Retail and the Internet of Things: M2M Technology Building Blocks

Introducing Multi-Service Gateways and M2M Integration Platforms and by that effectively Decoupling Producers & Consumers of M2M Device Data

Robert Andres

Vertical Market Application Scenarios Retail Automation & Integration / Overview

It is all about …

• knowing more about customers • winning and keeping customers • providing more and better services • reducing cost • increasing efficiency & margin • protecting customers and business

What M2M solutions from Eurotech can do for you.

The Internet of Things M2M Applications Everywhere

Logistics

Medical

Transportation

Public Transport

Rail

Metering

Air Conditions Mining

First Responders

Value Transport

Smart City

Environmental

Smart Grid First Responders

Green Houses

Sports Medical Application

Cool Chain Monitoring

Vending

Reverse Vending

Industrial Ticketing

Farming

Agriculture

Signage Automatic Vehicle Location

Remote Monitoring

Retail

Energy Monitoring

The Internet of Things

• IT centric, cloud based M2M connectivity platforms as building blocks for enterprise IT

• Implementation of “Enterprise Service Bus” architectures to allow an easy integration of different device data systems and applications

• Multi Service Gateway approach to integrate and consolidate data streams and future proof investments

• IT centric application development to implement business logic in smart edge devices / service gateways

• Of the shelf purpose built devices designed to meet vertical market value propositions

Distributed Systems Fundamental Building Blocks

M2MIntegrationPlatform

Multi-ServiceGatewayApproach

APIs, Dashboards, Console, etc.

The Internet of Things Distributed Systems Architectural Overview

Consumers of Data

M2MIntegration Platform

Multi-Service

Gateways

Producers of Data

M2MInfrastructure

Solution

Operational Technology

Building Block

Standard Interfaces

Vertical Market Application Scenarios Retail Automation & Integration / Overview

• Smart Shelf• Smart POS• RFID Solutions• Monitoring & Tracking• People counter• Scanning and weight

control• Smart Trolleys• Payment systems• Queue management• Anti-theft systems• Security & surveillance• Vending and reverse

vending machines

• …

M2M Applications Everywhere in Retail:

The Internet of Things Automation & Integration / M2M Multi Services Gateway

Sensors

Actuators

LegacySystems

SmartMachines

M2MMulti

ServicesGateway

Human /MachineInterfaces

Meters

• Multiple business relevant tasks are addressed and technically consolidated

• Data delivery using a common protocol effectively decoupling data providers and data consumers

• IT centric application development to implement business logic in smart edge devices / service gateways

• More efficient bandwidth utilization – carrier cost optimization

• Of the shelf purpose built devices designed to meet vertical market value propositions

Vertical Market Application Scenarios Retail Automation & Integration / Retail Services Gateway

M2M IntegrationPlatform

Monitoring &Tracking

Smart Shelf

Smart Cashier System

PeopleTrafficAnalysis

VendingMachines

RFID

RetailSmart

ServicesGateway

Vertical Market Application Scenarios Retail Automation & Integration / Many Shops

RetailSmart

ServicesGateways

Shop

FutureData Services

FutureData

Consumers

ServicesAgencies

Dashboards

Alerts

DeviceManagement

Diagnostics Prognostics

Location Based

Services

Suppliers

Security

NewFeatures

M2M IntegrationPlatform

Vertical Market Application Scenarios Retail Automation & Integration / Many Shops & Services

Security & Surveillance

Smart Shelf

Smart Cashier System

PeopleTrafficAnalysis

VendingMachines

RFID

RFID

Transportation

Logistics

ShopServicesGateway

M2M IntegrationPlatform

Vertical Market Application Scenarios Retail Automation & Integration / Many Shops & Services

RetailServices

Gateways

Shop

FutureData Services

FutureData

Consumers

ServicesAgencies

Dashboards

Alerts

DeviceManagement

DiagnosticsPrognostics

Location Based

Services

Suppliers

Security

NewFeatures

Security & Surveillance Transportation

Logistics

M2M IntegrationPlatform

Surveillance

Edge Controller

Vending Machines

KioskApplication

Focus Group Testing

Stock / ShelfMonitoring

Asset Management

Retail Automation & Integration / Platform View

Vertical Market Application Scenarios

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