Optimizing the stock management process at Rizoma's community grocery store

The stock management process still has a large component of manual analysis, because it was developed so quickly, keeping up with the large growth of the cooperative. This does not allow it to be accurate and robust enough to not depend on constant input by members of the association. The goal of this project is thus to optimize the current process of stock management of the community grocery store, which will allow Rizoma to manage the grocery store stocks more efficiently and in less time, giving its volunteers more time to focus on other aspects of the association.

Fotografia da mercearia Rizoma com o seu logo por cima

Rizoma is a Cooperative created by neighbors and friends, which aims to create a community-based, cooperative, sustainable and fair economy that provides the basic products, goods and services needed by the community. With this goal in mind, a community grocery store was created that is owned and self-managed by the members of the cooperative.

Objetivos

Optimization of the current stock management process of the community grocery, which will allow Rizoma a more efficient management and in less time

Team

Fotografia da Sofia sobre parede branca

Sofia Vaz

Cara do Tiago

Tiago Sousa

Rodrigo Almeida

Fotografia da Maria Inês de camisa, ao fundo relva e céu azul

Maria Inês

Busto a preto e branco do Leonel

Leonel Murillo

Busto do Antony, de fato

Antony Costa

Volunteer Management

Beneficiary Management

Project Lead

Maker

Maker

Maker

Steps

  1. Getting to know Rizoma and its challenges
  2. Project scope definition by the team (in partnership with Rizoma and DSSG)
  3. Data preparation and exploratory analysis
  4. Stock forecast model definition
  5. Model implementation through a tool to be defined
  6. Communication of results and documentation sharing

Metrics

TBD

Impact Measurement

TDB