...ONLINE VEHICLE RESERVATION AND RENTAL SYSTEM CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The advantage of having a car is that you can travel anywhere you want at any time without having to transfer from one vehicle to another. But it is not easy for an individual to have a car. Mainly because all cars are expensive and not affordable. That’s why some organizations offer a rent a vehicle service. Customers can call or walk-in in order to rent or reserve a vehicle. The current system is maybe error prone and customers are dissatisfied. An Online Vehicle Reservation and Rental System is being considered in order to reduce and totally eliminate loss of customers to competitors, and save the company from folding up. OBJECTIVES GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY To develop an Online Vehicle Reservation and Rental System to automate vehicle rental and reservation so that customers do not need to walk-in or call in order to reserve a vehicle. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY * To develop a system that will allow the customers to reserve and rent a vehicle online from anywhere within the country * To make the car rental and reservation more convenient for the customers * To develop a system that can keep track of all vehicle reservations and returns SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY This study was made to find out that the use of online rental system can lessen the time and effort consume by the customer in reserving and renting vehicles. Every work process activity is done by computer means...
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...Zipcar - The business of sharing Why buy when you can rent? This question is the foundation of a growing number of businesses. Renting is not a new business, of course. Hotel chains and car-hire firms have been around for ages. However, the Internet has created a new momentum for renting. Some have labeled this trend “collaborative consumption”. For example, in the U.S. car-sharing is booming even as car sales languish. Zipcar, an American firm, has 400,000 members who pay an annual fee and can then rent cars by the hour. The members log on the web site to find out where the nearest Zipcar is parked, and return the cars after use, to a parking bay in a city, such as Boston, Chicago, London and New York. Zipcar is based on four simple steps: join, reserve, unlock and drive. Anyone with a credit card can join by filling an online application in minutes. After approval, usually within 24 hours, members can use a phone or web site to reserve a car for a couple of hours or for a whole day. The reservation could be done using mobile device applications for Android and Iphones. One could search for nearby cars by time, model, make or price. One could reserve within minutes or months in advance. Then just walk to the car point your Zipcard toward the windshield and the car doors will open. When a client gets to the car, she/he waves a membership card over a sensor on the windshield. The sensor reads the card using the near range RFID wireless standard. The sensor triggers a wireless...
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...rooms and paid for everything online. But their beds were provided by private individuals, rather than a hotel chain. Hosts and guests were matched up by Airbnb, a firm based in San Francisco. Since its launch in 2008 more than 4m people have used it—2.5m of them in 2012 alone. It is the most prominent example of a huge new “sharing economy”, in which people rent beds, cars, boats and other assets directly from each other, co-ordinated via the internet. You might think this is no different from running a bed-and-breakfast, owning a timeshare or participating in a car pool. But technology has reduced transaction costs, making sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever—and therefore possible on a much larger scale. The big change is the availability of more data about people and things, which allows physical assets to be disaggregated and consumed as services. Before the internet, renting a surfboard, a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible, but was usually more trouble than it was worth. Now websites such as Airbnb, RelayRides and SnapGoods match up owners and renters; smartphones with GPS let people see where the nearest rentable car is parked; social networks provide a way to check up on people and build trust; and online payment systems handle the billing. What’s mine is yours, for a fee Just as peer-to-peer businesses like eBay allow anyone to become a retailer, sharing sites let individuals act as an ad hoc taxi service, car-hire firm or boutique hotel...
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...TOPIC: ONLINE CAR RENTAL SYSTEM * CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE CAR RENTAL SYSTEM 1.1 Introduction This project is an online car rental system. It is a web based system specially designed for car reservation management. Through the system, customers can view the rental car company’s available cars and their features. The customers can register and make reservation for the cars online. Through the same system the company can manage its cars’ stock, personnel’s details as well as its customers’ details and reservations. 1.2 Reason for the Project People get a rental car for various reasons. One of them could be because they do not possess a car and would need an escort for a special event like a wedding, a gala or probably touring and travelling around. In order to achieve their aims and save a lot of their time going up and down in quest of a good rental car company, they could find about 80 percent of the information they need about rental car companies around their location and the services they provide on the internet. On the other hand rental car companies can increase their return on investment (ROI), reach and maintain a potential market or group of clients on the side. Online services seem to be the best solution to both parties’ situation. In fact various business processes and communication between companies and between their customers have been improve thanks to the advancement of Information Technology and internet penetration...
