Softec+2010


 * __Softec 2010 Documentation:__**

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You are also required to send us a document that contains the following information regarding your project: 1. Description of the project (Minimum 500 words - maximum 1.5 pages) //This section includes the information of what the project is all about, technologies and platforms used in this project. //  2. Design of the application //This section will contain the complete diagrams of system design and architecture. //  3. Process Flow Diagram //In this section, you have to provide a diagram, which will show the triggering event(s), sequential flow of process steps, decision points, and deliverable or outcome of a single // //process. //  4. Application of the system //This section will contain the complete details of, where this project can be used, what are its benefits, and who are the targeted users of the project //. <span style="background: aqua; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;"> <span style="background: aqua; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">5. Market worth of the system //<span style="background: aqua; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: aqua;">This section will describe that how powerful is the project in term of market need and usage. // <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This document should be sent to **softcomp@softec.org.pk** along with your registration reference number. __** <span style="color: #365f91; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> =<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> = <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The aim of this project is to develop a software system that is capable of tracking down individuals and other resources (vehicles etc) using cell phones. Resources can be tracked in real time using cell phones which have a GPRS connection enabled. The tracking will be done by the help of a mobile application which runs in the background, and constantly updates the location of the phone on to a web based database. The co ordinates are updated on the database in real time, which are then fetched from the database to show the exact location of the resource on a map. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The team members have carried out extensive research on the internet and consulted many notable organizations for the feasibility of this project. As per the discretion of the team, Edhi Ambulance Services were chosen as the venue for the first implementation. For this reason the team members went to the Edhi Ambulance Centre, in Kharadar Karachi to get familiar with the existing process and to get a feedback whether the proposed system will be beneficial for the organization. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">According to a representative at the Edhi Centre each city is divided into different zones and each zone has an office (in terms of infrastructure and a concrete building). The zones are then divided into cells, which are wooden cabins placed on convenient locations and account for 5-10 ambulances depending upon the importance of their location. There are approximately 12 zones and 56 cells in Karachi. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Software Document: **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
 * __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The highlighted sections are complete.

Currently, the system works in a manner whereby all calls to an emergency number (115) are recorded on a software system and their location is printed out on the server. The rest of the work of assigning (an ambulance to an emergency/patient) and tracking an ambulance is done manually. When somebody calls 115, the name and address of the person is printed and the volunteer at the Edhi Ambulance Control Centre (EACC) notifies the concerned zone. It is important to note that this is done based on the intelligence of the volunteer, about which area falls under what zone. Once the zone office is notified, the zone office in charge notifies a cell to dispatch an ambulance or if the location is nearby the zone office, the volunteer dispatches one from his office. Again it is up to the discretion of the zone office in charge to dispatch ambulances from his office or delegate the responsibility to a cell. All the delegation is done using a wireless communication based on Radio Frequency and hence it takes time to broadcast a message to respective units. According to the official at EACC their response time is 4-5 minutes. Similarly, tracking is also done using the same method; all ambulances who have lost contact with the EACC for over an hour are indicated by the software system. The EACC volunteer then contacts the drivers of these ambulances about their whereabouts.

In this chaotic system, it seems a miracle that the system works. It does so because of the countless dedicated Edhi Volunteers and people who have been associated with this cause for years. And can now take decisions on their own without using modern days sophisticated technology.

