Development of a sales system without physical purchase receipts

Abstract

The aim of this project is to develop the approach of a sales system without physical purchase receipts, reaching an environmental improvement. This system will be designed for a particular company: Barcelona Tourism. Regarding the methodology used to develop this project, it has been fundamental the documentation on the current market situation regarding digital receipts in order to purpose the optimal solution. Furthermore, a survey of 72 potential users has been conducted and several external consultations have been carried out to complete the study. The implementation of this project would imply the saving of 67.063,56 l of water, 390,21 l of oil, 16.207,5 kWh of electric energy, the cutting of four trees and 3342,64 kg of CO2 emitted; furthermore, it would reduce the exposition to workers and users of Bisphenol A. The solution that bests prospects of success has is a mobile application. Such an application must provide quality content and it would even speed up the purchase process. Thanks to the survey carried out, it is likely that the application would have good acceptance.