Book portal operations management system

Abstract

This paper discusses a system that provides an admin system and a public website for a book store with multiple branches. The admin system allows multiple user levels of the staff members to log in and perform separate duties within the system and the public website allows customers to view availability of items and purchase items online. The admin system generates monthly and annual reports, manages user notifications, incorporates role based access control, saves user logs and provides an invoice for physical bill issue in addition to controlling the items showcased in the website and managing the online purchase requests. The system is implemented using JSP and MySQL on MVC architecture and guest checkouts are integrated using PayPal.