AN ECOMMERCE SYSTEM FOR FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FORESTRY CONSULTANCY UNIT, JOS.

This project work was carried out on the design and implementation of an e-commerce website, a case study of Federal College of Forestry Consultancy Unit (FEDCOF). The project work is aimed at providing a virtual market system that will automate the manual system of buying and selling of FEDCOF products within the state. The current processes in FEDCOF are carried out manually thus causing delays and cancellation of orders as FEDCOF could either retrieve the customer and/or order information. SSDM (Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology) is the methodology used in the analysis and design stages of the system development. The project was implemented using Dreamweaver CS6 (HTML, CSS, Jquery, and Javascript) as its front end and MySQL as the back end and a careful analysis of the existing system was carried out in order to identify and correct the problems of the existing system. The deployment and usage of this new system will help in the reduction of poor record keeping of daily transactions and provide a 24/7 online virtual market. Its success and efficiency depends largely on the availability of internet enabled devices to the end users.