Align Daily
In large settings like schools, managing hundreds or even thousands of valuable assets—such as computers and tablets—can be a daunting task. That's where our inventory management app comes in. This essential tool empowers asset managers to track and oversee school assets in real-time, ensuring they are well cared for and used efficiently. By maximizing the lifespan of each asset, the app helps schools maintain the necessary equipment for smooth operations. With our app, you can streamline asset management and optimize resource utilization like never before.
Design Brief: To gain insight about the User Experience design and understand the process I chose a topic/area of interest which has the potential of resulting in a virtual product like an app, a website or a product with its own interface. This research is done as part of the User Experience Design module under the guidance of Prof. Abhrojit Boral and Prof. Sambit Pradhan.
Disclaimer: This project is meant for academic purposes only.
The Goal : To develop an Inventory Management System for schools.
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AIM: To simplify the process of managing inventory in schools.
UX Research Process:
1.Understanding the competitor and their system.
2. Finding who my stakeholders/ end users are.
3. Understanding the User and their needs/ frustrations.
4. Listing the problem Areas and giving solutions to those problems
5. Feature List — The possible solutions
6. SWOT Analysis based on feature list
7. Information hierarchy
8. Navigation Flow
A competitor analysis allows UX designers to find out if there are any gaps in the market. Through my research, I have discovered features that my competitors’ products do not have.
User research provides an essential foundation for design strategy. User analysis answers questions about end users tasks and goals so that these findings can help make decisions about development and design. This is achieved by doing persona mapping and user journey mapping and then devising the problem statement.
Understanding the user
User 1
Problem statement: Mrs. Smita Dabir is a sports teacher who needs to contact the assigned personnel to manage maintenance tasks for equipment and fields because the court grounds, nets, ball air maintenance and the gym room need constant care due to regular use. The sports complex and several outdoor courts need more field maintenance
Problem statement: Rajeev Gupta manages and owns a school he needs to take care of the school building maintenance and repair and large stock management because environmental changes and depreciation are a constant threat to the inventory
Empathy mapping
Problem Areas and possible solutions.
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Feature list- The possible solutionsAfter listing the problems in the inventory management systems a list of must include features with their benefits was made.
1. REPORTING TOOLS: An efficient Inventory Management app comes with the capabilities of integrating various reporting tools and features that makes the reporting process easier. Benefits you can get from optimized reporting tools:a. Smooth and flawless communicationb. Enhanced Productivityc. Reduced common human error
2. CATEGORIZATION OF PRODUCTS IN STOCKS
3. MEASUREMENT OF PRODUCTS
4. INVENTORY/PRODUCTS HISTORY
5. STOCK REPORTS
6. VENDOR MANAGEMENT
7. TOTAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
8. BARCODE AND TAGGINGa. barcode module;b. Scan barcode easily
9.RECORD THINGS FASTER THAN THE WORKFORCE.
10. GET PRECISE DETAILS OF THE PRODUCT.
11. INVENTORY TRACKING: Things you can do with the Inventory tracking:a. Product trackingb. Taggingc. Reports and auditsd. Inventory Tracking Solutions
12. INVENTORY FORECASTING : It lets you find out which products are going to out of stock soon and what’s in abundance. This gives you a better judgement of purchase quantity and a better understanding of what to purchase when.a. Powerful future insightsb. Align sales and marketing effortsc. Reduce the risk of stock outsd. Lower holding costse. Increased turnover ratesf. Maximizes asset efficiencyg. Inventory Forecasting
13. INVENTORY ALERTSa. Optimized inventory levelsb. Improved cross department visibility of stock datac. Helps manage your Investment Styled. Maintain operational controle. Inventory Alertf. Automated tracking and reportingg. Keeps a constant tab on assets, location, movement, and quantityh. Keeps inventory optimizedi. Lead time optimization
14. INVENTORY SECURITY AND BACKUPS
15. INVENTORY APP INTEGRATION WITH OTHER SYSTEMS
16. MOBILE SUPPORT : No matter how efficient your inventory management system is, it really doesn’t amount to much if it can’t be monitored/managed remotely.
17. INVENTORY REPORTS: The software is meant to generate automated reports. You can get any report such as a low stock report, inventory validation report, and inventory forecast report.
18. INVENTORY TRACKING: Keep track of unlimited serial numbers from when the inventory is received until the time it issued.
Information hierarchy
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Navigation Flow
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UX Research published in Bootcamp as a part of their UX collective on Medium.
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HIGH FIDELITY WIREFRAMES
What is Align Daily?
Align Daily is a hypothetical application aimed to simplify inventory management for schools making the process quick and easy.
To understand the research better-
These high fidelity wireframes are to help visualize the app and the flow only.
Mid fidelity Wireframes
High fidelity Wireframes
Here is quick prototype from the high fidelity wireframes to understand the product better and visualize how it would work in real life.
Learning Material
Managing Hardware
Managing Infrastructure.
Inventory Forecasting
Inventory report
