Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
by
Jeanefel J. de Gracia
May 2018
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This study would not be possible without the support of the following who owed so
much. The researcher would like to acknowledge and to extend their heartfelt thanks to the
following:
To the Almighty Father, who is the Master of all, for giving the researchers knowledge,
strength, skills, creativity and hope to pursue this phase of life, and for the guidance to carry on
over the trials and difficulties.
To the researcher’s parents who are always at their side to support them financially,
spiritually, morally without any doubts in their minds. We’re very thankful for they’re our
aspiration during difficulties and burden, without them this project could not be completed.
To Mr. Alvin Sumampong, for discussing well the important matters about thesis writing
and his guidance, patience and for sharing with the researchers all the significant points to make
this project successful.
To Mr. Vicente Toraja, our research adviser for his support and time in imparting his
ideas for this assessment.
To the researcher’s friends, classmates and instructors, for sharing this ideas to build this
project successfully.
Jeanefel J. de Gracia
The main purpose of this study was to find out the level of the assessment of the electronic
inventory system of St. Paul University Surigao. The specific problems answered in the study were
the level of the assessment in terms of usability, accuracy, and security, and whether there exists a
siginificant relationship between the categories of usability to accuracy, accuracy to security, and
security to usability.
to gather data. The participants of the study were the three (3) IT experts and eight (8) canteen
cashiers of St. Paul University Surigao, eleven (11) participants in total. The statistical tools used
were the mean and standard deviation, and the analysis of variance (ANOVA).
The study found out that As to the three categories of the level of assessment of the
electronic inventory system, Usability is verbally interpreted as “strongly agree” with the
as “strongly agree” with the qualitative description of “very accurate” (M = 3.6; SD = 0.49); and
Security also verbally interpreted as “strongly agree” with the qualitative description of “very
usability to accuracy. However, a significant relationship was found on the correlations between
the categories of accuracy to security. Furthermore, there is also a significant relationship between
Based on the findings of the study, the conclusions were drawn that most of the participants
of this study strongly agree that the electronic inventory system are very usable, accurate, and
secured for St. Paul University Surigao. Most of the participants are satisfied with the performance
of the electronic inventory system in terms of usability, accuracy, and security. According to the
significant relationship was found between the category accuracy to security. And also a
Based on the findings and conclusions, the researchers hereby recommend that the system
needs an improvement to maintain its functionality and performance to have a better transactions
when it comes to purchasing products. The canteen staff especially the cashiers, should have a
knowledge, and can manipulate the existing system. The IT experts should monitor the secureness
Page
TITLE i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii
ABSTRACT iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iv
CHAPTER
Introduction 1
Conceptual Framework 3
Statement of Problem 5
3 METHOD 10
Research Design 10
Participants 10
Instruments 11
Data Analysis 12
Summary 17
Findings 17
Conclusions 18
Recommendations 19
REFERENCES 20
Chapter 1
In the modern world today, businesses thrive, compete and prosper, and in order for
businesses to stay in the entrepreneurial arena, they need to seek out for ways in maintaining a
competitive edge. For retail businesses, it is necessity to have an inventory system that gives the
management information on what goods are in store, what goods have been purchased, and what
goods have been sold. Failure to maintain an accurate inventory system could be detrimental to
the businesses that it could lead to significant opportunity costs of missing out a good sale because
of out-of-stock items. Inventory Systems need constant updates on when it has been sold or when
it needs restocking. Traditional companies maintain their records through the use of manual labor
doing such takes quite a lot of time, and may result to inaccuracy of the figures shown. (Naldoza,
et.al)
customers demand. The importance of inventory to a firm stems from two points of view: financial
and operational. First, inventory represents a major financial investment for any company.
cent in wholesalers and retailers. On the other hand, from the operational perspective, inventories
add an operating flexibility. Adequate inventories kept in manufacturing companies will smooth
the production process. The whole sales and retailers can offer good customer services and gain
good public image by holding sufficient inventories. The basic objective of inventory management
is to achieve a balance between the low inventory and high return on investment (ROI). An
inventory system is a process whereby a business keep track of the goods and materials it has
available. In its simplest sense it can be done manually by a count at the end of each day. In this
way it is possible to keep a record of the goods coming in to the business and goods being sold.