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...Think About Cars. 1. Answer: Zipcar has created a model that would be difficult for other companies to imitate with its technology infrastructure and low over-head. I think the motivation of Zipcar is the innovation services and customer first basic purpose. The initial business plan of Zipcar was to provide the convenience of owning a car, without actually having to pay for all the expenses of actually owning a car. They wanted to target those that needed a car for only a few hours, as compared to renting a car for a whole day. Zipcar is the perfect answer for customers who wanted to rent a car for few hours in their home city. That just goes to say that Zipcar had a target niche market and fully utilized technology in their business modeling. The convenience of the car renting process to Zipcar’s customers makes it very likely that they get repeat patronage, giving them a sustainable advantage. About the scale, I would like to give it 4. 2. Answer: Yes, I think Zipcar has a good story to tell. About the question of accessing to market, the company’s target customers are educated and internet savvy urban dwelling people, so I think it’s easy for Zipcar’s employees to clearly explain what they do and what the benefits of its service which is non-car owners will have the service at their disposal whenever they require thru reserving it on the web. 3. Answer: Core Strategy: Zipcar’s business mission is envisioning a future where car-sharing members outnumber car owners in...
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...com/business_and_economy/shopping_and_services/automotive/rentals/by_region/countries/ http://www.slideshare.net/DaveBrook/bringing-carsharing-to-your-city http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carsharing Competitors http://www.enterprisecarshare.com/ http://www.carpingo.com/ http://www.hertz247.com/ Price of similar products ******************************************************************************************************* Types of Car Sharing: P2P - PEER TO PEER A fleet of cars is owned by a community. The marketplace matches owners of cars that are available to other drivers to rent. Eg: https://relayrides.com/ http://www.getaround.com/ B2C - BUSINESS TO CONSUMER A company owns a fleet of cars and facilitates the sharing amongst members. AUTO MANUFACTURERS http://www.daimler.com/ http://www.bmw.com/ http://www.peugeot.com/ CAR RENTAL BRANDS http://www.hertz247.com/ http://www.enterprisecarshare.com/ CAR SHARING BRANDS http://www.zipcar.com/ http://www.stattauto.com/ NFP - NOT-FOR-PROFIT OR CO-OP A local organization or community that facilitates car sharing with the goal of changing driving habits over making a profit. https://www.citycarshare.org/ http://www.enterprisecarshare.com/ http://igocars.com/ Canadian Websites: http://www.communauto.com/ http://autoshare.com/ http://www.modo.coop/ Spanish Website - http://www.sigocar.com/ Brazelian Website - http://zazcar.com.br/ Irish Website - http://www.gocar.ie/ UK Websites http://www.citycarclub...
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...ONLINE CAR RENTAL SYSTEM SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BSC Computer science COURSE CODE SCO 400 BY MUHAMMAD TOBOSO DAUD REG NO: J17S/11624/2011 Phone No: 0770305102 Email: modifaya@gmail.com Supervisor: Daisy M Ireri Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 The Background of the Project 5 1.2 Problem Statement 5 1.3 Objective 6 1.4 Project Scope 6 1.5 Project Significance 7 Conclusion 7 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 8 2.1 Introduction 8 2.2 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM 8 2.3 Facts and Findings 9 2.3.1 Domain 9 2.3.2 Existing Systems 9 2.3.3 Problems in existing system 10 2.3.4 Differences between the manual and the computerized system that is going to be developed 11 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH APPROACHES AND METHODOLOGIES 12 Research methodology 12 3.0 Introduction 12 3.1 Project Methodology 12 Waterfall Methodology 12 3.2 System Study and Investigation 12 3.2.1 Interviews 13 3.2.2 Observation 13 3.3 Summary 13 3.4 Budget 14 CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 15 4.1 REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS 15 4.1.1 User Requirement 15 4.1.2 Functional Requirement 15 4.1.3 Non-Functional Requirements...
