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

M2M

Integration

Platform

Multi-

Service

Gateway

Approach

APIs, Dashboards, Console, etc.

The Internet of Things Distributed Systems Architectural Overview

Consumers of Data

M2M

Integration Platform

Multi-

Service

Gateways

Producers of Data

M2M

Infrastructure

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

Legacy

Systems

Smart

Machines

M2M

Multi

Services

Gateway

Human /

Machine

Interfaces

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 Integration

Platform

Monitoring &

Tracking

Smart Shelf

Smart Cashier System

People

Traffic

Analysis

Vending

Machines

RFID

Retail

Smart

Services

Gateway

Vertical Market Application Scenarios Retail Automation & Integration / Many Shops

Retail

Smart

Services

Gateways

Shop

Future

Data Services

Future

Data

Consumers

Services

Agencies

Dashboards

Alerts

Device

Management

Diagnostics

Prognostics

Location

Based

Services

Suppliers

Security

New

Features

M2M Integration

Platform

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

Security &

Surveillance

Smart Shelf

Smart Cashier System

People

Traffic

Analysis

Vending

Machines

RFID

RFID

Transportation

Logistics

Shop

Services

Gateway

M2M Integration

Platform

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

Retail

Services

Gateways

Shop

Future

Data Services

Future

Data

Consumers

Services

Agencies

Dashboards

Alerts

Device

Management

Diagnostics

Prognostics

Location

Based

Services

Suppliers

Security

New

Features

Security &

Surveillance Transportation

Logistics

M2M Integration

Platform

Surveillance

Edge Controller

Vending Machines

Kiosk

Application

Focus Group

Testing

Stock / Shelf

Monitoring

Asset

Management

Retail Automation & Integration / Platform View

Vertical Market Application Scenarios

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