Automatic Inventory Management
This presentation by Philip Evans and Nick White covers the journey of developing an automatic inventory management application. It highlights key lessons learned, including the significance of motivation, planning, and effective communication within the team. The project overview includes brainstorming discussions, functional design, and challenges faced, such as communication gaps and schedule conflicts. Insights on the application’s focus on small businesses feature its mobile app, web portal, and automatic reorder functionality. Join us as we showcase the results and valuable takeaways for successful project execution.
Automatic Inventory Management
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Automatic Inventory Management Presented By:Philip Evans & Nick White May 2nd, 2014
Agenda • Lessons Learned • The Team • How we came together • The Project • The idea • The application • The challenges • Conclusion
Lessons Learned • Start motivated, stay motivated • Planning • Contingency planning • Allow for slack time • Milestones • Accountability • Mutual respect • Peer reviews • Communication…
Lessons Learned “If you don’t hear that you’re communicating too much, then you aren’t communicating enough!” -Ryan Conlon
The Team • The first day of class • Functional roles • Documentation Team • Development Team
Documentation Team Philip Evans Herbert Wilson Xiaonan Liang
Development Team David Moore Hongfei Ma Nick White FahadAlajlan
The Idea • Brainstorming • What do we build? • Discussion • How do we build it? • Expansion • How do we make it available?
The Project The Documentation The Application Mobile Application Web Portal • Invention Document • Focus Group Report • Business Plan • Functional Design • Technical Design Individual Items • 3 Personal Papers • Peer Reviews
The Application • Small Business-focused • SBA.org • Competition • Lettuce • CashierLive • Jump Stock • Mobile App • Android • Web Portal
Functionality • UPC Scanner • Shows product details • Automatic Reorder • Contact Book • Suppliers • Mobile-to-Web Synchronization
Automatic Inventory Management • Demonstration • gomrgrumpy.zapto.org
Contact Book • Add/remove suppliers • Work & mobile numbers • Company name • Vendor name • Notes about vendor • Contact vendors directly
Automatic Reorder • Reorder inventory automatically • Set par levels • Replenish Formula
The Challenges • Lack of communication • Frequency • Quality • Responses • Schedule flexibility • Other classes • Full-Time jobs • Internal Issues • Peer Evaluations
Conclusion • We did it! • Inventory management application created • What we learned: • Motivation • Planning • Accountability • Communication