Introduction:

Small businesses are challenged in many ways as they try to thrive in a competitive environment. At the backbone of every business, small or large, is a good system to handle all facets of company business: ranging from sales, to sales tracking, reports, employee management, the list goes on and on. Commonly referred to as a POS system (point-of-sales, not to be confused with the other acronym), they are designed to handle all of these tasks and more. Modern iterations of the POS systems are limited because they are susceptible to "down time" from software updates, security breaches, LAN disruptions, etc. With that said, this system is dubbed "uPOS", since it is made for the users, by a user.

Abstract:

Can Retail Go Mobile?

The world of retail businesses has recently been faced with the challenge of becoming mobile in order to stay relevant in the business world. This research was done to assess how the use of online databases and web-based management systems would perform in comparison to the traditional software-based systems. In doing so, a point of sales system was made by creating multiple databases in MYSQL and linking them with HTML and PHP coding. Also, the use of batch and shell files were included to make the system accessible to mobile devices. The results were conclusive that on a smaller scale, online databases and programming can be used efficiently both in the store and out in the field, but on the larger scale more provisions need to be made to accommodate the amount of traffic received. In conclusion, small businesses can take advantage of online databases and management systems to become more mobile.

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If you're interested in trying a test account, use the following information:
username = "test"
password = "abc123"
storenumber = "3531"

Additionally, if you're interested, here's a progress log and notes by the author.

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