Accurate inventory records allow the purchasing department to make an accurate assessment of
lead times for purchasing materials for production and to ensure the production department has the
materials and supplies available to build customer product. (Yansong Liang, 1997).
Based on the ISO report about the inventory system, they stated that for the improvement
of the system, they should ensure implementation of stocks and sales inventory system to strictly
monitor items on stocks vs. items sold. Futhermore, ensure functionality of e-wallet system (i.e
generated report from e-wallet does not coincide with the actaul count of items). Because of these
findings, we prompted to conduct this study which is to assess the level of the electronic inventory
system of St. Paul University Surigao in terms of usability, accuracy, and security. In order to what
are the reasons why the manual records did’nt match with system records.
Conceptual Framework
This study has anchored on the idea that the assessment of any electronic inventory
system is an important factor for the improvement of an existing system. The researchers believed
that many companies are using inventory system for their success and growth. Inventory systems
have a variety functions and purpose in businesses. Promoting the sales and shrinkage control are
two main functions of inventory systems. Promoting the sales functions deals with availability of
sufficient products for the costumers whereas shrink age control functions deals with monitoring
In connection with the proposed study, Figure 1 represents the flow of the study. The
diagram shows three boxes that represents the flow of the study.
The first box contains the assessment of the electronic inventory system of St. Paul
University Surigao. This includes the findings of the errors of the system, and the performance of
Usability. It is the degree of ease with which products such as software can be used to achieve the
Accuracy. It will be an effective tool to determine whether the system is dependable and assess
Security. This term is used by researchers to determine how the system perform in terms of its
While the second box contains the proposed recommendation after the assessment of the
performance of the system in terms of usability, reliability and accuracy. And to determine whether
the level of assessment of the electronic inventory system is high or low. Lastly, to know what the
reasons are, why the manual records did not match with the system records. It is important to solve
this problem in order to help improve the system for the benefit of the school.
1.1 Usability;
1.3 Security?
3. Based on the findings of the study, what are the proposed recommendations for the
organization especially to the SPUS canteen staff and employees in processing products for the
inventory system. It helps a lot to the employees in order for them to save more time, have an easy
access with the user-friendly system. Here are some benefits that could bring to the users:
St. Paul University Surigao Administrators: This system would give an accurate count that can be
SPUS Canteen Staff: The results of the study would help give up-to-date inventory records
Finance Office: This system can compute automatically the total sales of the school which will be
Future Researchers: The results of the study will be use as their references to help them achieve
The researcher’s purpose was to have an assessment of the electronic inventory system for
St. Paul University Surigao. This study focused only in the assessment of the Canteen Sales
Inventory System which will be conducted and implemented at St. Paul University Surigao by
using a researcher-made questionnaire. In order for the system to be automatically compute the
multiple stores. This can be used to track the inventory of a single store, or to manage the
distribution of stock between several branches of a larger franchise. It is also a software system
for tracking inventory levels, orders, sales and deliveries. An effective Inventory Management
basically the total amount of goods and materials held in stock by a factory, store and other
business. Such as the electronic inventory system of St. Paul University Surigao which is used to
track or to manage the distribution of stocks within the school. This system is a big help for all the
users of the school, such as the finance staff, canteen staff, IT experts, and also the students. The
features of the electronic inventory system are the following: user- friendly; can run on Windows
7 or higher; has data back-up mechanism; protected with a username and a password; has user-
level access; properly documented incoming and outgoing materials; connected to a secured
network; has data encryption; can only be avail using identification card; and exclusive only for
According to Guillermo, et.al (2011) on their study about “HRM Laboratory Inventory and
Reservation System”, they stated that the system being proposed is useful for the HRM Laboratory
of St. Paul University Surigao. Various advantages are being laid and are evident because majority
of the work is being done by a machine, specifically the system being proposed. With the new
system, the In-charge can transact the operation faster, easier, and lesser efforts and time to be
consumed. The objectives of the system met the requirements that the user needs.
