'To design is to simplify things......To make better'
e-Karobar
Back Ground:
The proposed E-Business platform provides an online B2B Interaction
System for SMEs retail business owner to operate their everyday business effectively. It helps retail business owner to maintain inventory level normal at any situation like low or high demand situations with respect to time, retail space (displaying/ cataloguing, specification, product. It also provides record keeping, tracking of transactions, payments and consignments.
Understand:
The team had these golas:
- Mastering in supply chain management
Maintain Logistics
- Planning and forecasting of demand and supply
Maintain Inventory on the basis of forecast reports
- Time, money and Retail space management
Displaying/ cataloguing, specification, product
- Knowledge about market and Record keeping
Record keeping, Report generation and forecasting
- ICT Implementation and Usage
Adoption of different Information and communications technology (i.e. Barcode and Scanners, E-Commerce, Mobile POS, Cloud computing, Intelligent database(AI), Electronic Data Interchange etc. )
Design:
Initially, Contextual Enquiry was conducted with business owners in CrawfordMarket Mumbai area. Sample users were selected from five differentbusiness categories to get a good understanding of various business processes. After analysis, insights were drawn from this study to make the design brief.
The final concept e-Karobar is an online application where the retail business owners can manage their everyday business by using Desktop PC/Mobile Devices . This allows business owners to control fixed inventory levels, keep supply chain well maintained accordingly business needs. Business men can update product information by
price tag, specifications, physical location with visuals of real products and also at the same time keep track on movements of consignments, payments, transactions. It generates different business reports to help business men in making various business decisions effectively.
My responsibilities: Conduct user study by contextual enquiry method, Gathering user requirements, Guiding the overall User Experience (UX) Strategy, Information Architecture, Layout Design (UI) for web& mobile app.
