The development of a prototype web-based investment information support system in food manufacturing business

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to design and develop a prototype webbased application containing basic investment information and capital investment estimation in the food manufacturing business for assisting in making decisions and economic evaluations before investment decisions. In addition, the system also calculates the return on investment and payback period. The application was designed and developed using relational database model. Microsoft Access 2000 is used as a database management system. Microsoft Visual Studio.net is manipulated as the graphic user interface design tool. ASP.net technologies are applied as the program development tool and Information Internet Server is utilised as web server. The system consists of two parts which are the web application and the application server. The Web application is used to retrieve and display information. Application server identifies the types of user before entering into the system and also allows administrators to manage data in the database system. Both the information retrieval and data management system are activated on the screen of the web browser. A questionnaire was used to measure user satisfaction in the design of the interface, the application of the system, the calculation of the system, and overall satisfaction. The average results of the questionnaire fell into the Good level indicating that users were satisfied with the investment support system in food manufacturing business through Internet. It can be concluded that the objectives of the system developed were attained.;"วัตถุประสงค์ของการศึกษานี้เพื่อออกแบบ และพัฒนาต้นแบบของเว็บเบสแอพลิเคชั่นที่ ประกอบด้วยข้อมูลการลงทุนเบื้องต้น และการประมาณต้นทุนในการลงทุนในธุรกิจอุตสาหกรรม อาหารเพื่อช่วยในการตัดสินใจ และประเมินผลทางด้านเศรษฐศาสตร์ก่อนการลงทุน อีกทั้งระบบยัง คำนวณอัตราการคืนทุน (ROI) และระยะเวลาคืนทุนอีกด้วยระบบนี้ถูก"