ERS - Enterprise Ride System

Inspiration

Working in huge companies sometimes makes it difficult to get to know every single colleague, employees living in the same location and not knowing each other is a common scenario. The result is that rides to work and carpooling are difficult and not common things to happen, resulting in a lot of expenses for the employee, parking difficulties for the company and a lot of pollution for the environment.

What it does

The Enterprise Ride System is about facilitating the connection and rides offers between employees. In a nutshell, the rider can post a ride offer containing all the relevant information about the trip, such as date, time, location etc. and it will be shown on the main page for other employees. The passenger can then select the one that best fits his necessities and book a ride. Simple and easy.

How we built it

The application was designed and developed using SAP Fiori Tools, which applies modern concepts and design principles, enabling our users to have a delightful user experience. We started with brainstorming, trying to figure out the necessities and pain of our users. After that we planned, created CDS views, databases, coded and tested.

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenge was to develop an idea with limited development skills. We contacted mentors asking them for help while running out of time and working in our team in different time zones trying to use this to our advantage.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of developing such a valuable tool, which has an amazing impact on our users' lives and on the environment. Being able to use our skills to improve their lives and innovate, while learning and having fun, was absolutely an amazing experience.

What we learned

We learned a whole life knowledge in only 48 hours. We started this hackathon with lack of development experience, product knowledge and a huge desire to learn. We strived ourselves, searched, learned, talked with mentors and the result was amazing.

What's next for ERS - Enterprise Ride System

As future upgrades for our system we will consider a chat box for passengers and drivers’ direct communication. Better expense management for charging directly from employees’ monthly salary, and localization features, which will help passengers to find the nearest options among available drivers.