Laundry Set Distribution Management System Based On Mobile Application Design And Implementation

The laundry industry in Japan is in a grim situation with baby boomers retiring from their jobs. The changes which take place in people’s clothes also contribute to the decreasing need of laundry. What’s worse, the economic depression caused by subprime lending crisis adds to the difficulty that the laundry in Japan has to deal with. Therefore, the managers of the laundry business are faced with such challenges as how to improve their competitiveness and how to have a bigger share of the market. Considering the fact that the present collection and distribution management mode which depends entirely on manpower is not efficient enough and requires the staff to be capable and experienced, developing an information system for collection and distribution is an effective way to improve the efficiency of distribution, to make the best of the resources in the laundry factory and to reduce the cost of human resource as well.The thesis firstly analyzed the present situation, the challenges of the distribution business in the laundry industry of Japan as well as the demand and the operation of the management system of the laundry collection and distribution. Secondly, the thesis presented a design of the management system of the laundry collection and distribution. The thesis also presented a mobile terminal management system intended for the staff in charge of collection and distribution and a client management system in the distribution warehouse. Thirdly, using modularity analysis, the thesis designed the core business module of mobile phone terminal, data communication module and information interaction module between client terminal and mobile phone terminal. A database necessary for the management system of mobile terminal and the client terminal was designed. Fourthly, the thesis implemented the design and tested the system. Finally, the thesis discussed the expansibility of the system.