Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things

T
he SMART project employees
RFID technology, data-stream
management systems and a service-oriented
architecture in order to
support intelligent business networking
and consumer services based on
information/ knowledge sharing and
collaboration among supply chain
partners. The distributed serviceoriented
architecture of SMART can
potentially support various RFIDintegrated
supply chain services. Special
emphasis has been placed on the
following two application scenarios:
Dynamic Pricing, enabling supply chain
partners to monitor back-room/ shelf inventory
and expiration dates of individual
product items and accordingly adjust
product prices, and
Promotion Management, enabling supply
chain partners to monitor shelf availability,
shelf replenishment and promotion-stand
sales for products on promotion.
The two SMART services that showcase the
applicability of RFID in the retail context
have been analyzed, designed and then deployed
in three real-life pilot sites. Specifically,
the Promotion Management service has
been deployed in two supermarkets in Greece
and Cyprus, while the Dynamic Pricing service
has been deployed in one supermarket in
Ireland.
Project Results
The project’s results and overall outcome
include:
Innovative in-store consumer services and
new supply chain collaboration scenarios
which exploit the capabilities for uniqueproduct
identification and real-time information.
A scalable, reliable and secure infrastructure
supporting information sharing, collaboration
and electronic services in the
above context.
The provision of reliable and real-time
end-to-end information about product
SMART
Intelligent Integration of Supply Chain
Processes and Consumer Services based on
Unique Product Identification in a Networked
Business Environment
quality and history to supply chain partners
as well as to educated consumers
through innovative electronic services.
The assessment from a business and marketing
perspective of the impact that the
developed services have on consumers.
The formulation of an integral systematic
approach to analyse, design, model and
evaluate alternative implementations of
RFID-integrated supply chain services.
SMART was completed in June 2009. The
consortium is continuing its work in their
fields of expertise and is providing the following
consultancy and products: SMART application
platform, SMART middleware,
SMART Data Stream Management System,
SMART promotion stand as well as Consultancy
based on the SMART methodology.
Further information:
Partners: Intrasoft International S.A., Athens
University of Economics & Business (AUEB) –
ELTRUN research group, WHU School of
Management, Trinity College Dublin, Cambridge
Auto-ID Labs, Alpha-Mega Papaellinas
Super-markets, Veropoulos Super-markets,
Superquinn Retailer, Rilken-Henkel S.A., Cyberce,
Planning Cyprus Ltd.
Contact: Katerina Pramatari;
Athens University of Economics & Business
47A Evelpidon & 33 Lefkados Str.;
GR-11362, Athens
Greece
Tel.: +30-210-8203 663
E-mail: K.pramatari@aueb.gr
Internet: www.smart-rfid.eu
Duration: 01.11.06 – 30.06.09 - 32 Months
CERP-IoT – Cluster of European Research Projects on the Internet of Things
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