{"id":12576,"date":"2010-05-05T14:50:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T18:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=12576"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:34:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:34:46","slug":"smart-cart-was-a-smart-idea-for-capstone-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/smart-cart-was-a-smart-idea-for-capstone-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Smart Cart&quot; Was a Smart Idea For Capstone Competition!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 750 business students comprising of 125 teams participated in the annual&nbsp;College of Business Administration&nbsp;Great Capstone Case Competition, which is part of their Strategic Management class.&nbsp;Each group analyzed Target, Inc. to address challenges faced by the company. The competition, sponsored by the Dean&#8217;s Executive Council, consisted of three rounds: quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the 2010 winning team which included: <strong>Darden Johnson<\/strong>, <strong>Bradley Mansilla<\/strong>, <strong>Adrian Melendez<\/strong>, <strong>Michael McGriskin<\/strong>, <strong>Brandon Robertson<\/strong>, <strong>Alvin Smith<\/strong> and <strong>Ryan Thomas<\/strong>. The team recommended a \u201cSmart Cart\u201d for Target that features a standard shopping cart which comes equipped with a touch screen device that is compatible with smartphones. The screen includes such items as an inventory management system and price scanner. The device also offers a weekly promotions tab, recipes and product reviews, advertisements, and other features.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe professionalism displayed by this group entailed many hours of financial analysis, examination of the company&#8217;s situation, and careful consideration of the company&#8217;s needs. This team certainly earned the recognition bestowed on them by both the College of Business Administration, and Target, Inc.,\u201d said <strong>Laurence Putchinski<\/strong>, lab instructor of the winning group.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4017\/4581468277_c1cf2670b0_o.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Watch the video of the 2010 Capstone Case Competition (winning team is at the 2:13:30 mark).\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Watch the video of the 2010 Capstone Case Competition (winning team is at the 2:13:30 mark).\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4017\/4581468277_c1cf2670b0_o.jpg\" class=\" lazyload\"><\/p>\n<p>For their winning efforts, the team was awarded $4,000 in scholarship funds from Target, gold medal plaques, dinner gift certificates, a collection of prizes from the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> and Target, and an \u201cA\u201d on their final exam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 750 business students comprising of 125 teams participated in the annual&nbsp;College of Business Administration&nbsp;Great Capstone Case Competition, which is part of their Strategic Management class.&nbsp;Each group analyzed Target, Inc. to address challenges faced by the company. 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