KegTracker Suite: piloting a user-centric software suite for an IoT device that helps create a zero-waste supply chain in the hospitality and draught beer industry

英国的酒店及啤酒行业是受COVID负面影响最严重的行业，近73%的员工被解雇，68%的员工面临被解雇的风险。啤酒生产商的销售额下降了82%，65%的生产商停止了生产-许多人将无法管理复苏。智能集装箱公司的KegTracker项目的愿景是帮助酒店和生啤酒行业利用这场危机作为一个机会，通过创建零废物供应链来创造长期的增值和弹性。目前将啤酒分销到酒吧等零售店的方式是通过小桶。然而，这个系统也带来了挑战：1。零售损耗：每桶啤酒中有近20%的损耗是由于变质、盗窃和处理不当2。不良的运输路线：高达50%的供应链成本归因于低效的运输路线3。人工库存控制：人工处理库存会导致库存控制不良4。盲目预测：39%的需求预测错误B/c缺乏供应链的能力5。产品变质：温度控制不当会导致5%的库存变质6。损失和损坏的资产：每年有15%的啤酒桶丢失或损坏。这些问题给啤酒行业带来的损失总计为50亿英镑/年-但通过浪费水和其他资源以及啤酒非常高的碳足迹对环境造成的损失甚至更高。经过2年的研究，智能集装箱公司TSCC发明了正在申请专利的KegTracker物联网设备，该设备可以添加到任何标准中-确定小桶大小并持续监测温度、体积和位置。KegTracker Suite将使用来自KegTracker物联网设备的数据提供端到端软件解决方案，帮助整个啤酒供应链了解啤酒桶的位置、容量水平、消耗量和温度。这将改变啤酒桶管理、零售废物管理、可以进行市场情报和交付优化-最重要的是改善行业的碳足迹：**_实现可持续的COVID恢复，每次一品脱！_**

The UK's hospitality and brewery sector is the hardest hit sector by the negative impact of COVID with nearly 73% of staff furloughed and 68% of staff at risk of being let go. Beer producer's sales fell 82%, and 65% stopped production---many will not manage the recovery.**_The vision of The Smart Container Company's KegTracker project is to help the hospitality and draught beer industry to use this crisis as an opportunity to create long-term value-add and resiliency by creating a zero-waste supply chain._**The current way to distribute beer to retail outlets such as pubs is via kegs. However, this system also comes with its challenges:1. Retail Wastage: Nearly 20% of each keg is lost due to spoilage, theft, and poor handling2. Poor Route Deliveries: Up to 50% of supply chain cost due to inefficient delivery routes3. Manual Stock Control: Manual handling of inventory causes poor storage control4. Blind Forecasting: 39% demand forecasting error b/c of lacking supply chain visibility5. Product Spoilage: Poor temperature control causes 5% of inventory to spoil6. Lost & Damaged Assets: 15% of kegs get lost or damaged each yearThe cost of those problems to the industry add up to a total of £5bn/year---but the cost to the environment through wastage of water other resources and very high carbon footprint of beer is even higher.Following 2 years of research The Smart Container Company TSCC has invented the patent-pending KegTracker IoT device which can be added to any standard-size keg and continuously monitor temperature, volume, and location. The KegTracker Suite will use data from the KegTracker IoT device to provide an End-to-End software solution helping the entire beer supply chain to know where a keg is, what's the capacity level, how much is consumed and what's the temperature.This will transform the way that keg management, retail waste management, market intelligence and delivery optimisation can be done---and most importantly improve the carbon footprint of the industry:**_Enabling a sustainable COVID recovery one pint at a time!_**