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

英国酒店业和酿酒业是受COVID负面影响最严重的行业，近73%的员工被迫休假，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%停产-许多人将无法应对复苏。**_Smart Container Company的KegTracker项目的愿景是帮助酒店业和生啤行业利用这场危机作为机会，通过创建零浪费供应链来创造长期附加值和弹性。_**目前向酒吧等零售店分销啤酒的方式是通过小桶。然而，这个系统也伴随着它的挑战：1.零售浪费：每桶近20%的损失是由于变质、被盗和糟糕的处理2。糟糕的路线交付：由于交付路线效率低下，供应链成本高达50%。人工库存控制：人工处理库存导致库存控制不佳4.盲目预测：缺乏供应链可见性的需求预测误差为39%。产品变质：糟糕的温度控制会导致5%的库存变质。丢失和损坏的资产：每年有15%的酒桶丢失或损坏这些问题给该行业带来的成本总计为50亿GB/年-但由于浪费水、其他资源和非常高的啤酒碳足迹而对环境造成的成本更高。经过两年的研究，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尺寸的酒桶中，并持续监控温度、体积和位置。KegTracker套件将使用KegTracker物联网设备的数据来提供端到端软件解决方案，帮助整个啤酒供应链了解桶在哪里、容量水平、消耗量和温度。这将改变桶管理、零售废物管理、市场情报和交付优化的方式-最重要的是改善行业的碳足迹：**_一次一品脱实现可持续的COVID回收！

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!_**