and require extensive efforts to design and test. They are complex because they comprise many
components, complex software and hardware, and features a lot of functionality. This is a trend
which is clearly seen in the consumer electronic markets, and in the state-of-the-art industrial
consuming, expensive, and error-prone. Therefore, the developers need to cut down the
development time and improve quality, which turn, demand better tools and development
methodologies. He stated also that the one important aspect in the development process is
observability, the ability to observe the system’s behavior at various abstraction levels in the
design. These observations are required for many reasons, for instance, when looking for the
design errors, during debugging, during optimisation of algorithms, for the extraction of design
data, and a lot more. Observability is howerver not an issue restricted to development purpose
only, it may also be necessary after the deployment to development purpose as well for error
recovery, for surveillance issues, for collection of statistical measurement concerning the use of
hardware devices.
Sousa, et.al stated on their study about the “iLab – Inventory Manager for Electronics
Laboratory”, that, the iLab project efficiently manages the inventory, requests, users (borrowing,
purchases, etc.). Usability is critical for the success of such application. A web-based interface is
to be designed using usability principles, making sure all the end-users use the application in an
intuitive and effective way. To achieve this goals the study consisted on four phases: plan, analyze,
design, test, and refine to create more user-friendly and efficient applications.
According to Nicolas, et.al on their study about the “Case Study of On-Screen Prototypes
and Usability Evaluation of Electronic Timers and Food Menu Systems”, they stated that from the
usability evaluation a simplified interface was designed that will be taken forward and reevaluated
in the future issues raised in the case study were first that of increased complexity allowed by
increased levels of processing power, and second that of on-screen prototypes. They concluded
that there is a need for those involved in development of on-screen and physical prototypes to work
with those involved in human factors and usability to ensure a usable end product.
Based on the idea of Covin, et.al on their study about the “Inventory Accuracy: One of
Your First Hurdles”, they stated that several goals can be accomplished with accurate inventory
records. One is financial planning and analyzing inventory items for obsolescence. Secondly, it is
Planning system, which has a proven record of being the optimum method of control in the
manufacturing environment. If they are not used, trying to have an accurate records will not be
possible.
Wayman, et.al stated on their study about the “Inventory Accuracy through Warehouse
Control” that, a situation which receives little or no attention but which has tremendous impact on
the warehouse and inventory accuracy is the layout of the racks and shelving units. These most
basic warehousing tools are frequently arranged based on nothing more than how many are
available for the space provided. Once warehousing space is defined and the classification of
inventory completed, it is time to review how the inventory is to be handled and stored.
According to the idea of the CPA Practice Advisor, on their study about “How to do
Inventory Management Better”, they stated that through using electronic surveillance systems like
security mirrors and video cameras to control inventory shrinkage, deploying a point-of-sale cash
register system to track and update inventory instantly and conducting physical inventory counts.
Based on the information stated above it state all the information about Electronic
Inventory System, these are also quiet similar to the assessment of the Electronic Inventory System
of St. Paul University Surigao when it comes to usability, accuracy and security. All of the
information stated above only means one and that is Electronic Inventory System would be a big
help for the school or for the companies because it can be a method of immediately accounting for
inventory sales in the inventory accounts and if there is no item missing. And inventory system
METHOD
In this chapter, it includes research design, data analysis, participants, instruments, and
Research Design
This study used descriptive research design especially employing the survey and evaluative
methods in gathering the information needed in the study. This design was considered appropriate
because the study would like to investigate the present conditions, particularly, the level of
Participants
The participants were chosen specifically for the purpose of the study for the reason that
they were directly involved in the feedback appraisal inventory system process. The participants
were the SPUS IT experts, and SPUS canteen staff. The IT experts were assign in maintaining,
developing, and designing the system. And the SPUS canteen staff was responsible in monitoring
Participants N %
IT Experts 3 27
Canteen Cashier 8 73
Total 11 100
Instruments
The instrument used in this study was a researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire
was used to determine the functionality of the system in terms of usability, accuracy and security.
