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The American School of Bombay - INDIA
Education and Academics | Enterprise Application
Client:
The
American School of Bombay caters to children of U.S. nationals living
in Mumbai, India, and is managed by the U.S. Consulate. The curriculum,
infrastructure and ambience are similar to what would be found in any
school based in the United States of America.
Challenge:
A
Management Information System (MIS) was required. The system had to integrate
various enterprise applications, including purchase ordering, inventory
control, payroll and report card mangement. Moreover, the system had to
be designed to handle dual currency modes i.e. India Rupees and U.S.Dollars.
Solution:
Comp-Use
team of four people designed, programmed, tested and implemented the entire
package and trained users at the American School of Bombay. Total project
time was a record breaking 6 months.
Technology
applied:
Visual
Basic 6.0, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 on MS Windows NT 4.0. with IIS 4.0
loaded.
Result:
The
system enabled the school's management to realize significant cost savings
in its procurement operations as well as in its, employment related, financial
management. Further more the system has strengths and weaknesses of individual
students and customize teaching needs in much greater detail than before.
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