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...A car rental or car hire agency is a company that rents automobiles for short periods of time (generally ranging from a few hours to a few weeks) for a fee. It is often organized with numerous local branches (which allow a user to return a vehicle to a different location), and primarily located near airports or busy city areas and often complemented by a website allowing online reservations. Car rental agencies primarily serve people who have a car that is temporarily out of reach or out of service, for example travellers who are out of town or owners of damaged or destroyed vehicles who are awaiting repair or insurance compensation. Because of the variety of sizes of their vehicles, car rental agencies may also serve the self-moving industry needs, by renting vans or trucks, and in certain markets other types of vehicles such as motorcycles or scooters may also be offered. Alongside the basic rental of a vehicle, car rental agencies typically also offer extra products such as insurance, global positioning system (GPS) navigation systems, entertainment systems. Although some car rental companies provide self-moving cars which are often trucks and vans to customers with house moving purpose, most car rental companies offer cars such as economy cars, midsize cars, full size cars, standard cars, premium cars, SUV mostly to travelers. From this point, Car rental companies provide transportation for travelers who temporary need cars in the travel destination, so car rental...
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...Management Information Systems Jia Shen Peer to Peer Online Shopping Peer to Peer online shopping is a high tech version of old fashioned bartering systems. Peer to Peer online shopping connects people all over the world by facilitating online sharing. Typically, an online peer-to-peer marketplace brings people and/or businesses together online to deal with each other directly without having to go through a slow, expensive middle man. Peer to Peer online shopping can be convenient, it can save time by having everything in one place, and save money by cutting out the middle man which will reduce the overall cost for the consumer and increases the profits for the provider/business. Peer to Peer online shopping can also be fun, and highly specialized. During the recession people had less money which caused them to spend less which eventually led to Collaborative consumption. Collaborative consumption which is consumers selling or renting to each other is encouraged by all of the Peer to Peer online sights. For example E Bay is a online auction and shopping website that provides peer to peer and business to consumer sales service via internet. According to our text book "one of the most surprising benefits of collaborative consumption however, turns out to be social. This is true because it allows for sharing between strangers and allows us to make meaningful connections. "Collaborative consumption is an economic model based on sharing, swapping, trading, or renting products and services...
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...and potential within this new industry, Airbnb faces several strategic issues moving forward. Airbnb lacks a sustainable competitive advantage, faces a heavy influx of new competitors, and also faces multiple legal and trust issues in the market. Airbnb must determine its direction moving forward or risk losing its competitive position in this emerging industry. Collaborative Consumption Movement Collaborative consumption is a term used to describe the “rapid explosion in traditional methods of sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, and swapping.”2 Also known as a “peerto-peer online marketplace,” this trend has seen immense growth in recent years. This exponential growth is largely due to the increases in internet-accessibility, online social networking, mobile technology, location-based services, and penny-pinching. There are several online P2P services offered that defy traditional “rental” services, such as renting out your own car, gadgets, parking spot, and even your own garden, among many other things. The ability to rent out almost anything has...
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...a US headquartered car membership based car sharing program that provides automobile reservation and use to its members. This concept started in Boston by two entrepreneurs named Robin Chase and Antje Danielson in the end of 1999. This year 2013, a deal was struck where Avis Budget Group acquired Zipcar for $500 million in cash, becoming a subsidiary of the group. The company provides a great service to its members by being able to let them reserve a car a year or even minutes in advance charging an hourly rate or for the day. There is not hassle with a Zipcar automobile, the hourly fee usually as low as $4.50 (depending on the city) covers all expenses from fuel, insurance and maintenance. This way of car sharing through memberships is very unique and it really goes into how through the use of modern technology (self-service) one can create a revolutionizing business or concept. Zipcar’s service solves an overwhelming need for young adults living in the city (generation Y). Zipcar targets those individuals who live in dense metropolitan areas. College students also benefit from this type of service, those that are in big state schools or universities. The issues of parking, insurance and monthly car payments are long gone with Zipcar’s business concept. They really meet exactly what the customer was looking for, which is to be able to use a car or automobile for a short time period and not worry about the big problems that arise when owning a car in any big, dense city...
