Rattan Shopping Trolley

Brief: (Week 1)
Design and delivery a shopping trolley for home and fashion store chain with aesthetically attractive features and properties for a specific store chain to include certification of health and safety to UK Standards

Process and Timescales
Stage 1 (week 2-3)
Outsourced and designed and tooled in the Far East due to visibility of costs and rattan materials and rattan weaving requires non mechanical process:

Manufactured Rattan to customer specification and colour to match. Factory visit to ensure all specification and durability and practically issues were met as per brief

Stage 2 (week 4)
Produced initially prototype for customer appraisal within two weeks of the brief and sent to the UK
Stage 3: Minor Changes per customer requirement and new prototype produced within a week

Stage 3 (week 5)
Full production visit with client in The Far East to sign off and advise of health and safety specification testing

Stage 4 (week 8)
Completion of production and testing for health and safety certification to UK Standards and quality checks

Stage 5 (week 9-13)
Shipping to delivery of product and multi store roll out to Project Success