Company JLV, a. s, for which this project was implemented, is the largest Czech provider of gastronomic and retail services for customers traveling by train. We have developed a mobile application through which the operator (employees of JLV, a. s.) sells to the passengers all assortment of refreshments in dining and sleeping cars on train routes within and outside the Czech Republic. This simplifies and streamlines the work of sales staff when ordering refreshments in trains. The application allows user logon, input inventory, placing orders and payments. Among other things, staff can print an account or stock-taking output. This project also includes the implementation of a web application (web application server), the purpose of which is to streamline sales support processes and also serves to facilitate data transfer between the mobile application and the Karat ERP system. 

Disadvantages of the original solution

• The application was developed for tablets with the Windows phone platform and the support for this hardware had been discontinued.
• The user interface was outdated and unattractive.
• The solution did not cover all processes, especially goods orders and inventory status in relation to stock-taking. These processes were solved by classical paper form.
• The transfer of data between the mobile device and the system was outdated and was based on FTP file transfers, with occasional outages or duplications.
• There was no possibility of synchronizing inventory levels between tablets of crew members in train.

Advantages of our solution

• Digitization of ordering and inventory processes
• Elimination of the need to use paper forms
• Modern and reliable data transfer via https / REST API
• Synchronization of inventory levels via modern NFC technology

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