PRODUCT LOCATOR PresentedBy Richard Raehl

INTRODUCTION  Large stores with diverse inventories  Provide to the customer a computer terminal that has a searchable system requiring only one query field that will return product location relevant coupons and product information.  Product Locator

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLANNING  Resource Management  Planning and Control Management  Communication and Coordination Management

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT  Development Team  External Expertise  Facilities  Equipment / Technology  Financial

PLANNING and CONTROL MANAGEMENT  Complete the functional specifications of a Product Locating System during the Fall semester  30 days based on a time multiplier of 2

PLANNED PROJECT OBJECTIVES and TASK  Website  Information for Database  Test Database  Code  Implementation

MANAGEMENT CONTROL  Monitor results  Delegate responsibilities

COMMUNICATION and COORDINATION MANAGEMENT  Communication  Contact  Coordination

PROJECT MANAGEMENT FEASIBILTY  Communication skills  Experience large technical projects  Organization

SOCIETAL CONCERNS  Locating products in warehouse type stores  Finding coupons for those products

CONSUMER SURVEY  88% had problems locating a product  96% forgot coupons they intended to use  24% did not use coupons  44% of those who did not use coupons was because they could not find them

SOLUTION  Provide the customer with a computer based user friendly product locator and coupon dispenser

COMPUTER BASED  86% of consumers surveyed know how to use a computer US Census Bureau 1999 US Census Bureau 1999  54 million households have computers  94 million use/have internet access

EASY TO USE  Survey showed that people were comfortable with menu driven commands, keyboards and the mouse.  Fonts

BENEFIT to SOCIETY  Save customers time and money  Increase use of coupons  Decrease customer complaints  Increase sales

TECHNICAL CONCERNS  Project components overview  Scope  Technical  Feasibility

PROJECT COMPONENTS OVERVIEW

SCOPE  Store selection  Scope diagram  Components not in scope

HOME DEPOT

SCOPE DIAGRAM

TECHNICAL ISSUES  User interface  Search mechanism / database access  Results / Display  Feasibility

EXAMPLE USER INTERFACE EXAMPLE USER INTERFACE

SEARCH MECHANISM / DATABASE ACCESS  Centralized database  Database fields  Queries

CENTRALIZED DATABASE

 Components connect to database using a hub  Physical placement of kiosks not limited  Number of kiosks unlimited

DATABASE FIELDS and QUERIES  Name, description, SKU#  One search box  Return list of possible results, user select best one

EXAMPLE RESULTS / DISPLAY EXAMPLE RESULTS / DISPLAY

STORE DIAGRAM

FEASIBILITY  Existing location-inclusive database  Hardware off-the-shelf  Cost are relatively low

FINANCE  Development / Implementation  Maintenance  Cost / Benefit Analysis

DEVELOPMENT / IMPEMENTATION  Software  Hardware  Implementation

MAINTENANCE  Database  Software  Hardware

COST / BENEFIT ANALYSIS  Total cost over 10 years  Return on investment

SUMMARY  Problem locating products and associated coupons  Provide product location, information, and coupons  Professional experienced team  Benefit to consumers  Technically feasible  Positive cost / benefit analysis

CONTACT INFORMATION  Web site  Andrew Ungvarsky  Ali Miamee  Sadina Little  David Zhai  Richard Raehl