Design and Development of Database Shipping Productivity Management System

This paper presents the design and development of a suite of software program which creates a Database Shipping Productiv ity Management System (DSPMS) together with its user-friendly inte rface written in Visual Basic and Microsoft Access2000 incorporating approp riate methods and techniques, which a modern shipping manager needs f or quick measurement and evaluation of actual past and prese nt status of various productivity performances, and then for logically b etter and realistic planning to fix the next productivity target and im plementing it to improve shipping productivity with a view to achieve compan y objectives of higher profitability..