We aim to calm this chaotic system by bringing in the GPRS based tracking system, which relies on modern day sophisticated technology and will offer increased reliability as compared to the existing system. It will also help to reduce the response time and save precious human lives. This will be ensured by recording all calls that are made to the emergency number are proposing which ambulance should be dispatched based on the information in the system at that point in time. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The system will be developed in ASP.net using C# in Visual Studio 2008. The database will be developed in SQL Server 2008 and the hosting will be done on the university’s domain. Since, all the development is being done using Microsoft tools to maintain the consistency the software will only work on Windows Mobil based cell phones. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> =<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> = <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The project is not only useful for the ambulance tracking but it can be extended into various other use cases. A few examples where it can be successfully implemented are listed below: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Tracking Police Vehicles and Fire Brigades · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Tracking Sales Force · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Tracking Delivery Riders <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> A detailed description of each the avenues mentioned above is as follows:

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It is an established fact that throughout Pakistan the response time of the law enforcement agencies is quite slow as compared to other regions of the world. One of the most important reasons for this delayed response is that the department usually does not have a clue as to where a specific vehicle is at a point in time. Hence, they need to broadcast a message to certain vehicles to ensure that at least one or more if required reach a destination where a law and order situation prevails. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Therefore, in order to increase the efficiency of the response time of the law enforcement agencies, we propose that our system should be used at town level, where all police resources are tracked at the police station. So that when an emergency call is received the staff at the police station knows exactly where their resources are and which one’s should be deployed. To further increase the efficiency the system will also propose according to the position of the resources that which one’s should be deployed to the distress call venue. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The similar use case can be extended to the fire department.

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sales force management is a primary concern for most businesses. As a result most businesses spent fortunes in managing their sales force efficiently. By using our system companies will be able to manage their sales force more efficiently by tracking their movements. The data from the system can be used for measuring the performance of the sales force. Individual productivity will increase, which will eventually contribute to the revenues of the company.

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Most businesses like courier services, fast food chains and other resellers employ people to deliver goods to their clients. It is difficult for them to keep a track of every resource and their location in real time, plus any confusion in travelling and delivering goods has to be solved on the phone with estimates of the whereabouts of the resource. Therefore, instead of relying on the traditional means of solving problem, such businesses can employ our tracking system to ensure that they know all about their delivery force.

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">There are numerous reasons why this system should be deployed at these avenues. A few of them include, that authorities will know the whereabouts of their resources at all times, help can be provided to the suffering people quickly by reducing the response time in case of law enforcement and public services, there will be no need to broadcasting the details of the events to every resource instead only the concerned resources will be notified hence it will save energy, communicating costs, human resource and other resources. On the other hand for businesses it will be effective to use this system in order to track the performance of their human resource, for example, it is seen quite often that insurance agents and other sales agents achieve their targets in a few days while they rest on the others. They are paid for the entire month; hence, resources are not working at their optimal efficiency level. If they will be tracked the authorities will know exactly which human resource is located where at specific times. Therefore, the sales force management can become easier. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> =<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> = <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">With the increased use of cell phones it is evident that today cell phones have become a necessity. In Pakistan, the use of cell phones has increased drastically over the past few years. According to the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA), Pakistan is ranked fifth in the world in terms of cell phone subscribers. The number of cell phone subscribers in Pakistan has reached to 9.732 million in February 2010. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">( <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">). <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In principle, our system can track anyone with a cell phone, our software and an active GPRS connection. Although at this point in time it is limited only to the Windows Mobil platform, it will later be coded into other mobile based operating systems. Hence, anyone with the above criteria is part of our extended market. The core market will consist of businesses and law enforcement agencies that have a practical use to track resources. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Today, tracking services are being offered in Pakistan mostly for vehicle tracking, the concept of human resource tracking is yet to surface on a wide scale. Therefore, the need of the product is evident to businesses who want to streamline and improve their business processes. Like mentioned earlier, all business that need to track resources and measure the performance of their human resource are part of the target market. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The advantages that our proposed system has over its rivals is that it is cheaper than the GPS based tracking system, no sophisticated material needs to be attached with the human or other resource, tracking will be done by the use of cell phones and that the efficiency of the system in predicting a location is less than ** 0.2 KM *.** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> As a result, due to the low recurring cost it will be feasible for most businesses. Furthermore, another added advantage is that the company will not have to spend a fortune on the initial cost, as the cell phones of the work force can be used to keep a track of them.