DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED FREIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

This project was out of the necessity to address the inherent problems encountered by members of staff of super maritime shipping Agency and their customers. The manual processes involved in the management of freight were critical examined and the flows noted. The software so designed offers to a great extent, the solutions to these problems. The project went further to ret the different techniques used in implementing the newly design software in order to facilitate a broader understanding of the design software by any user. The air transport industry today handles many types of freight, from computers to live animals. Airplanes do not carry heavy bulk commodities such as coal, iron ore, grain, and oil, so air carriers handle only a tiny percentage of the total weight of worldwide cargo. However, they carry a major share of high-value shipments Shippers usually pay more to ship by air than to ship by truck, rail, or sea. Savings in areas such as inventory costs, damage, and theft often offset the higher airfreight costs. Most air cargo today moves in sealed metal containers that cut down on theft and damage and help make loading and unloading on aircraft faster and easier. Shipping by air over long distances is also much faster than long-distance shipping by other modes of transportation, and thus the only choice for shipments such as express mail, live seafood, and cut flowers.