| Technologies: |
MS SQL Server, Microsoft’s ASP |
| Date of performance (pure time): |
19 weeks |
| Complexity: |
1007 FP |
Abstract
Neopost Online is a US postal company, that provides shipping services. The Simply Packages business provides intermediary services between customers who ship packages and carriers delivering those packages.
The Simply Packages software is a Web based system allowing Neopost Online`s customers to ship their packages online, including online order preparation, rate calculation, credit card payment and others.
Purpose of the Project
To develop a Web based system that automates significant part of interactions between Neopost Online and customers. The system should:
- Automate online order preparation process;
- Process online credit card payment;
- Communicate with in-store software to distribute orders information to locations where customers will drop packages;
- Provide a tool for Customer Service department for working with customers.
Objectives
- To be able to create and pay package delivery order online;
- To minimize manual retyping of all the package information;
- To save customer`s time by preparing package online and then just dropping it off in stores;
- To provide customers with an ability to choose the most sufficient delivery service from list of available ones;
- To store customer`s shipping preferences to save her time when shipping multiple packages or shipping packages to the same locations.
Customer Requirements
Software platform:
Windows NT 4.0
MS SQL Server 7.0,
MS Transaction Server
Active Server Pages
Hardware platform:
Intel PCs
System Architecture
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Solution
- Three-tier system, having all the logic on the application server.
- Common XML API for interactions with all the clients, including Web site, In-store applications and others.
- XML + XSL technologies for user interface.
Key Benefits
- Solution Support of several thousands of in-store applications.
- Common API for all types of interactions and all clients.
- Component based architecture, which makes system support much easier.
- Argussoft’s skillful personnel can very quickly deploy this application in a company of any size. Component structure of the system allows customers to choose only needed features. Because of the user-friendly interface and powerful localization tools, the customer’s personnel can be trained within a few weeks.