A Proposal for the Development, Management and Utilization of a Website for Konum Farms Limited

A PROPOSAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF A WEBSITE FOR KONUM FARMS LIMITED, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA.

PRESENTED  TO

KONUM FARMS LIMITED

BY

UCH HOLDINGS LIMITED

(+234) 8034909082, (+234) 8101315419.

JANUARY, 2015.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Table of content…………………………………………………………………………………1

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………..2

Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………….…..3

Benefits………………………………………………………………………………………..…7

Website Administration……………………………………………………………………...….10

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………...….12

Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………..…13

INTRODUCTION

Since the time it came into existence, the Konum Farms Limited has been in an endless search to bridge the communication gap between the Company and its customers as well as its staffs. This eventually led to the integration of internet services and other communication media in carrying out its responsibilities and other relevant activities. This has however, contributed in every facet of human endeavours. It is no doubt that the use of information technology have contributed immensely in areas such as the educational sector, religious sector, farming, banking sector, health services, etc. The fact that the use of internet services for information dissemination is indispensible in the Modern day Farms cannot be overemphasized. Thus every Large and Mechanized farm must own a website to effectively communicate with its customers, present and in diaspora.

Konum Farms Limited, has come of age as a renowned Farm and should be able to boast of availability of relevant information machineries (i.e. website) for effective management of its activities.

It therefore, with sincere humility that we present to the Management, Konum Farms Limited; the first website of its kind ever owned by a Farm Company, and also outline modalities that will ensure effective management, maintenance and utilization of the website.

Obviously, the introduction of web services in Konum Farms will provide a good producer to customer and vice versa and also aid management in carrying out their duties effectively and efficiently.

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UCHE AGHANENU ABEL

(MANAGING DIRECTOR)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

THE CHALLENGES AND NEEDS OF KONUM FARMS LIMITED.

Some of the challenges faced by Konum Farms Limited include:

• Unavailability of an effective platform where both old information and daily updates of farm activities can be easily accessed.
• The need for a platform where stored information can be easily retrieved and edited in time.
• The need for an effective channel through which customers and staffs can easily make their suggestions/comments towards the development of the company.
• The need for a tight-knit network where different offices in the company can easily communicate with each other.
• The need to make Konum Farms more renowned than its current status by spreading its products and services beyond the borders of the State, through internet services (i.e. website).
• The slow pace of the movement towards integrating fully into the world of digital technology.
• Unavailability of an effective platform that has the capability of allowing clients and other stakeholders in any remote location or part of the world to access information at any time of the day.
• The need for a permanent platform for advert placement and other relevant information.
• Unavailability of a platform for rendering real-time (on-the-spot) information dissemination so as to eliminate the time lapse and labour costs involved in carrying out this task manually.
• Need for more viable sources of revenue generation.
• Need for a platform where all the activities and structure of the company can be easily consolidated.
• Need for a media through which customer/clients can easily communicate with the management.
• The need to eliminate the time lapse and labour costs of processing and handling information using the presently available manual methods.
• The need for a flexible platform that possesses the needed compatibility features where past, present and future programs can be easily integrated and effectively consolidated to encourage more cost-effective and less labour-intensive management.
• Need for a platform through which orientation and re-orientation programs can be easily carried out.
• The need to educate the staffs on the use and benefits of internet services and by so doing, integrating their various occupations into the world of digital technology.
• The need for a fraud-proof, safe and content-censored website where customer and staffs can easily access internet services.
• Unavailability of a platform for rendering and retrieval of interactive media such as live videos and pictures of masses and other relevant events.
• The need to complete the company address by also including its website address.
• The need to meet up with global demands and world standards in the methods of carrying out its services.
• The need for a professionally developed website that possesses the full features of compatibility with future programs so as to enable easy and effective website management in future by the website manager.
• The need for a professional email address and a reliable webmail service.

THE DESIRE OUTCOMES

Every Modern Large Farms including the aforementioned Farm desires to achieve the following:

• The need for a readily available and effective platform for:

1. accessing both old information and daily updates of the farm,
2. retrieving and editing stored information and in time,
3. for making suggestions/comments by customers and her staff,
4. enabling client, staffs and other stakeholders to access information from any remote location or part of the world when needed,
5. advert placement and other relevant information,
6. rendering real-time (on-the-spot) information distribution,
7. consolidation of all farm activities,
8. integrating and consolidating present and future programs,
9. rendering interactive media.

• Creation of more viable sources of revenue generation.

• A tight-knit network amongst the clients and staffs for effective communication.
• Making the aforementioned Farm more renowned than it is.
• Integrating fully and been able to compete viably in the world of digital technology.
• Owning a workable and professionally developed website that has the required features of compatibility and integratability.
• Sensitizing the clients and staffs on the uses and benefits of internet services.
• Provision of a fraud-proof, content-censored and safe website where the clients can access internet services.
• Meeting up with global demands and world standards in information management.
• Completing the company address by inserting its website address.
• Establishing a good and better producer-customer and customer-producer relationship.

THE HIGH-LEVEL SOLUTION WE PROFFER WITH VALUE-ADDED COMPONENTS.

The solutions we proffer to overcome these challenges and obtain the desired outcomes include the following:

• Creation of the most viable source of revenue generation by provision of a platform for:

1. advert placement,
2. integrating other sources of revenue generation such as Google adsense, PPC, and a host of other online revenue generation sources as listed in later chapters.

• Creation of a website that is capable of serving as a platform for:

1. accessing old information and new updates of company activities,
2.  information storage,
3. making suggestions/comments,
4. accessing information from any part of the world or remote location by clients and other stakeholders both present and in diaspora,
5. rendering real-time (on-the-spot) and urgent information dissemination to all stakeholders hence removing the time lapse and labour costs involved in carrying out this processes using the presently available methods,
6. reaching out to all clients and staffs at anytime of the day,
7. safe web services with fraud-proof features as well as content-censored,

• Development of a professionally designed website that possesses the full features of:

1. Compatibility with future programs;
2. Adherence to World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) web development standards;
3. Transferability;

so as to enable easy and effective management of the website.