As food pantries combat food insecurity, adequate data collection is important to sustain city funding. Our team strove to optimize client reporting for El Buen Samaritano (EBS) of Worcester, MA, where physical paper forms created a bottleneck for food distribution efficiency and compiling data needed for funders. We volunteered, interviewed and conducted a case study to find ways to improve the client tracking process. Using the data collected, we condensed the client check-in process to a simple scan of a barcode, creating a quick, streamlined process. In addition, we automated the compilation of funding reports, enabling the utilization of the new digital client data. For the future, we recommend that EBS expand the use of barcodes to inventory, allowing them to track donations.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Meyyappan, Meenakshi
• Perez, Olivia
• Piper, Christian
• Asante, Adrian

Subject

• Community
• Health
• Well-Being
• Project-Based Learning
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-070224-132538
• 123126

Palabra Clave

• Technology
• Food Bank
• Food Pantry
• Data Base
• PantrySoft
• Food Insecurity

Advisor

• Roberts, Laura

Year

• 2024

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• El Buen Samaritano Food Program Inc.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 2 - Zero Hunger
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2024-07-02

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-070224-132538

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 International

Última modificación

• 2024-09-20