NU12 (1)
DALISAY, AKEEL D.
ENTREP S10
GROCERY CART with SCANNERS
Long queues are usual problems in supermarkets, especially during the Holiday Seasons. Carts of groceries scanned one by one through a laser bar code reader, takes a lot of time. So I came up with an idea. How about integrating a scanner into the grocery cart? Before you put an item into the cart, you can scan for its first; if you wanted to purchase it, just tap a few buttons to add that item to your virtual cart. You can now see how much you'll be spending even before you go to the payment counters; that way, you can still return those items you deem not so necessary or out of your budget. So now you're done shopping, time to pay up your items. You just have to give your scanner to the cashier; the cashier will then display your total amount due, and then pay for it. Every counter will now have a detector; this will check if you have items that were not scanned by your cart scanner.
This concept can shorten the queue in supermarkets, since each customer won't have to wait until the cashier finishes scanning each item one at a time. It may be a little more high-tech that what we see in the industry today, yet there can still be savings in part of the business owner. Since the scanner / counter detector thing can hasten the payment process, fewer payment counters will be needed. Fewer employees will be needed also; the cashiers themselves can also be the bagger, so you won't need two employees per payment counter, thus cutting cost for your business. It could also be your advantage against your competitors as you provide utmost convenience and less hassle and wasted time. 3.5 (dapat well guarded ang shopping carts)
Akeel D. Dalisay
Junior Valuation Assistant
China Banking Corporation
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