Cub Scout Popcorn Sales in South Plainfield, New Jersey

The application that I would like to look into is how to utilize GIS to track and improve sales of popcorn for South Plainfield, New Jersey, Cub Scout Pack 207.  Popcorn sales are a way that the Cub Scouts can do fundraising that will finance their future endeavors for the year.   This fundraiser typically is quite large and the scouts go house to house, as well as setting up locations in front of stores.  I would like to track where the sales are productive, and see what types of goods are selling the best in locations. 

I believe this application will work directly with marketing and retail.  With a better understanding of where the sales are most productive, as well as knowing what type of product is selling, we can focus our efforts and spend more time in the areas that raise the most money. 

I believe one of the challenging issues with this task will be with teaching the scouts how to gather data properly, as well as coming up with a way that this can be simplified so that the data can be used in the future.  I believe one of these solutions would be to come up with a mobile application through GIS Online, or perhaps a spreadsheet through Google docs that all the children can access while doing sales.

I find this project to be interesting because as a Cub Scout leader I can introduce the young scouts to a great technology, and at the same time allow them to focus on earning more money that will be utilized in projects and trips for the next year.

I would like to see how this application can be put into place for little to no cost, and also learn the best way to gather and present the data for future use.  I believe this can then be shared to other packs and help the scouts become more productive in this fundraising project.  My hope is that they will also see where GIS can be used in other projects that they may do in the future.