Guidance of IoT for the future supply of materials in the public sector

Purpose and goal:

The project aimed to gain control over current consumption and current balances in stores with consumables. The theory was that IoT technology could be an enabler in these contexts. The goal was that the technology would give us the data that was desired while the user would see as little of the technology as possible. The experience would ideally be the same as before, that you just go in and pick up what you need.

Expected results and effects:

The project´s main deliverable is a requirement document to be used for procurement and a report with guidance for implementation. The project has evaluated various technical solutions and some of them have been tested in practice. The ones tested are a solution based on scales, a solution with camera and AI and some variants with QR codes and mobile phone.

The scale solution was clearly the most popular, but it comes with costs in infrastructure. A mobile phone worked well but the technology does not become invisible. The project mostly believes in a combination of these. Approach and implementation:

The project has carried out strategic analysis of various technologies in several different ways. Searches on the web and Youtube, workshops, supplier dialogues. Prior to the work with tests, an RFI was carried out to connect the project with suppliers.

Some techniques were selected and tested with health care personnel as well as storage personnel. The focus was on usability and simplicity. Based on a number of use cases, the solutions have been tested and the set of requirements created.

In collaboration with the academy, a couple of app solutions were also built as supplementary tests.