Copkart

• Background

   

  The Bangalore Police sells subsidized products to its staff via its Canteen Stores Dept. This is a welfare measure for policemen…but there was a problem.

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  Problem Statement

   

  The police analyzed the problem and came to the conclusion that the policemen were too busy to queue up at designated canteen stores to buy stuff. The police top brass envisioned that an m-commerce front-end will increase the usage and push up sales. The key challenge was to make a very easy to use m-commerce app which is tailored to the needs of the policeman.

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  Solution

   

  DCP Abhishek Goyal was in-charge of this project. Abhishek is a senior IPS officer and has a B.Tech. in Computer Science from IIT Delhi. After several weeks of intense scrutiny, Abhishek selected TechChefs to design and develop this app.

   

  We successfully delivered the iOS and Android app with backend software which had :

  • A simple and slick UX/UI designed by our in-house UX/UI experts
  • Robust, reliable native apps which worked with slow data connections
  • A backend broker layer which interfaced with legacy billing systems, inventory control systems
  • Custom built “police wallet”, which eliminated the need for credit cards
  • Integration with third party gift cards such as Qwikcilver
  • Simple to use admin interface for shop manager with intelligent inventory control