Chapter 1
Project Definition
1. Introduction
Having attendance monitoring, leave monitoring and payroll of employees is essential in any company. The company has to record important information pertaining to each of their employees and supervise their actions to make sure that they are completing their responsibilities capably and on time. It also has to work out their employees’ leave, attendance and compute their wages by referring to the employee’s 201 file which holds the details about the employee. However, these systems can be subjected to human error and fraud. Concerning this dilemma, the analysts opted to propose the Attendance and Leave Monitoring and Payroll Information Systems that will accomplish all needed tasks effortlessly and efficiently.
The analysts chose the UMAC Forwarders Express, Inc., which is a company experienced in processing and clearing balikbayan boxes from all over the world, to be the focus of their analysis. They performed interviews on the employees and gathered information within the company. After acquiring all the important files, they came up with the requirements needed in the planned system.
In this document, the current IT infrastructure and environment, the company’s forms as well as policies and procedures that are used by the company and relevant to this study will be shown.
All the information gathered is used to find a possible solution to the problems regarding the company’s current system. By identifying and evaluating these problems, the analysts came up with an effective solution through the use of timekeeping, leave monitoring and payroll information systems.
In conclusion, the proposed systems will proficiently help the company to monitor its employees’ attendance, supervise their leave and compute their wages.
2. Background of the Organization
U-MAC FORWARDERS EXPRESS, INC., is named as such to honor the legacy and memory