Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

The objective of this collaborative project between Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Foodee is to develop an application that will allow Foodee to electronically dispatch and track all in-house deliveries and replace the archaic hard copy paper-based system that is currently used. This new partnership between the development team led by Dr. Mandeep Pannu at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Brian Stubbs at Foodee will provide opportunity for Kwantlen students to tackle genuine business problems in conjunction with research on optimizing real time tracking operations through mobile applications. The technology will be pivotal in making Foodee operations sustainable for extremely large order numbers in a single day. These advancements will allow drivers to be dispatched without the need for reporting to the main office, and will advise customers via an auto-notification relay system when an order is picked up from a restaurant and the progress of the delivery to the customer in real time. Foodee will gain a functional system that will allow expansion into cities all across Canada and the U.S. Their goal is to complete this expansion within the next two years, and KPU's work is essential to ensuring success. KPU will also directly benefit from this new industry connection by developing the skills and abilities of all participants in the project. The completion of this venture will further increase the capacity of the Department of Information Technology to assist local companies in the R&D of any future projects.