Spring Quarter Blog Post 3

Our team had another week of great progress! After last week we had created the virtual column with all of the correct fields included. However, it required extra steps for the clerk to access it and had a lot of extra space at the end of the screen (the opposite of our original issue of not being able to fit all of the necessary fields!). This week we focused on optimizing this solution for both sets of stakeholders: Kokoa Kamili (specifically the clerks) and the cocoa sellers who will receive the receipt. First, we worked with the formatting of the virtual column, clearly demarcating sections on the receipt. This change in format was largely for the cocoa sellers who will be the ones actually reading the receipt - we’re hoping it will now be even easier to read and understand. Below you can see the screenshot that will be printed!

The other major change we made this week was to the method of accessing the virtual column. To optimize efficiency we changed the app to include the receipt information on the last tab that the user accesses while inputting the transaction information. This tab is already part of the existing workflow for documenting each transaction; thus, the extra time and effort for printing the receipt is minimized, which is very important in order to not slow Kokoa Kamili’s cocoa transaction rate. Furthermore, we are very pleased because this will also minimize the number of new steps that the clerks will have to learn in order to implement the receipt printing. 

Overall, we are nearing the completion of our project and we are all getting very excited to put it into motion with Kokoa Kamili! Our next steps will be stress testing the receipt printing process and working on the documentation of our solution so that Kokoa Kamili can have a smooth transition.

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