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HABITAT: Metro Cash & Carry PROCESS STRUCTURE (Seating (Seating in…
HABITAT: Metro Cash & Carry
PROCESS STRUCTURE
Process as Goal
- #4 Check out
Easy access of goods
Bill individual goods
Payment
Goals as understood
Goods within reach envelope at checkout counter
BRAINSTORMING
Keep the cage base height such that people dont have to stoop
Self elevating system
Tipping mechanism which puts all items onto checkout table
Rollers to slide goods
Counter to remove only the cage / basket from the trolley
Conveyor belt system to put in and auto packaging system
Use image processing to make the system automatic
make the checkout counter low or slightly into the ground
Jack mechanism to raise height of system
Time efficient billing of goods
BRAINSTORMING
Conveyor belt through shop onto which people scan on phone, and place onto and collect at end
Registry scanning of display goods (barcode) and delivery at checkout counter
Warehouse bots for fetching shopped list
Order at counter + wait for delivery of order at counter + Collect order
Conveyor at checkout counter which scans and packs the purchased goods
Ease of payment
BRAINSTORMING
Sensors update list for added items directly to check-out list
Check out at counter
Auto checkout when exiting store
Wallet based system
Does billing as items picked off shelf
Amazon Go (*)
METRO membership card as payment medium
Segregation of card/ cash / sodexo lane
Volume based segregation of customers
Single queue for all counters
Barcode scanning & billing at exit barricades
Increase the amount of change available at check-out counter
Machine for vending exact change of each transaction
Fake currrency detector
Self-scanning and check out
Registry scanning & Payment at delivery of order
Process of handling discarding items
Packing / wrapping of goods
*BRAINSTORMING
Automatic packing
Manually put into packing bags
Takeaway disposable compartments
Painting the product box instead of gift wrapping
Modular packaging
Hooks which allow to hold bag open while goods placed into it
Place and incentive to return used bags
Delivering offer/promo goods
BRAINSTORMING
Smart scanner senses product placed in cart which has offer goods
Offer goods are collected in other area and delivered at check-out counter
Offer goods are given before the checkout counter
Laptops with printer and barcode scanner so that adhoc counters can be setup when high volumes are required
Offers based on previous shopping experience /performance
Queue management
BRAINSTORMING
Token based call-out
Replace queue wait with recreational activities while billing occurs
Single queue leads to all counters
Personalized queues
System shows queue moving stats - queue moving speed, length etc
Ex - Google maps
Crowd avoidance algorithms
Special offers on low traffic days to provide benefits them
Rerouting of aisle traffic
Let checkout counter be the counter for exit too
VR based real time traffic guidance
Discarding of unbilled items
Offer products
Wrapping/ packing of goods
Process as Goal
- #6 Replace
Goals as understood
Ease of finding where to store
Ease of moving
Moving many together
LQ: EX - Examples
Motorised movement
Skateboard
Conveyor belt
Ball bearing
Slaves
Packers and movers
Dancing
Flying
LQ PA: You are flying. How do you feel?
Free
Up above the world so high , down below I can fly. All over the horizon I can dive or I can let go all my plight
.
I am up in the sky, and all below looks very small. I feel far away from all worries of life.
.
distant connectivity
casual business
I decide to fly and lift my weight. It is an effort but once i am high up there the wind feels good
It lifts and carries me. I am weightless.
LQ BT - Book title
High Horizon
Falling Upwards
1 more item...
weightless gravity
anchored freedom
taking off is easy but keeping wings on is difficult... flying is delightful but always fear of striking the ground
.