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...transportation. Since Zipcar provides the cars in areas close to the customer, this service would be easy to use. The drawback would be finding a way to make the benefit of utilizing Zipcar more compelling over other forms of transportation such as owning a car, using other car rental services, taxis, subways, or buses. The nice component of Zipcar is that it offers hourly services which can attract people who need a car only for a doctor’s appointment or grocery run. Zipcar has been able to progress its venture which is notable since funding and parking have been an issue. Most of the funding was used to start building the wireless technology to serve as the operating system. Unfortunately, the shortcoming in Zipcar’s progression could be because the “ Z-card” reader is not finished. With no asset and few angel investors, Zipcar can seem as a risky investment. Instead of rushing to start operating the business perhaps Chase could have gained investors by guaranteeing that she had a system that functioned. Despite the technological setback, Zipcar was able to obtain 3 cars and rely on members to keep a driving log to track usage. The advantage of Chase and Danielson starting Zipcar early is that since both lacked a degree of expertise, Zipcar would be able to grow by observing customer’s usage patterns and understanding the operational and financial parameters of running a business. Zipcar’s first business model was influenced by European car-sharing. This model gets revenue by charging...
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...economy? SHARING CORPS SHOULD COMPANIES build a new competitive advantage BY embracing the SHARING ECONOMY? ECOVALA - December 2013 1 Sharing corps: Should company build competitive advantage by embracing the sharing economy? Ecovala © 2013 This report was produced by the Ecovala in December 2013. If no other source is specified, the contents of this report are under a Creative Commons Attribution – Non-Commercial - Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. You can find the full text of the license in this website. Ecovala Ecovala provides innovative solutions to private and public organisations to accelerate their transition towards sustainability. The organisation offers a wide range of services around sustainability and system innovation: from companies’ environmental assessment to sustainable strategic design, from new green services definition to effective implementation of CSR management. Based in Finland, the organisation is active throughout Europe, relying on an extensive network of like-minded organisations and sustainability experts. www.ecovala.eu Author Erwan Mouazan is director and founder of Ecovala. He develops and implements innovative sustainability solutions both at private and public level. Erwan owns a Master's degree in economics, with a specialization in international management. In the last 9 years, he has worked at international level in environmental NGOS and sustainable development / CSR consultancies. He is currently completing...
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...Organization: Linda runs the office and handles the website, Steve gives lessons and provides tours, and Janet, on her free time, handles the telephone and reservations. c. Resources: The company has 16 kayaks for rental, 8 car-top carriers, a vast amount of accessories and safety equipment, Steve who’s a sales representative, and Linda, a freelance web designer. d. Customers: The Customers have mentioned that their website is “Attractive and Informative” e. Web Based Marketing: Considering Linda is a web designer, they have a lot of potential when it comes to advertising online. Although they advertise in print, the newer generation doesn’t read much printed work so their ability to grow is impaired unless they transition more online, such as having a facebook page. 2. HKA’s main functions include: Rental, instruction, and tours f. Customer checks availability of rental ---- Customers choose their day -----> Customer enters their information----> Confirm and process information. 3. HKA does not use much in regards to information systems, they use loose leaf binders with tabs for each business activity and an access Database to record reservations. Personally I think this method is obsolete and drags their business down. A system should be implemented to where the information entered on their website automatically creates a reservation and organizes it on a calendar. This would help Linda focus on more important matters instead of using her free...
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...Singapore where the cost of owning a car has rocketed skyhigh. Just when people in Singapore are still dwelling on the exorbitant Certificate of Entitlement prices, moods were dampened further with the recent declaration concerning cars. With reference to the Singapore Budget 2013, the maximum loan tenures have been reduced to five years which will also mean that there is a possibility where banks might increase their car loan interest rates. In addition, loan for cars is to be capped at 60% LoantoValue and cars with more than $20,000 of vehicle’s purchase price is capped at 50%. That is to say, if a car cost $100,000, the car buyer will have to fork out at least $40,000 to $50,000 in cash(Singapore Government 2013). Hence, many citizens in Singapore has found it increasingly challenging to cope with the tough new curbs on car loans immediately on the following day of the introduction. On top of that, owners of luxury cars will also have to fork out more money to pay for the increase in tax rates introduced in the budget. Bundling the 2013 budget with ever increasing fuel prices and maintenance cost, it will be hard for Singapore to not be the most expensive country to own a car. Despite all these new measures, there will still be a strong need for people in Singapore who require a car in their life with reasons such as having an elderly...
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