SALES RECORDING AND REPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SUPERMARKET

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

• Introduction

A sales recording and reporting management system for supermarket is a computerized system that will aid the easy management of financial and inventory aspects of the supermarket so that reports can be presented when needed. The range of items and materials which might be held in supermarkets is huge. The variety and quantity of items and materials held in a supermarket will depend on its size and on its range of activities.  Since the items in a supermarket are meant for sales, there is therefore need for a sales recording and report management system. Every item in a supermarket constitutes to the generality of the stock in the supermarket. As sales are being made, the stock levels of the items are reducing thereby making stock control a vital aspect of supermarket sales management.

Stock control in supermarket comprises mainly the clerical and administrative functions of stock control involves the following: Ensuring that the right types and qualities of items needed for production, sale and distribution, are always available when required, ensuring that stock is issued in the correct sequence, that is, "first in first out", so that "older" stock is not allowed to deteriorate by being kept too long in the Store, for instance because it has been hidden from view by more recently received stock, maintaining records showing the "movement" of items into and out of the Store, controlling and monitoring those movements and maintaining full records of the items in the Store, ensuring that the correct "stock levels" of the various items are set and are maintained, that orders and reorders are made (or requested to be made) in good time, and that what is ordered is received, checking, counting or otherwise measuring stock to ensure that records are accurate and that no losses are occurring due to pilfering, theft, damage or poor storage, pricing and valuing the items in the Store.