): This variable will be important because when a semester is in session there will be more students to rent cars. We will see a negative correlation when students are not in session. Less students mean less rentals. c. Flights per day(FD): This variable is important because depending on the flights per day, this company will need to have the advantage of supplying an increased amount of cars on these days. There will be a positive relationship when flights increase, the number of car rentals will also increase. d. Holidays(H): This variable is important because during holiday’s more people travel and this mean an increased amount of rentals will be necessary. We will see a positive correlation. Whenever there is an increase in holidays, there will be an increased need for car rentals. e. Weather season(WS): The change of weather depicts when customers need more rentals. For example, summer season individuals travel more, and therefore...
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...Viability of Adding Alternative Fuel Vehicles to Lotus Rental Car Fleet The focus of this paper is to estimate the importance and feasibility of adding alternative fuel vehicles to the Lotus Rental Car fleet. This paper is addressed to the Chief Financial Officer. There are many types of alternative fuel vehicles (AFV); however, this paper will be focusing on hybrid vehicles. The discussion will cover the overview of existing operations, the advantages and disadvantages of adding AFV’s, the summary of the examination, and the recommendations on why and how it should be implemented. Current Fleet Status The Current fleet size for sister companies, Alamo, Enterprise and National, carry nearly 450,000 cars combined that achieve 28 mpg or better. The introduction of EPACT in 1992 introduced AFV’s into the US market, where they were mainly used by government agencies. The common term used to describe AFV vehicles is light duty vehicle (LDV). In addition, federal fleets are required to use dual-fuel vehicles unless a waiver is granted. Because of high oil consumption in the US transportation sector, concerns about national energy usage began to rise. This raised many questions regarding the resulting environmental impacts of greenhouse gas emissions. An example of this was in 2008, when it was estimated that the transportation sector emitted 1,930 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, which represents a 33.2 per cent share of total carbon dioxide emission from all sectors...
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...Individual Case Analysis Enterprise Rent – A – Car Executive Summary Enterprise Rent – A – Car is one of the largest players on the market today. This company has selected a specific target market, in which they have been outperforming all their competitors for many years. Unfortunately, other companies have noticed their success and decided to break into their market to achieve a part of the market share, hence their revenues. In addition, the company holds much weaker marketing strategy which started to set the company behind among their competitors. Their customers sometimes were not aware of their branch locations, and one out of five randomly selected people on the street were not even familiar with the company. On the other hand, the success has been shown throughout their strong culture which holds a mentality of customer, employee than profits – in that particular order. This culture states that customer is the most important in the business, and doing everything for clients is the key of this business model. Second in place would be the employee, hence they are the ones who are helping those customers. Appreciation was shown in large bonuses and higher commission percentages than other companies would offer. Last part of the chain, was the profit. It was believed by the original owner Jack Taylor, that if company will look at out for the first two (customer and employee), revenue will follow which tended to work hence company could outperform many competitors...
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...12/20/2012 | by Ana Simsive | | used car parts and accessories import to Georgia, | Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 1.1 Mission statement 4 1.2 Company vision 4 1.3 Goals and Objectives 5 1.4 Keys to Success 5 2. Brief history of business 6 2.1 Definition of the market 6 2.1 Critical needs of market and Risk 7 3. General profile of targeted clients 8 3.1 Description of products and services 9 3.2 Competitive edge 10 4. Management and organization 11 5. Marketing Strategy 12 5.1 Web Plan Summary 13 5.2 Website Marketing Strategy 13 6. Sales Forecast 14 6.1 Pricing Strategy 14 6.2 Important Assumptions 15 7. Start-up Summary 15 7.1 Start up requirement Expenses 15 7.2 Company Locations and Facilities 17 7.3 Profit and loss account 18 Appendix 19 References 21 1. Executive Summary There is a need for a large selection of quality used cars and car parts in many developing countries and reliable auto sales will sell top-quality used car parts at a competitive price. In this case the considered country of the business is Georgia. Having background information of the country’s origin, knowing economic level of the country, laws and regulations and language, the key of communication, obtains trust and meets customer demands. the family business we are running over 5 years gave us an experience in used auto sales, and this business is quite successful, but the plan of extending our business is not only what we...