The questionnaire has three categories to determine the level of assessment of the electronic
inventory system of St. Paul University Surigao which were the usability, accuracy, and security.
The validation of the instrument was done with the help of the experts in the field of
research and information technology. A letter to validate the questionnaire was sent to them for
this purpose. Their suggestions and recommendations were included in refining some parts of the
questionnaire.
The researchers sent a formal letter to the basic education principal of St. Paul University
Surigao. As soon as the request was approved, the researchers start conducting their study. The
researchers then, prepared the survey questionnaire and asked the help of research experts to
After effecting the changes in the questionnaire, the researchers reproduced the same copy
for the distribution. Then they went to the SPUS Newsite to personally administer the
questionnaire to the participants. The participants of this study were the IT Experts and the SPUS
canteen cashiers. The data collected from this activity were then tabulated, analyzed, and
interpreted.
Data Analysis
Mean and Standard Deviation were employed to analyze the level of assessment. The
on the Level of Assessment of the Electronic Inventory System of St. Paul University Surigao.
4 3.26 – 4.00 Strongly Agree Very Usable Very Accurate Very Secured
1 1.0 – 1.75 Strongly Disagree Not Usable Not Accurate Not Secured
Chapter 4
This chapter discusses mainly about the assessment of the electronic inventory system.
The Level of Assessment of the Electronic Inventory System of St. Paul University Surigao
The following tables present the participant’s level of assessment in terms of usability,
Table 2.
The Level of Assessment of the Electronic Inventory System of St. Paul University Surigao in terms
of Usability
Variables M SD VI QD
Usability
1. The system is easy to use. 3.09 0.83 Agree Usable
2. The system is a user –friendly system. 3 0.77 Agree Usable
3. The system has the function and 3.27 0.9 Strongly Agree Very Usable
capability to help the staff in
inventory.
4. The system is a big help for school 3.82 0.4 Strongly Agree Very Usable
canteen inventory.
5. The system can only be avail using 3.55 0.52 Strongly Agree Very Usable
identification card.
Looking closely at the results in the first category which is the usability, it has the average
of 3.35 with the standard deviation of 0.69, verbally interpreted as ‘Strongly Agree’. This means
that the level of assessment of the electronic inventory system of St. Paul University Surigao is
Table 3, the second category, which is the accuracy, it has the average of 3.6 with a standard
deviation of 0.49, verbally interpreted as ‘Strongly Agree’, which means the system is very
Table 4.
The Level of Assessment of the Electronic Inventory System of St. Paul University Surigao in
terms of Security
Variables M SD VI QD
Security
1. The system access is protected by a 3.82 0.4 Strongly Agree Very Secured
username and password.
2. The system has user level access. 3.64 0.5 Strongly Agree Very Secured
3. The system is connected to a secured 3.64 0.5 Strongly Agree Very Secured
network.
4. The system has data back-up 3.55 0.52 Strongly Agree Very Secured
mechanism.
5. The system has data encryption. 3.64 0.5 Strongly Agree Very Secured
Average 3.65 0.49 Strongly Agree Very Secured
Table 4, the last category, which is the security, it has the average of 3.65 with a standard
deviation of 0.49 verbally interpreted as ‘Strongly Agree’, which means the system is much
secured.
Table 5.
