Conner Kjetland’s-Senior

Project
Introduction of Self and Project

• Senior Project
• Area of expertise
• Shadowing
• Research
• Problem for product
• Product
Overview of My Shadowing Experience

• Why I chose Grocery

• I wanted to know how Grocery store functions
• What happens if someone didn’t play their part
• What happens when every does their job
• I shadowed at Hy-Vee in Watertown SD
Shadowing

• Whom I shadowed
• 3 different people
• Charlie
• Hannah
• Corina
Shadowing experience

• Upfront
• Checking
• Counting
• Carts
• Bagging
• Customers service
• Backroom
• Stocking
• Employee assistance
• K-mart
• truck
Shadowing Upfront

• 10 hours

• Experience
• Fun with employees
• Can be frustrating

• Skills
• Communication skills
Shadowing In the Back

• 10 hours

• Experience
• Good learning experience
• Boring when you are by yourself
• With people it can be enjoyable

• Skills
• Hard work
• dedication
Research Overview

• Question
• How can grocery stores use artificial intelligence to
improve their efficiency

• Thesis
• Artificial intelligence would help grocery stores with saving
money, controlling the stock, and the safety of fresh foods.
Claims and Evidence

• Major Claims
• AI will give more inventory space for fresh food.

• Less fresh food would be wasted each year by letting AI control

inventory.

• Strongest evidence
• AI can predict the amount of food or sales that the stores will get
and accurately get the right amount of food so that the shelves will
not be empty

• AI keeps track of each individual item from when it gets there and
when it leaves
Conclusion

• End Results
• AI has a positive effect on the efficiency of all
grocery stores
• Takeaway
• Ai already has a positive effect on most things
What is My Product

• Product
• My product is a remodeling of Hy-Vee

• Purpose
• Efficiency
Product Creation

• Thought process
• Helping how all people work together

• Process
Product Before

• Before
Product After

• After
Comparing Layouts

Before : After:
Comparing Before and After

• Their Layout
Comparing Before and After

• My layout
Purpose

• Success

• Space

• Convenience
• Employees
• customers
Closing

• Takeaway from senior project

• Take a year off

• LATC