Functionality perspective

• Evaluators are randomly provided by the system
• Selection is happening behind the scenes
• The profile needs to be filled out by the evaluator,
  • ** producers are provided with evaluators** (this happens behind the scenes)
  • No sharing of evaluator profile or ability to ‘favorite’
  • No ratings or reviews being public -
  • ** No individual profile for each evaluator —>
    • Producers are provided with groups of evaluators; maybe they’ll be provided with addresses for shipment purposes and email
    • Every evaluator’s feedback will be provided in one pdf to the producer from Ruminate, not from each individual evaluator

The 3 variables in the intake forms:

• sector evaluator works in (distributor, retail, food service, etc.)
• Region of the country (northeast, southwest, etc.)
• availability

Dev team

• Maybe not in the scope of 8 weeks to have an algorithm that matches everyone, there may need to be some intervention from the Ruminate team
• I will meet with the Design team next week (TBD)

Number of evaluators/producers

• 30 evaluators currently
• I don’t have projections for the future; it depends on the product and “how far we get with these 8 weeks”
• For spring purposes to test prototype: (TBD) ~10 producers, ~100 evaluators from social media

Should evaluators have a way to communicate with producers they are paired with? → no;

• In the intake form, evaluators are asked (yes/no) if they would like the producer to contact them outside of the system/Ruminate. Producers will only be provided with email

Ruminate’s Goal/Objective

• Needs an automation system for matching with less human intervention especially as the program grows

Example of matching process → 300 evaluators