Eunmee Cho

Aunyawee Sahachalermphat

Seunghyun Kim

Hyorin (Rina) Lee

Steffen Andresen

 

 

Hi everyone~

 

We have used facebook group to discuss and share information.. 

So I would upload all the information so far in the facebook page here as well.

 

 

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*For the diagram of the wireless industry

 

This is what we came up for the diagram to explain the structure of the wireless industry. We came up with the Hamburger. Basically, the Google itself would be the top of the hamburger. While the hardware, software and the carrier would be the main ingredients. After passing through all the manufacturing process, we would promote our products through commercialization companies. At the end, we have the customers as the last piece of the hamburger.
If you would like more explanation or you have any questions, please feel free to ask or comment.
 Thank you so much :)) 

(Nan)

 

 

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* for the final project

 

 

 - For the first brainstorming

 

so we discussed below about the features and concluded (for now) that
1) instead of a scanner - install a voice recognition/ touch pad unless universal RFID system is adopted
2) an odor detector- in order to keep the shelves less smelly
and it would be unnecessary to have a function which you could look inside the fridge without opening it! :)

 

- For the 'Smart Fridge' 

 

Possible features for the fridge: look at the features i have written down and please free to give comments

Features of smart fridge
1) Scanner : to scan the items in order to know what’s in there and when the expiration date is so that the fridge can always be kept neat and won’t smell anymore!
+plus type in number system (just in case the bar code is not recognizable)
...

2) Printing system: printing out the grocery list and recipe ( recipe can be selected or maybe downloaded? eg. Vegetarian recipe)
3) Buying habits –statistically find the average number of items in the fridge
4) Application on phone –connect with the phone directly send the missing items?
5) Install camera ? yes or no?
Is it possible to know what’s inside the fridge without opening it?
Is it necessary?

 

 

 

- After discarding the 'Smart Fridge' idea

 

possible problems so far
1) What to buy for presents
2) Delivery containers -> Decided to do more research
3) Library ID/ seating problem
4) Coffee temperature (too hot or too cold)
...

 

 

Background Research 

 

Research Areas:
Hyorin- Currently commercialized products( bags/ containers/ disposable bags/ boxes etc) + US delivery system
Eunmee- Container development+ Korean delivery system
Steffen- Currently commercialized products( bags/ containers/ disposable bags/ boxes etc) + Norwegian delivery system
Nan- Technology used+ Thai delivery system
Seunghyun- Needs of Customer/ Store manager/ Deliverer+ Japanese delivery system

 

-  Info so far

 

Articles about Korean delivery food market http://www.wikitree.co.kr/popup/pop_print.php?id=73189
http://blog.daum.net/_blog/BlogTypeView.do?blogid=0cIql&articleno=357#ajax_history_home

I feel sorry as it's written in Korean. The articles say that about 88% of ppl in the survey answered they think delivery foods are convenient and 77.5% agreed that delivery food market would keep grow

 

The origins of Chinese delivery box in Korea
(조선일보 | 090119 | 김미리 기자)
http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/01/18/2009011801036.html

Actually, this box was awarded as the 'Most-Korean Design' by government bc of its long history and usefulness (it's easy to open and close with sliding door, cheap, strong, easy to clean, and light(?)). However, some people insist that this is originally from Japanese delivery box which is made by wood. (http://blog.daum.net/abg12/8740190) These days, there are plastic boxes (http://pizzatong.co.kr/kboard/kboard.php?board=pizza_13&act=view&no=6&page=1&search_mode&search_word&cid), however, people keep using aluminum vers.

 

I recommend you to look this website for a minute (http://www.pizzatong.co.kr/) as it has different versions of delivery containers for chicken, pizza, Chinese, Jock-bal, Naeng-myun, and so on

 

Delivery System (Thailand)
http://www.ryt9.com/s/abcp/1273669
This is the result of the survey, regarding the delivery system in thailand. I will explain more about this during the meeting since it's in Thai language!

 

Japanese food delivery in Thailand
http://www.oishigroup.com/product_delivery.php

 

Chinese food delivery in Thailand
http://delivery.mkrestaurant.com/pages/content/menu_page.aspx?q=VV6SdA7PIImJenRxdU4JwEG%2FcNPW3zvaHdfH6w0oRMk%3D

 

Incidents regarding the delivery system in Thailand
http://topicstock.pantip.com/food/topicstock/2009/09/D8353953/D8353953.html
http://www.atriumtech.com/cgi-bin/hilightcgi?Home=%2Fhome%2FInterWeb2000&File=%2Fhome2%2Fsearchdata%2FForums2%2Fhttp%2Fwww.pantip.com%2Fcafe%2Ffood%2Ftopic%2FD5505422%2FD5505422.html
http://www.pantip.com/cafe/isolate/topic/M12927207/M12927207.html

 

Chicken delivery in Thailand
http://www.facebook.com/kfcth

 

Pizza delivery in Thailand
http://www.facebook.com/pizzahutthai/

 

Thai food delivery in Thailand
http://www.snpfood.com/th/online-delivery/VIP99

Another Thai food delivery in Thailand
http://www.baanpinto.com/

 

Some ideas of the delivery box:
http://www.tohome.com/product_detail.aspx?product_id=PD0005402400096
http://www.siamch.com/ch/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=15&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=116&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=64&vmcchk=1
http://www.zebra-head.com/esale/viewshoponline.asp?productcategoryid=0000000003

 

Some more ideas to keep the delivery food warm:
http://www.ehow.com/how_8344413_keep-safe-operating-fooddelivery-business.html
http://restaurant-hospitality.com/equipment/rh_imp_3416
http://www.foodservicewarehouse.com/restaurant-equipment-supply-marketing-articles/product-safety-public-health/keep-hot-foods-hot-focusing-on-food-safety-/c28169.aspx

