Management Information System (MIS) Group Project: Fast Cart / Smart Cart

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Smart Carts
Shopping is one of the most common activities that every other homestead is used to; relative to the fact it forms part of the family chores (Gangwal, Roy and Bapat). Every so often people go out shopping to provide for their needs in their homes, in terms of foods and other basic necessities. Relative to the level of income, different people will have differing budgets to work with. For most people basic needs play a crucial role in their shopping habits. However, one of the aspects that is associated with shopping is the tedious process of getting items from the shelves and making sure that one has the right items in their carts before their get to the cashier. Smart carts help with refining the element of shopping by refining the basic processes of decision making (Gangwal, Roy and Bapat).
Smart carts are all in one approach, where they help the customers to track their spending and effortlessly make decisions over what they will take home from the shelves. Having a shopping list is one thing, but the actual shopping process is actually quite complex and dependent on a number of aspects. The idea of having to return some of the items to the shelves because they come over and above the budgeted amount is all too common (Gangwal, Roy and Bapat). Smart carts come in to streamline the process, by ensuing that the consumers have the ability to evaluate their budget in real time. As one picks the products from the shelves they are able to track the costs of the same. This further plays into the element of payments, where the consumers are able to pay for the products in an expedient manner instead of queuing up which can be quite time wasting.
Wireless sensor networks is the approach that is in use with the smart carts. This is a system that uses sensors and the...