Research article

Design and Implementation of an automated Cooperative Society (Case study of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics Nekede (ASUPNek) Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri) 

*Sunday Prince Udoh and Onyemachi Chibueze Prince

Department of Computer Science, Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri

*Correspondent Author Email: sprince@fpno.edu.ng

Accepted 28 January, 2023

Abstract

There are three (3) existing cooperative societies operating in Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri. These societies all have one thing in common; they operate a manual administrative process. The motivation for this research work was due to the fact the manual administrative process of cooperative societies in the institution has led to members’ dissatisfaction and complaints. The aim of this research work therefore is to design and implement an automated system that will solve the problems of the manual system of ASUPNek Multipurpose Cooperative Society. The methodology which will be employed to achieve this aim will be the waterfall model of software engineering methodology called structured system analysis and design methodology (SSADM) because of the sequential step by step approach involved in the development process. The result the production of an automated system to solve all the problems outlined in the problem statement.

Keywords: Cooperative society, automation, efficiency, communication, evaluation