SupplyMe
An app that lets small food businesses request or offer stock from their neighbors.
- Low-code
- Hackathon
- Small business
Small food businesses run out of stock, while others nearby have extra that could go to waste.
We built SupplyMe on Mendix, a low-code platform. Owners post what they need, and neighbors with extra inventory can sell it.
- Turned into a client project for the Chicago office
- Built with a team split between Monterrey and Chicago
Remote global hackathon
The hackathon theme was working with people around the world. Three of us were in Monterrey and two were in Chicago. We had carte blanche on the topic, two days and a low-code platform called Mendix to turn an idea into a working app.
We chose to look out for the neighborhood. Our users were small food-based business owners, and the problem we kept coming back to was running out of stock.
Neighbors helping neighbors
After brainstorming as a team, we landed on SupplyMe, an app that connects people who need a product with nearby businesses that have more than they can use. Say a business owner runs out of canned tomatoes. He posts a request in SupplyMe.
A business nearby with extra cans sees the request and decides to sell some of its inventory. The owner who asked gets what he needs, and the seller earns from product that might otherwise go to waste, reducing waste and costs for both.
What happened
- Turned into a client project for the Chicago office
- Built with a team split between Monterrey and Chicago
We came in 2nd place, and Accenture US leadership turned our use case into a client project for the Chicago office.
Working remotely was seamless, though it took a while to agree on what we were going to solve. I learned about low-code platforms and saw five other great projects built with the same tool. It was a quick project that let me use my problem-solving and design skills in a different way.
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