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Team Mission
• Improve the efficiency of HFH’s operations.
• Improve data management and access to resources by Habitat affiliates through software solutions.
• Design systems, structures, and floor plans to minimize home construction and energy costs.
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Organization
• National– Tutorials– National Database Project
• Local– ReStore Point Of Sale
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Associated Universities
• National Database:– University of Notre Dame– Ohio State University– Butler University
• Tutorials:– University of Wisconsin
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ReStore Project
Garth Peterson – Industrial ManagementPete Morici – Computer ScienceMitch Harris – Computer Science
Dave Livingston – Electrical Computer Engineering
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Organization From Chaos...
• The Goal– Point of sale & Inventory system for a resale
shop type of retail environment.
• The Challenge– #Products X #Brands => **Big Mess**– Flexible pricing
• The Initial Target– Lafayette HFH ReStore (currently delivered)
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Managing a Mess
• A hammer's a hammer.– Group similar items together.
• The hotter the fridge the hotter the price.– Track large ticket items on an individual basis– Price dictated by item's characteristics.
• Condition• Brand• Features• Etc…
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Mechanisms for the Madness
• Software organized by function– Sell– Donations– Inventory– Reports
• Use existing tagging schemes as much as possible– UPCA Bar Codes (The U.S. Retail Standard)
• Categories for grouping items
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Principles for Success
• Expandability– Physically– Functionally
• Compatibility– Hardware– Software
• Ease of use– If it isn’t used nothing else matters
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RISMasterView
Database Server
Netw
ork
RISMasterView
RISBasicFunctionView•Transactions•Donations•Inventory•Reports•Etc…
RISDataSource
JDBC
Hardware Devices•Barcode scanner•Printer•Bar code Printer•Cash drawer•Etc…
Cache
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To Infinity and Beyond(Direction for future work)
• Expand to support EAN-13 and UPCE bar codes
• Fully implement the notion of a “Donor”• Custom cohesive visual icon theme• Enhance the inventory tab• Add graphing & printing features to Reports• Linking all ReStores via a Napster like
network (Potential new national level project)
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Tutorials
Rick Bowerman – Computer Science Brian Mathews – Computer Science
Pauline Lim – ManagementBen Hall – Engineering
Adam Steiner – Mechanical Engineering
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Old Approach
• Team created tutorials
• Reviewed locally by Construction Managers followed by national approval
• HFH dealt with distribution of tutorials
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Design Shown to HFHI
• Publicly generated tutorials
• Reviewed• Posted to the web• Rated by public and
HFH• Edited by public and
HFH
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Design for Next SemesterWe will create a generator that will be used by Wisconsin EPICS team to create tutorials for HFHI. Also, we will create an editor for them as well so that they can edit the revisions given to them by HFHI.
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National Database Team
Immanuel Alexander – Computer ScienceJohn Horst – Computer Science
Anna Kretz – Management Jeff Ross – Electrical Computer
EngineeringNoah Solomon – Computer Science
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Problem Statement• Problems for HFHI
– No centralized survey administration and data collection system.
– There is no concrete quantitative data showing the benefits of the Habitat program to the community, both locally and nationally.
– Homeowner information and responses must be securely collected, transferred, and analyzed
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Methodology• Our Solution
– Having a centralized secure server database for survey information and homeowner responses
– Homeowner ID’s will be requested from the server but will be kept in paper records as to ensure the security of the information being recorded.
– The web-based program will consist of three main parts:
• A Survey Generator• Homeowner Response Collection/Input• Statistical Analysis
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Tasks
• Completed– Beta Version Written (Spring 2004)– Design Documentation (Fall 2004)– Server up and running (Fall 2004)– Version 1.0 Delivered (Spring 2005)
• Outstanding– Version 2.0 (Additional Features)
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Manage Surveys
Create Survey
Edit Survey
rFreeze Survey
Stored Survey Information:· Name· Questions· Response Types
Select Survey
Confirmation
Decommission
National Level: Surveys
• 4 Options: Create, Edit, Freeze, Decommission
• Stored Survey Information: Name Questions Response Types Survey Status
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Select Survey
Display Printable Survey
Enter Data Screen
Display Survey Results
Print Survey
Enter Data
View Data
Edit Profile
Local User Functionality
· Change Password· Other Available User Options
Local Level
• 4 Options Print Survey Enter Responses View Data Edit Profile
• Customer name is not stored by the local affiliate Provides protection of
personal information
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What's Next?
• Local User– Retrieve Data
• Surveys– Additional skipping functionality
• View Data– Notre Dame
• Suggestions from HFHI