The Level of Assessment of the Electronic Inventory System of St. Paul University Surigao
General Mean
Variables M SD VI QD
General Mean 3.53 0.56 Strongly Agree Very High
For the first problem of our statement of the problem, and in general, it could be surmised
that the level of assessment of the electronic inventory system of St. Paul University Surigao in
Table 6.
Correlations between the Categories of Usability to Accuracy
Variables r p-value Decision
Table 6, shows the significant relationship between the variables of usability to accuracy.
This table reveals that there is no significant relationship between usability to accuracy. As to the
categories of usability to accuracy the computed value of r is 0.53 and the computed value of p is
.094. This implies that whether the category of usability increases or decreases, it will not affect
Table 7.
Correlations between the Categories of Accuracy to Security
Variables r p-value Decision
As can be seen on the Table 7, the variables of accuracy to security has the hypothesis that
there is a significant relationship between the two variables, thus, not rejected. As to the category
of accuracy to security the computed value of r is 0.73 while the computed value of p is .010. This
implies that if ever the category of accuracy increases or decreases, the security will also increase
or decrease but it doesn’t mean that the cause why the security increases or decreases is the
accuracy.
Table 8.
Correlations between the Categories of Security to Usability
Variables r p-value Decision
Table 8, shows the correlations between the categories of security to usability. This table
reveals that there is a significant relationship between the two variables, thus, not rejected. As to
the category of security to usability the computed value of r is 0.66 while the computed value of p
is .026. This means that, whether the category of security increases or decreases, the category of
usability will also increases or decreases. But the category of security will not be the cause why
This chapter presents the summary, the findings of the study, the conclusions drawn the
finding and the recommendations derived from such conclusion.
Summary
This study was conducted to determine the level of assessment of the electronic inventory
system of St. Paul University Surigao. Specifically, this sought answers on the level of assessment
of the electronic inventory system in terms of usability, accuracy, and security. This study also
instrument to gather data. This study is consists of eleven (11) participants, three (3) IT experts
and eight (8) canteen cashiers of St. Paul University Surigao. Mean and standard deviation, and
Findings
1. As to the three categories of the level of assessment of the electronic inventory system,
agree” with the qualitative description of “very accurate” (M = 3.6; SD = 0.49); and
Security also verbally interpreted as “strongly agree” with the qualitative description
Conclusions
Based on the results of the study the following conclusions were drawn:
1. Most of the participants of this study strongly agree that the electronic inventory system
are very usable, accurate, and secured for St. Paul University Surigao.
2. Most of the participants are satisfied with the performance of the electronic inventory
accuracy to security. And also a significant relationship was found between the
Based on the findings and conclusions, the researchers hereby forward the following
recommendations:
2. The canteen staff especially the cashiers, should have a knowledge, and can manipulate
3. The IT experts should monitor the secureness of the system when it comes to the user-
level access.
REFERENCES
Electronic Resources:
Nicolas, et.al Case Study of On-Screen Prototypes and Usability Evaluation of Electronic Timers
and Food Menu Systems
Retrieved from:
(http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=9bf7e4bb-9ecd-4aa7-a1fa-
52e0d72d09a4%40sessionmgr4010&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=55632
10&db=buh)
Dear Sister:
Greetings of Peace!
The Senior High School TVL Major in Computer Programming student would like to request your
good office to conduct a system study. Our proposed project is Electronic Inventory System of St.
Paul University Surigao: An Evaluative Study.
Respectfully Yours,
ACTION TAKEN:
Approve Disapprove
Noted by:
Greetings of Peace!
We believe that through this study, canteen will have most sufficient system for Sales and
Inventory.
We are hoping for your positive response that would greatly help us in our study.
Respectfully yours,
ACTION TAKEN:
Approve Disapprove
Noted by:
Personal Information
Nationality : Filipino
Educational Background
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Information
Nationality : Filipino
Educational Background
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Information
Place of birth :
Address : P-4 San Juan, Surigao City
Nationality : Filipino
Educational Background