 

In Norway we usually have a box like this: http://www.123rf.com/photo_9088227_chinese-take-away-food-fried-rice-sweet-and-sour-with-pineapple-and-chicken-isolated-on-white.html

Or like this: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/215918355/Take_away_boxes.html?s=p

 

Here is over a thousand different take away boxes for food, you can easily order from china:
http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?SearchText=take+away+box+for+food&IndexArea=product_en&fsb=y

 

There are ones like this http://www.nashvillewraps.com/take-out-boxes/chinese-take-out-boxes/clear-pet-chinese-take-out-boxes/sku-1143.html using PET or other materials so that it would preserve heat better

 

http://blog.naver.com/bboooing?Redirect=Log&logNo=60138693149

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problems detailed

 

 

 

Ppl's opinion about delivery plates..

http://dvdprime.donga.com/bbs/view.asp?bbslist_id=876222&master_id=40

 

 

I've found some info about the delivery part time job in Chinese restaurants. The point here is, many part timers complain that it's inconvenient to revisit places to get the plates back.

 

Chicken vs Chinese foods http://londonpointer.com/615

 

 

Why restaurants hesitate to use disposable plates: http://cafe.naver.com/jyt8619/4440

 

As my links are all written in Korean, I'll translate some facts in English.

There was a law that restricts the use of disposable plates for Korean/Chinese restaurants. However, this law was modified from 2008. (http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20120225011020) As a result, more restaurants are prone to use disposable plates for some reasons.
Firstly, it is a huge bothersome for restaurants' owners to get containers back and wash them. They worry that the plates can be broken/stolen, and deliverers (usually part timers) complain about it.
However, from the point of view of consumers, they don't like this as a) it looks less tasty with plastic plates b) they don't know how to recycle/throw away the leftovers c) they are concerned with health (hot foods/soups in plastic containers).

For chicken, ppl regard it as natural to use paper containers. However, many ppl in Korea still think it's unhealthy and somewhat careless to use disposable plates for Chinese/Korean foods.

 

 

 

 

How to make the recycling/throwing away after eating simple?

 

Please look at this for soup-throwing out function of Korean cup noodle :)

http://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=kuksoojoa&logNo=150142706515

 

We will adapt this idea, however, our material is quite thick, we'd be rather make a small part of the plate to be double-layered. After finish eating and when you go to a sink or a toilet to throw away soup (국물) , you simply peel out the upper layer, and there would b HOLES underneath it. You just pour it without worrying about making ur hands dirty.

 

 

What kind of shape should we make?

 

 

 

 

 

 

We actually wanted to make a curvy shaped plate. But, it would be hard to spoon the 'rice'(밥) from the corner bc of its shape.

Also, this can be quite unstable, so we settled down for more plain shape-squre.

 

 

Round shape, like usual plates, would be also nice, but when you put plates together in a small carrier on a motorcycle, you don't have enough space!

 

 

If you use a square shaped plates, you can stock more plates at once -> reduce the time of delivery, make deliverers happier.

 

In the presentation, the professor pointed out the delivery guy might not be happy as he needs to assemble the cover.

However, it's worse to go back to the restaurant again and go out for another destination, in our opinion.

 

Also, as they are all attached, they can preserve heat better.

 

 

Inspiration from an yogurt

 

We wanted to keep the noodle and soup seperately.

When you order noodles like Woodong, Jambbong, or Jajangmyen, the noodles stick together and the soup doesn't taste good when the source(soup) and the noodles are in one plate.

It's because of '삼투압'-the water inside the noodle comes out when it meets liquid on surface.

 

Also, when you order a Dosirak, when side dishes (반찬) are mixed together as they are served in a single plate, it falls apetite of customers a lot.

So we wanted to keep things seperately in a simple but innovative way.

 

 

In Korea, there's a product called '비요뜨'. It can fold one side of the dish and pour the content into another sider.

We decided to add a similar flexibility to the structure: The plate itself can be folded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lego-like shape (Two layered box)

 

 

This was one of our ideas, but it doesn't look stable enough. Also, Korean foods usually contains one big dish and two smaller dishes. The smaller dishes don't require much space like this one.

So we came up with another idea.

 

 

mini-version prototype

 

 

We found out there should be something to hold it altogether in place-> a coverage like a coffee holder?

 

 

 

This is the semi final prototype. However, this yellow coverage had two problems; we weren't sure whether the chopstickes are strong enough to carry the box (it might be broken or be lost) and the second layer needs to be hold together tightly.

So we added additional touch.

 

 

The first option. Though this will help keep the second layer in a shape, it doesn't guarantee the safety of carrying ths box.

 

The second option that we chose is below.

 

 

The upper handle part will be crossed like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the last comment ("The same thing is in Poland"), we feel sorry about it. We researched the markets of Korea/Thailand/Norway/Japan/US and we hadn't found any idea similar to ours. 

In fact, we had rejected many ideas, (some of them were presented by other teams) because we did extensive market research to know whether there's same thing in market BEFORE we started to work on the project for novelty. We wanted our product to be unique as this is an innovation class-if it's already in the market, there's no use to make a same thing.

 

However, even though a similar one is in the Polish market, we are targeting a KOREAN market, and from the Korean customers' view, this must seem very fresh and new.

Also, we have added some features like holes for throwing away soup (it would encourge ppl to recycle the food waste), menu-printed tray, eco-friendly material and so on.

So we are sure that our product is quite advanced version, more than the Polish version, and adjusted for Korean situation (Korean foods are usually hot and soupy) even though we haven't looked it yet.

 

Thank you very much for helpful comments of you.

Have a nice vacation!