flying underground
learning serendipity
sky under-feet
effortless exercise
Stretcher
Wheelchair
Bicycle
Inspiration
Light - Laser
Jungle fire - moves the jungle really quickly
iODEX
Slingshot
Bullet
Rollers
Treads
Slide
Ease of storing
BRAINSTORMING
Collapses into a flat plane
Rolls into a rack - like cycle stand
Folds into dicky - take home system
one is kept near each parking spot - person comes, uses one and puts it back after unloading stuff into car
overhead crane to pick up required ones and put into stack
One system at each parking spot, which is picked and returned to same spot
Self grouping trolleys based on proximity sensors
Modular pieces - assemble your cart on entering the premises
Vertical stack in groups of 10 , Stacking increases the height instead of length
Design to limit number of systems which can be rolled together by personnel
modular - so that one joins another - useful in both shopping large quantities and pushing many carts to storage
Removal of obstruction from parking bay
BRAINSTORMING
Personnel (like tennis ball boys) remove cart very fast
Alarm in the cart if it is left on the road
Good customer points and rewards if customers return the shopping carts properly
Sloped driveways to avoid trolley being parkey in the way and hold mechanisms to hold it in the periphery
Find discarded systems
Collect discarded systems
Move discarded sytems to storage
Process as Goal
- #5 Unload at vehicle
Goals as understood
Must not obstruct roads
BRAINSTORMING
Common loading point in vehicle
Moves automatically if it obstructs
AI to move the cart based on requirement and need expressed
Docking systems at parking lot for system
Dedicated cart lanes
incentive for quick shopping without cart
Sides into the open dikki (for hatch backs)
Ease of unloading
SYNECTICS
LQ EX: Examples of
Things which are/ make it easy to unload
Funnel
Garbage truck
Packed material
Ramp
Recycle bin of computer
Escalator
Bookshelf
Unsubscribe
Blackhole
Puke
LQ EXAM: Examine
Puke
Undigested
Food poisoning
Weird food combo
Intoxicated
Rerouted
Medicine
Anti-peristalsis
Overeating
Odour
Disgust
Acidity
LQ BT: Book Title for
Acidity
5 more items...
Volcano
Can open gates from bottom and vertically slide out from bottom of system
Discarding the system
BRAINSTORMING
Collection points at strategic points in the lot
Self returning systems
deposit points in the parking lot
Deflatable carts
Mass system moving mechanism at car bays
Deposit a coin when picking a system and get the coin back after you are done using and return it properly
Slope towards the collecting point so that all carts roll down automatically
System which can be taken home based on membership
Fold into a flat surface
Is a removable part from the dicky which again can be put into the dicky with the groceries
Blocking the parking roads
Unload at the vehicle
Process as Goal
- #1 Pick up
Goals As Understood
Distinguishable
BRAINSTORMING
Multicolored and contrasting colors
Colors dissimilar from surroundings
Aural alarm from system
Underlit system
Prevents glare
Nearest cart location can be shown on smart phone device
Tranforming shape
Branding
Segregated from surrounding by providing vending machine for systems
Visible
BRAINSTORMING
Put up lights
LEDS
Blinking
Highlight the pickup location
Spotlight on the spot of pick up
Coloured brightly and with contrast
Aural alarm when in vicinity
Flags
Cart can come to you detecting you as a person
Olfactory indication emitted by system
Stand out in habitat
Ease of removal from storage
SYNECTICS
LQ EX: Examples of
items which make it easy to remove
Velcro
Chain from gear
Mixie
Thinner
Makeup remover
BOX CUTTER - NOT
Ctrl + Z
LQ EXAM: Examine the selected example
Apologetic
LQ FF: Force fit into
items which make it easy to remove from storage
2 more items...
Control of inputs
Back in time
Shortcut
LQ FF: Force fit into
items which make it easy to remove from storage
6 more items...
Computers
Removes mistakes
Keyboard
Corrections
Cache
Step back
Short term memory
Assurance
Slots
Threading
Quick release cord
Zipper
Tool box
Snap fit buckle
Cut
Lubricant
Specs
Slippers
Tongs
Find system
Seperate from storage
Process as Goal
- #2 Stroll around
Goals as understood
Moving
BRAINSTORMING
Skateboard/ roller skate based user mobility system
Self balancing scooter
Horizontal escalator
Smaller golf cart which has seating and shopping storage
Segway
Tricycles with rail gaadi basket
Lifts/ Escalators
Fire escape poles
Slides
Boats when flooded
Pogo sticks for movement
No / low blockage of path
BRAINSTORMING
Lane system
Rotating or deformable guard rails
Rail based system
Line following robots
Height increased with decreased width
Small carts
Path for carts
Obstruction avoidance system in cart
Carz movie - dodges other carts
Unused / discarded carts autonomously go back to storage area
Speed breakers
Indented wall mounted rolling system
Safety
BRAINSTORMING
First aid alarm to office
Airport type cart which brakes on it's own when left out
Silicone / soft rubber padding on edges/ user interfaces
Anti corrosion
Automatic brakes in system to stop from collision
Make it static discharge proof
Low effort
BRAINSTORMING
Moving rails in habitat which pull system
Levitating system
Spherical magnetically levitated wheels
Like air hockey
Talcum used to reduce friction
Carrom
Hovering based system
Wheels under the consumer
Rolerskates
Motor assisted
It will follow you
Conveyor based
No need to carry, packing will be done elsewhere
Pneumatic conveyance in capsules.
