Introduction of design a new basket for shoppers

The project's aim is to design a new basket for shoppers to assist them in the shopping process. It is aimed to provide a relatively better basket design from the traditionally used basket in the shopping centers and supermarkets. It would come up with more capacity, flexibility, and accuracy to make it easy for shoppers to carry products without having the danger of breakage because of the poor balance of baskets. The basket will be designed and presented in the market in the allocated time and cost budget for the project.   

Concept Development Stage of design a new basket for shoppers

In this concept development stage section, need analysis, concept exploration, and concept definition are presented in detail to elaborate on the development process of the required basket.

Needs Analysis – Operational Deficiencies and Technological Opportunities

The traditional shopping basket is the replacement of carriers and shopping carts. In small stores and even in some supermarkets, baskets are provided to the shoppers to carry products from store shelves to the cashier counters. Grocery Baskets has made shopping easy for the customers by limiting their efforts of carrying a large size carrier when they just want to purchase a few products. Although there is a need to bring improvement in the designs and structure of grocery basket for more betterment and easy for shoppers in the shopping process. Currently, many offered grocery baskets have a balance issue. Grocery baskets that are having balance issues can swing in response to the weight placed in the basket; thus, there are chances of products falling down from the basket and product damages. Secondly, another need which encourages the development of a new grocery basket is poor handling system across the basket. Short side handles causes problems in fitting the user’s grip well to relieve the stress on fingers. Such issues are mainly caused by the structure of the basket.

For addressing this structural issue, it is essential to redesign a grocery basket that has a self-balance system and an accurate handling system. The new grocery basket will be able to provide a safe carrier experience to the shopper and reduce physical stress from their arms and fingers because of handling a heavyweight grocery basket.       

Concept Exploration of design a new basket for shoppers

In this concept exploration section, operations requirement analysis, performance requirement formulation, implementation of concept exploration is discussed in detail to provide understanding about the concept of new grocery basket.  

Operations Requirement Analysis of design a new basket for shoppers

The operations required for a new grocery basket is the capacity to handle more than 10 kg asymmetric weight and a high level of flexibility.  The basket will allow users and shoppers to handle grocery products and other shopping items asymmetrically placed in the basket. The new grocery basket will be developed with the inherent capability of a balanced position, the capability of handling a minimum of 10kg, and limiting swing (no greater than 15 degrees).  Moreover, operational controllability requirements are also linked with new grocery basket development.

         The new grocery basket will have the capability of moving freely with the basket hinges. Additionally, to make the carrying process easy for the shopper, the new design will also include modification in the traditional sizes of basket dimensions. For that case, Consider the needs of operations, basket needs to be at least dimension of 35 x 20 x 16 cm. Furthermore, another important operation requirement is a limitation of basket weight to 0.3kg. The new grocery basket should not exceed this weight limit; otherwise, it will become weighty for the shopper that is also a problem. While some mobility, safety, durability, and environmental conditions are also included in the major operational requirements which are must require to be managed.             

Performance Requirements Formulation of design a new basket for shoppers

The requirement of the project is to produce a feasible design of the grocery basket. The effective manufacturing material for the grocery basket is eco-friendly and environmentally friendly bioplastic. The cost of production can be increased, but it is important to deal with environmentally friendly products. Different engineering methods are established to evaluate the effectiveness and performance of these bioplastic-based grocery baskets. The performance measures depend upon maximum load applied on the Hinges handles and basket without producing any deformation or breaking.

A freely moving handle is designed to move around the Hinges without facing any difficulty. In normal routine grocery, a basket is often used; therefore, it is important to use sufficiently high-quality material in manufacturing the grocery basket. The designed grocery basket will have low resistance, physical wear and tear, and corrosion. The durability and life cycle cost of the designed grocery basket will be improved. An effective strategy to evaluate the stability of the basket is to use and asymmetry weight to check the level of the deformation and elasticity. The basket will be produced by using bioplastic material; therefore, it will show high elasticity and a higher degree of twist around the arms and wrist.

The important characteristics of the grocery basket are to be composed of the recycling label product. Some of the possible problem areas include stackability, volume efficiency packaging, return management, product protection, and the material used in the manufacturing process. The grocery basket produced by bioplastic material could be fragile but easy to handle. It will reduce inter product damage during the transportation of the product. There will be no significant impact on moisture and environmental temperature. Some of the identified requirements are combined with the recognized issues and provide Logistic requirements. The important logistics are mentioned below,

1.      Consider the mixed load of products placed in the grocery basket with the primary interaction among them. It is an efficient way to deliver groceries of customers

2.      The temperature control over time is also important for Quality Assurance of product and to facilitate the customer.

3.      The grocery basket will protect the original fragile products from having any kind of mechanical damage.

The proposed method for the manufacturing of grocery basket includes three stages, such as designing, planning, and development of visualized models including 3D and 2D. The proposed improvement will allow avoiding the use of transportation through any other service. The negative environmental impact of the material will be considered in balance with improved product protection. The findings from other performed research work can be used as the foundation of our present research. Other requirements to further research the market requirements and direct incremental conditions that can influence the impact on the design and functionality of the grocery basket. The ever-changing Trend can also be considered for bringing potential development with the possibility of rapid globalization of bioplastic grocery basket. Now just Conduct all the mentioned Logistic operations and other related analysis, it can be concluded that proper management of production style and design can improve the efficiency of bioplastic a grocery basket.