ramees-kr / warehouse-management

Warehouse Management System

Welcome to the Warehouse Management System project! This system is designed to streamline warehouse operations, manage inventory, and facilitate user authentication for efficient warehouse management.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Tech Stack
• Installation
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Introduction

The Warehouse Management System is a desktop application built using .NET Framework and Windows Forms. It provides a user-friendly interface for warehouse staff to manage inventory, process orders, and track stock movements.

Features

• User authentication to secure access to the system.
• Inventory management to add, update, and delete products in the warehouse.
• Order processing, including order creation, picking, packing, and shipping.
• Dashboard for real-time monitoring of warehouse operations.

Tech Stack

• .NET Framework: A software framework for building Windows desktop applications.
• Entity Framework: An ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) framework for data access and manipulation.
• C#: A programming language used for application logic and backend services.
• Windows Forms (WinForms): A UI framework for creating desktop applications with a graphical user interface.
• Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection: A library for implementing dependency injection in .NET applications.
• SQL Server: The database management system used for storing and managing warehouse data.

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.
2. Run the SQL script provided in the database folder to create the database schema.
3. (Optional) Download the dataset from Kaggle (link) to populate the products table with real-world data.

Usage

1. Build the solution in Visual Studio to resolve dependencies and compile the application.
2. Run the application by starting the warehouse_management project.
3. Use the login form to authenticate and access the system.
4. Explore the different features such as inventory management, order processing, and dashboard monitoring.

Contributing

Contributions to the Warehouse Management System project are welcome! If you'd like to contribute, please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/new-feature).
3. Make your changes and commit them (git commit -am 'Add new feature').
4. Push your changes to the branch (git push origin feature/new-feature).
5. Create a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.