Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have received significant attention in recent years by encompassing a set of technologies that enable a variety of heterogeneous physical objects, called things, to interact and communicate through efficient networking protocols. These technologies have already been used in several domains such as in manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, etc. Another domain in which IoT can be applicable and useful, is that of supply chain tracing, where products are monitored throughout the whole supply chain. IoT data collection can enable the proliferation of applications, which are able to track environmental-related information per product (e.g. storage conditions), and combine them together with traceability data in order to provide full product monitoring services. Traditional supply chain tracing methods (e.g. product tracing, storage conditions' monitoring, transport vehicles used, etc.) involve costly and error-prone procedures, as human involvement is often required. Severe fragmentation is also possible, as the various stakeholders involved (producers, distributors, retailers), do not use interoperable technologies and standards. To overcome these limitations, we propose a flexible and secure prototype platform that leverages IoT technologies, jointly with the Electronic Product Code Information Service (EPCIS) standard. The IoT software/hardware modules of the platform are used to collect IoT data (i.e. geographical location, ambient temperature, humidity, etc.), while the EPCIS-based software collects and records conventional supply chain traceability data (e.g. type of product manufactured, product loaded/unloaded into/from a truck, product transformed to another product, etc.). A rich RESTful API with strong authentication/authorisation mechanisms is used to offer Product-Monitoring-as-a-Service (PMaaS) to third-party applications.
翻译:近年来,互联网(IoT)技术通过包含一系列技术,使各种各样的有形物体(称为事物)能够通过高效的联网协议进行互动和交流,这些技术已经用于若干领域,如制造、保健、农业等。另一个领域是供应链追踪,在整个供应链中监测产品。IoT数据收集能够使应用软件扩散,这些应用软件能够跟踪每产品(例如储存条件)与环境有关的信息,并与追踪数据相结合,以提供全面的产品监测服务。传统的供应链追踪方法(例如产品追踪、储存条件监测、使用运输工具等)涉及成本昂贵和易出错的程序,因为往往需要人的参与。还有可能发生严重的分裂,因为所涉及的各利益相关方(生产商、分销商、零售商)不使用基于可操作的技术和标准。为了克服这些限制,我们提议建立一个灵活和安全的原型平台,利用IOT技术,与电子产品编码信息服务(EPCIS)的升级/变现工具,使用另一个产品变现的版本,使用IO(I) 数据格式和S-S-S-S-S-Serviolal serviewal seral serviewal serviewal serval sal sal sal sal sal sal) 和I.