Robotic arm assisted - like a crane
Finding goods
BRAINSTORM
Categorization of goods within store layout
Store map (Static) graphic on system
Color coding of aisles
Smart device which shows store layout
Phone app
Website
Tablet attached to system
Goods come to you instead of you travelling to goods
Asking employees for location
Ask other customers for where to find something
Digital mapping of selected goods
Signages across store
Above eye level
Floor stickers
On racks
RFID based system map scanning
Virtual Reality based system to show paths in real time
Link shopping list to navigation apps
Speak shopping list into a microphone, and it gets delivered through a trap door
Mc Donalds drive thru for a shopping centre
Personal shopping assistant on hourly basis
Evaluate shopping list
BRAINSTORMING
Notepad on the system
Sync with online saved list
Speech to text verification system and vice versa
Smart scanner which displays product info
Suggest products to customer based on shopping habits
Automated fridge scanner which updates the list for necessary items
Monthly based subscription with provisions to add or delete products
Discard unwanted items
BRAINSTORMING
Separate compartment on system itself
Discarded bins at the end of each aisle
Overhead net to throw the discarded items
Discarding collector roaming around
Discarding chute at the end of each aisle which collects at a single point underground
Locate goods
Search for goods
Navigate in aisles
Walk in aisles
Process as Goal
- #3 Fill in
Goals as understood
Segregating goods
BRAINSTORMING
Insertable dividers
Tray slides into rails onto system
Color coded
Buckets/crates
Modular system of cages or trolley
Cage height is low so that you dont fill it more than it can hold in segregated manner
Make layout of the store such that fragile goods are in the last
Inbuilt weight segregation system
Different size compartment for varied product size
Hooks to hang bagged items
Waterproof compartment
Odour proof
Refrigerated compartment
Heated compartment for keeping fresh bakery goods warm
Prevent damage to chosen goods
BRAINSTORMING
Cover/shell
Insertable/ slide-in shelf layers
Protective cushioning
Boxes for fragile products
Multiple collapsible crates which allow segregation
Mounted by sliding onto rails
Special cover for each fragile goods
Home delivery for fragile
Water compartment on the cart so that fragile goods are just kept in that
will have more shock absorption
bubble wraps from system
Pick goods from shelf
BRAINSTORMING
For heavy items, ramp to drag onto lower compartment
Scan and go
robot arms
segregation in weight and brands
Keep to carry the goods around
BRAINSTORMING
Cage
Basket
Bags
Bootspace
Tricycle/bicycle with basket
Backpack
Scooter with a basket
Baby pram
Travel trolley bag
Modular wheels that can be attached to any box or piece of luggage
Carriage bots (Line Tracers)
Pull a wheeled basket
Judge the picked goods/ Deciding whether to buy
BRAINSTORMING
IoT based devices guide me through it
Put tentative expiry date on loose products too
personalised comparison showed by the system docked smart device
Like phone arena.com
Suggest possible uses of the good being considered
weighing machine inbuilt into system will help
RFID tags help to judge
color coding for similar products
Weighing loose goods
BRAINSTORMING
Weighing machine on each cart it self
Separate system for loose goods
Self weighed and bar code tagged
Pre-weighed goods
Basic weighing scale on the system
Collapsible compartments which are part of system and have markers for different volumes of goods.
Weight controlled self dispensing machines for pulses etc.
Clarity of offer products
BRAINSTORMING
Fixed offers on fixed days
Personal shopper showing everyhting
Offer clearly stated right on the product shelf
Promotional offers on system
The product has only barcode, scanning it will show all the details
Promotions with identifiable color schemes
Offer of the day on the visible surfaces of the system
Display screen, which sense which which aisle you are in and displays relevant offers
Pick chosen goods
Prevent damage of chosen goods
Seating
Seating in the habitat
Lounge
show seating area in the maps
modular child or adult seat may be attached
ice cream cart cycle
low rail with contouring for sitting and moving
pick away points with cycles which can attach to the cart
slot panes which fit into the wall as well as cartons
sit on the modular boxes by turning them over
inflatable seat part
peg pants
walking stick with a seat
collapsable seat from the trolley frame