SoapBox Branding Ted Skuchas Michelle Stuy Charlandra Smith Antoine Bishop

Background on Company Based out of Nashville Small company looking to reduce costs and increase efficiency Handles merchandise for touring artists Photos CDs Clothing Tours South and Midwest Last 1-3 weeks No more than three tours at a time

Cost and Efficiency Problem Inventory method on the road Takes too long to count merchandise Count and record before and after the shows Record comps and sales Record sales taxes at the venue Recorded by hand onto Excel spreadsheets No automation of recording Bus Inventory Cost and ruggedness of laptops used Time to determine merchandise sales is too long

Proposed Solution Develop a wireless scanning environment Scan all the merchandise before and after shows Enter the sales tax from the venue Perform all calculations of sales for transfer Manual alteration of entered data Transfer data via wireless b Save to a SQL Server

Benefits of Proposed Solution Cost Cheaper device More rugged Control inventory flow Time Eliminate counting Less Error Quicker update from shows Calculate sales instantaneously Easier to handle

Hardware Requirements Built in scanner Batch transfer Rugged Portable b Works off of Palm OS Keypad or stylus to edit data Able to compute from the scanned data

Hardware Recommendation MC 9000MC 3000 MC 50SPT 1800

Spectrum 24 wireless LAN connectivity Runs b Integrated scan engine Rugged housing Palm OS

Software Considerations Writing own applications using Symbol supported Software Cost of Software Usability/Flexibility once we graduate Having Symbol create Applications Cost Time constraints Continual technical support? Writing own applications using Open Source Software Quality of software Save on cost Flexibility/Dependency in future

Software Choice Self Development Options License software from Symbol Technologies Palm OS Developer download API and SDK Critical to successful software development Strong understanding of tools available Clearly documented for later revisions

Project Status Developed website Schedule currently under development in Microsoft Project Hardware and software recommendations waiting approval from customer Set pricing requests to supplier Demo will be used for remainder of December, with purchase at end of semester

Second Semester Outline Software Development Learning the Palm OS environment over Christmas Break and with demo device Two team members will be responsible for development Field testing Join a tour Training Documentation Provide all source code