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Under the claim "Turn your ideas into cloud solutions in 2 days!", the participants of the first Otto Group IT Hackathon at the beginning of April had the goal of developing prototypes with a relevant business case for Otto Group companies.
"If someone asks me what cloud computing is, I try not to get bogged down with definitions. I tell them that, simply put, cloud computing is a better way to run your business.“ – Marc Benioff.
Day 1: Brainstorming and coding
After an introduction to the three topic blocks Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning and Powerapps by Microsoft Azure specialists, the participants could choose for themselves which topic they would like to work on. This resulted in a total of six groups (two per topic block). Afterwards, the participants went straight into the Design Thinking session. Within an hour and a half, the teams were asked to agree on a use case and set goals that they wanted to achieve by the end of the hackathon. These goals were presented to the entire plenary. All use cases had to offer clear benefits for colleagues and business.
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Great ideas have come out of this:
- A returnable shipping box with IoT connectivity.
- A predictive analytics solution for the utilization of the canteens on the OTTO campus
- An onboarding application created with Powerapps
- An IoT software that measures utilization, noise level & temperature, etc. in the shared desk area
- An image recognition system that, for example, suggests matching furniture to the user for photographed products
- The MAMPF app, which was created with the help of Powerapps and displays, among other things, the capacity utilization of the various canteens on the OTTO campus.
Day 2: Prototype development and pitch presentations
In the end, all groups finished and presented great prototypes and use cases. There were two prizes for the winners. A jury prize from Otto Group colleagues and a Microsoft employee, as well as the audience prize, which was awarded by all participants of the hackathon.
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And the winners are...
- "Desk-Friend" - IoT application that measures workload, noise level & temperature, etc. in shared desk area.
- "ReUseBox" - Returnable shipping box with IoT connectivity.
- "Krausel" - image recognition that suggests matching furniture to the user for photographed products, for example.
- The various ideas are now being tested for feasibility in the Group companies, for example OTTO. What will the next steps look like? Stay tuned!
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