No accounts for the people taking snacks.
People choose their name to record a snack. A PIN protects the management area.
Demo
SnackBox
A responsive web app to record what people take, keep an eye on stock and settle the accounts of an office snack box.
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(opens in a new window)The starting point
SnackBox was built for a common situation: a box of snacks and drinks in an office, paid for on an honesty basis. Without a tool, somebody has to write down what people take, do the sums at the end of the month and notice in time what needs buying.
What was done
- Recording in two taps: choose the name and the product, on a phone or on a tablet next to the box.
- Stock per product, with a warning when it's running out.
- A monthly dashboard per person, with CSV export.
- Cash, payments and the shopping list in a management area protected by a PIN.
Decisions that made a difference.
Designed for use on a phone.
Recording happens standing up, next to the box, so the phone is the main screen.
The demonstration is separate from the original.
The public version is isolated from the system where the idea was born and uses fictional data only.
Data and privacy
The demonstration uses fictional data only, stored in the browser. In a version for a company, the records live in a secure backend, with access only for whoever runs the box, handled as required by the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where it applies, the GDPR.
See the project
Open the demonstration (opens in a new window)In the management area, the demonstration PIN is 1234.
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