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...Response to Expression of Interest To provide office space in Atlanta Metro Area PROJ598 – 22 April 2013 Submitted to: William B. Jones, Leasing Specialist Solicitation Number: 3GA0233 Submitted by: William B. Jones 11330 Lakefield Drive Building Two, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30097 Telephone: (770) 814-4466 Fax: (866) 251-892 Email: joneswil@oriis.com Table of Contents 1. SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 3 1.1. Company Safety Program 3 1.2 Company background and relevant experience with Government Real Estate Acquisition 4 1.3. Report capabilities 4 1.4. References 4 1.5. Financial Information 4 2. Response to scope 4 3. Proposed Pricing 5 4. Other 6 4.1. Building requirement 6 4.2. Building location 6 4.3. Lease 6 4.4. Flood plain 6 4.5. Remaining issues 6 Attachments: Building location 7 Lease 16 1. Summary of proposal Office, Retail, Industrial & Investment Sales, LLC, is pleased to offer our bid to provide office space to the General Service Administration (GSA) in the Atlanta Metro area, Solicitation number: 3GA0233.. William Jones is Co-Owner and Principal Office, Retail, Industrial & Investment Sales, LLC, and has been involved in the commercial real estate industry since 1987...
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...Title: The Fall of IBM Date: September 20, 2013 I. Executive Summary The purpose of this case study analysis is to analyze the situation of IBM in the 1990s, to come up with possible mutually exclusive alternatives for IBM’s management and ultimately, to recommend a possible strategy to regain back IBM’s throne in the industry. The problem of the case study is all about the survival of IBM in a much more competitive market ever encountered by the company. And also, overcoming new challenges brought about IBM’s new management and the dynamic technological environment. The methods of analysis used for this case study are the Porter’s Five Forces Model and the ANSOFF matrix analysis. Brief explanations were provided in each of the methods used for analysis. After analyzing the case study, the following three mutually exclusive alternative course of action were developed: 1. Decentralize Management; 2. Invest heavily on research and development and; 3. Partner with suppliers From the alternatives, I recommend that IBM should partner with its suppliers. Collaboration with suppliers will increase business flexibility and executive level business decision support. This will surely bring the most benefit for the company among the other alternatives course of action. The suppliers play a great role in the industry and having strong connections with them can help the company survive and even excel in the industry. Outline and Implementation: ...
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...14 Evergreen Recreations Buy or Rent : Family owned since 1952 Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Introduction 4 3. Summary of Relevant Facts 5 4. Problem definition 6 5. Requirements 7 6. Recommendations 8 6.1. System/Software design 8 6.1.1. Final Functional Specification (use case and activity diagrams) 8 6.1.2. Final Sequence Diagrams 8 6.1.3. Final E-R Diagram 9 6.1.3.1. Final SQL Table definitions View/Report based on SQL queries 9 6.1.3.2. Class Diagram 9 1. Executive Summary Mary and Howard have started a small family based retail store chain with three stores chain, Evergreen Recreations in 1952. Currently their son Mike together with his wife Genie manages the three stores located at ABRA, BABRA, and CABRA cities spread over 60 miles periphery. They manage the whole family business using the old-fashioned paper-and-pencil based system for sales and inventory, like their parents. They have started feeling limitation while managing the three stores using an age old system to keep their records. Mike and Genie approached Infinity group, a highly reputed Information system design firm with an objective to build them a Modern Information system for their stores. Some of the items that were there in Mike’s and Genie’s must-have list is, to have a software system which can single handily help them with their customers, products, vendors as well as their employees. They also want an inbuilt rewards program through which they...
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...February 2015 New York State Bar Examination Essay Questions © 2015 New York State Board of Law Examiners QUESTION 1 In 1995, Walt, a widower, executed a will prepared by his lawyer, Len, which contained the following dispositive provisions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. I give and devise my residence to my daughter, Amy. I give and bequeath my 100 shares of C Corp. to my son, Ben. I give and bequeath $100,000 to my son, Cal. I give and bequeath $100,000 to the American Red Cross. I give, devise and bequeath all of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate to my grandson, Dave. Walt signed the will at Len’s office, and at Walt’s request, Len and Walt’s son, Ben, signed as witnesses in the presence of Walt and each other after Walt acknowledged that the document was his will. In 2000, Walt duly executed a new will which expressly revoked any and all wills previously made by him. In 2001, Walt decided that he did not like the terms of the 2000 will and physically destroyed it by his own hand. Walt died last year, survived by Amy, Ben, Cal, and Dave. Dave is Walt’s only grandson and is the son of Walt’s deceased son, Ed. The 1995 will has been admitted to probate over the objections of Cal that the 1995 will had not been properly executed and that, in any event, it had been revoked. Walt’s residence has been valued at $300,000, and his 100 shares of C Corp. have been valued at $200,000. After payment of all debts, expenses and taxes, the net estate...
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