期刊名称：International Journal of Advanced Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：2231-1920
电子版ISSN：2231-1548
出版年度：2013
卷号：3
期号：4
出版社：Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)
摘要：The adoption of contemporary information technology by businessesin Kenya andEastAfricais on therise. This isespecially due to thefall in price of hardware and the availability ofaffordablesoftware.Somebusinesseshave adoptedstand alone systemsfor purposes of enhancing the operational efficiencyof theirbranches. An affordabletoolthatwould monitor theactivities of eachbranch remotelyand provideinformationto the manager(s)isrequired. With availability of smart phones and tablets, its onlybetter thatsuch a tool provides a mobile interface so that the monitoringcan be done on thego.Thispaperis a summaryofa research project carried out to fulfil this need.Theproduct of thisresearch isanapplicationthatusessimulationtechniques tomanipulate the datacollected via the internet fromvarious remote branchesandprovidereportsintextualand graphical formats
