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List of Tables
Table 1 Benchmark 18 Table 2 Versus Table 35
Table 3 Operational Yearly Expenses (Existing System) 39
Table 4 Operational Expenses for Proposed System 40
(Alternative 1 : Client/Server) Table 5 Operational Expenses for Proposed System 41
(Alternative 1 : Peer-to-Peer)
Table 6 System’s Hardware (Alternative 1 : Client/Server) 42
Table 7 System’s Software (Alternative 1 : Client/Server) 43 Table 8 System’s Hardware (Alternative 1 : Peer-to-Peer) 44
Table 9 System’s Software (Alternative 1 : Peer-to-Peer) 45
Table 10 Network Connection Equipment 45
Table 11 Development Cost (Alternative 1 : Client/Server) 46
Table 12 Development Cost (Alternative 1 : Peer-to-Peer) 46 vii

Table 13 Savings (Alternative 1 : Client/Server) 47
Table 14 Savings (Alternative 1 : Peer-to-Peer) 47
Table 15 Payback Period (Alternative 1 : Client/Server) 48
Table 16 Payback Period (Alternative 1 : Peer-to-Peer) 49
Table 17 Versus Table Operational/Organizational Analysis 50

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List of Figures
Figure 1 Company’s Organizational Chart 3
Figure 2 System Design Paradigm 5
Figure 3 Modified Waterfall 11 Figure 4 Existing System Context Diagram 27 Figure 5 Top Level Diagram 28 Figure 6 Exploded Diagram Process 3 29 Figure 6.1 Exploded Diagram Process 3 29 Figure 7 Exploded Diagram Process 4 30 Figure 8 Entity Relationship Diagram 31

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Table of Contents Title Page i Approval Sheet ii Acknowledgement iii Abstract iv List of Tables vi List of Figures viii