Re4m Material Submission Project

Project Description:

Re4m is an Eco Fabricator that designs and builds with rescued and reclaimed materials. It began when the Owner and Lead Fabricator Heather Jeffery was working for a local retailer and noticed an issue with commercial waste. The retailer was throwing old displays claiming it was easier than recycling the product. Heather decided that there was opportunity to reduce the amount of commercial waste headed to Ottawa’s Landfills. This moment was the catalyst for what the company is today. Re4m now uses these reclaimed materials from the community to build and design furnishings, fixtures, displays and products for businesses.
Heather was finding the Material Recovery Process a little cumbersome through the current route, where all communication with potential pickups and clients occurs via email. They found it difficult to arrange material collection when not enough information was provided, and to manage all ongoing recovery submissions.
Our main goal was to make the overall procedure for users submitting materials more detailed and streamlined, which in turn made the process of locating and filtering through the submitted materials easier for the Client. Customers are now required to enter certain information before a submission will be accepted which includes pictures, dimensions (size and weight), type of material, condition, and attaching their location to ensure it remains within the pickup range (Ottawa, Ontario.)
Re4m is now able to view these listings and accept or reject based on the pictures that customer post, generating an appropriate response or status (Accepted/Rejected, In Review, Seen/Pending), that is shown to the Users. They may filter all submissions through a bevy of different characteristics (active or past, category, etc.) The Re4m team can now also post updates on current material needs for Users to help better reach their needs for current projects.
There is now a login feature which enables customers to feel safe with their credentials. This helps them monitor all their submissions, and easily contact the company for pickup. Maintaining a simple, easy design to make the product accessible to all users was imperative to ensure overall usability for all potential customers and submissions.
With these abilities, on top of creating a userbase, this Product not only makes their procurement process easier, but will help with the overall goal of their entire company by making it possible that even less waste goes to landfill because Users themselves will be aware of any products not being used by Re4m.
We learned many lessons along our journey from our first introduction as a team, to meeting our client, to ending up with a tangible product. There was an immense amount of time and effort put in to ensure the quality of our work. Using the knowledge and skills we have learned along the way throughout our time at Algonquin College in the many courses taken before, it has culminated into this final project where all of them were used in conjunction to bring you this Project.
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