Publix Item Finder

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Publix Item FinderWill LiveseyRiverview High
SchoolMarch 10th 2010
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Do You Get Lost In Large Stores?

• Do you find signs are ambiguous?
• If yes (you better say yes) my product is perfect
  for you

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Summary

• This product locates items in a grocery store
• Type the item and it will say where its located

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How I Did It

• I used Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visual Basic
  6.0
• Inventory on Excel
• Database on Visual Basic

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How To Maintain The Product

• Go to excel and add more items or correct the
  aisle numbers

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Criterion G

• Social issue is economical and social
• Its often intimidating to go in grocery stores
  since theres many items

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Criterion H

• Two ideas to solve the problem

Tree wasting, need to be re-printed when theres
updates pamphlets
Database!
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Criterion I

• To collect my data, I went around Publix with a
  clipboard and a pencil

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Criterion J

• End-User, Daniel Hogan, testing and giving
  valuable feedback to my product (at Publix)

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Criterion K

• Based from my testers surveys, if I continued
  this product it could catch on

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Special Features of Product

• Once you narrow your search to one item a red
  line flashes on the map
• Sales scroll across the product

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What Do You Do If Theres No Computer??

• Check out the online database from a cell phone
• Go to www.PublixItemFinder.webs.com

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Operating the Online Database

• Then hit control F
• Then type in an item you want

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Future of Product

• Could potentially be an IPod app

• It could include prices of items

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Future of Product Cont.

• The database could be expanded to other stores

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Conclusion

• My survey proves that 9 out of 10 people like my
  product
• Note The tenth is a freshman

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Dont Want To Be Lost?

• You should use my product or you can end up like
  him- lost

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Quiz

1. What store is my product intended for?
2. Who was my end-user?
3. What was the alternative solution?

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Quiz

• 4. What flashes across the screen of the product?
• 5. What color is the line that shows where the
  item is?

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Quiz

• 6. What is the potential future of the product?
• 7. What could my product include in the future?

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Quiz

• 8. What is one social issue?
• 9. How did I get my inventory?
• 10. Name a store that could use my product.

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Key

1. Publix
2. Daniel Hogan
3. Pamphlet
4. Sales
5. Red
6. Ipod app
7. Sales
8. Economic/Social

9. Walking around Publix 10. Answers may vary