FRONT END DEVELOPMENT OF A TRACEABILITY WEB APPLICATION FOR STINGRAY LEATHERCRAFT SUPPLY CHAINS: ORISTINGRAY

Abstract

Stingray leathercraft products has become quite popular in recent years in some countries and many countries has since been exporting them. But stingrays are also a legally protected species, and their trade is regulated by the government and international laws. To prevent traders from illegally poaching stingrays or selling fake imitations, an idea for a web-based application to monitor and determine the authenticity of stingray leathercraft products is proposed, and it is called OriStingray. OriStingray works by comparing the data of the product with the data from the application’s blockchain ledger which consist of product data from certified stingray leathercraft companies. This study is focused on developing the front-end of the application, where the users can interact with the web application. The front-end is designed using React JS framework and Python for the back-end. After the front-end has been developed, it is tested to multiple different handcraft product companies and the test data is gathered using a User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ). The test results reveal that from the graph scale of –3 to 3, the mean value of each scale that was used to measure the user experience (Attractiveness, Perspicuity, Efficiency, Dependability, Stimulation and Novelty) rests between ~1,6 and ~1,9. Which indicates that the user experience (UX) on the front-end is, on average, a good experience, with none of the scales stand out from each other.