'Worker Expected Movement Simulation' Winner
TechTaka, the operator of the digital logistics platform Argo, announced on the 3rd that it held an in-house hackathon called "2024 Techathon."
The "2024 Techathon," held over five days starting from the 24th of last month, is a portmanteau of the operator's name "TechTaka" and "hackathon." A hackathon combines "hacking" and "marathon," referring to a collaborative event where participants rapidly produce results in a short period at one location. This year's 2024 Techathon is the second event since its inception last year. It is characterized by Argo members from various departments coming together to creatively develop ideas aligned with the theme and implement actual services.
The 2024 Techathon was conducted under the theme "Seller-customized Differentiation Strategy for Argo Fulfillment Service." Unlike the 2023 Techathon held last year, a new "Ideathon" category was introduced, allowing participants to plan ideas only, encouraging diverse members regardless of their roles to contribute creative opinions. The duration was also extended from two days to five days, enabling participants to freely explore technologies or ideas they wanted to implement beyond their regular work.
In the idea planning category, a total of 27 participants (12 teams) submitted 12 ideas, while in the hackathon category, 21 participants (6 teams) presented 6 ideas. Notably, in the "hackathon" category, each team consisted of 3 to 5 members from at least two different departments, selecting from development, design, and planning positions to participate and execute development and implementation.
The first-place winning project was a system that can simulate and visualize the movements of logistics center workers in specific situations. When a surge in volume is expected due to a seller's promotion, the simulation data for that situation is input and processed to visualize the predicted worker routes. By checking elapsed time, remaining orders, and availability rates, workforce allocation can be optimized to reduce logistics costs.
The second-place project was a system that visualizes usage history when errors occur while sellers use the fulfillment system, enabling quick identification of error causes internally and reducing lead time. The third-place project was a consultation chatbot that connects usage guides with an AI chatbot to automatically respond to sellers' inquiries 24/7. Additionally, the seller custom barcode printing system, user tracking system, and the Argo App Store system, which allows fulfillment sellers to freely add desired features, also received favorable evaluations.
Prize money will be awarded to the winning teams of this Techathon, and the projects will be implemented in the actual Argo fulfillment service. Yang Su-young, CEO of TechTaka, said, "The 2024 Techathon, with its extended duration compared to last year, allowed members to implement more innovative and in-depth ideas," adding, "Argo will continue to strive through Techathon to enable e-commerce sellers to use more accurate and convenient fulfillment services."
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