Service Broker based Interaction of Mobile Apps with Truck Scales for Biogas Plants

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1 WEB 2.0 Driven Service Builder for Product Extension in Globally Acting SMEs WEB-2-SME Project No Service Broker based Interaction of Mobile Apps with Truck Scales for Biogas Plants Harald Sundmaeker ATB Institute for Applied System Technology Bremen GmbH Smart AgriMatics Session 5.6 Agri-Food apps

2 Project > Research for SME Result of WEB-2-SME EU funded project Key objective: Using Web 2.0 functionality to enhance manufacturing SMEs products Mobile App based on a Service Broker was realised by o ATB Research Institute Bremen / Northern Germany o OAS AG German manufacturing SME one key area products for agri-food domain

3 Biogas Business Domain in Germany Biogas plants in Germany in 2011: o 6.9 Billion Euro Turnover o 5.3 Mio. Households using biogas energy Relatively new Business Domain with enormous growth rate over the last 10 years!

4 Joint Project with OAS - Weighing System Provider > OAS Business Area Truck Scales Transport from the field to the biogas plant, tracking the related data Truck scale for biogas plants Delivery of documented produce to the Biogas plant

5 Joint Project with Weighing System Provider > The Supply Chain Transport from the field to the biogas plant, tracking the related data Truck scale for biogas plants Delivery of documented produce to the Biogas plant

6 Joint Project with Weighing System Provider > The Supply Chain Transport from the field to the biogas plant, tracking the related data Truck scale for biogas plants Delivery of documented produce to the Biogas plant

7 Joint Project with Weighing System Provider > The Supply Chain Transport from the field to the biogas plant, tracking the related data Truck scale for biogas plants Delivery of documented produce to the Biogas plant

8 > Idea Truck Scale presents a Digital Node in the chain Field & crop specific data Origin, quality, quantity farmer, contractor date & time Truck scale for the biogas plants needs to compile and document the data

9 Key Element > User Interaction The user/ transport provider shall be enabled to: o Collect data on the field o Provide data to the weighing system o Being guided for delivering the crop o Remote control the weighing system

10 Solution Environment Truck scales are often used by: o Several (groups of) farmers o Diverse transport providers o Owned by the biogas plant or a group of farmers Operation needs to be: o Safe against fraud o Easy to learn o Robust in use!!

11 The Initial Solution Peer to Peer Challenges: o Limited PDA portability o P2P proprietary protocol o High costs for hardware o Efforts for installation and maintenance o Reconfiguration requires OAS experts and SW developers involvement

12 The Next Step > The Mobile App Main Solution Paradigm Simplicity!!! Easy to operate Minimal effort for adaptation to mobile devices The control remains with the weighing system

13 The Cloud is Routing the Communication Route, track, document Service Broker Alerting Reports/ Accounting Analysis. Provider Mediator Mobile Devices Weighing Systems

14 Service Broker for n-to-n Relations Providing added-value services for different customer types Service Broker Alerting Reports/ Accounting Analysis. Provider Mediator Mobile Devices Weighing Systems Process response Display data Get user input Process request Control next step Prepare data

15 Easy Usage and Hidden Communication Service Broker Alerting Analysis Reports/ Accounting Provider. Mediator Mobile Device Weighing System Process response Display data Get user input Communication of unique devices Process request Determine next step Prepare response data

16 Standard Communication and Integration Service Broker Alerting Analysis Reports/ Accounting Provider. Mediator Legacy System Service Requester Standard Communication Format Diverse mobile phones & smartphones are supported Service Requester Weighing System

17 Standard Communication and Integration Facilitating update & maintenance, only services on service broker have to be reconfigured Service Broker Alerting Reports/ Accounting Provider Analysis. Mediator Disburdening customers from administration Reuse of Infrastructure Enabling new business models (e.g. pay per use) Legacy System Standard Communication Format Weighing System Service Requester Service Requester

18 Over the Air Deployment Mobile App download with unique internet link Administrator uploads client application software via Service Broker. Automatic update of mobile app

19 Service Broker Features User Management supports multi-tenancy Master data management Generate Billing Documents

20 Service Broker Features Filtering of weighing data for user search Edit weighing protocols

21 Product Extension Using Mobile Apps for a new user experience for classical solutions Assure adaptability and limit hardware costs Service Broker as cloud based enabler Weighing system controls the mobile app Standard related calibration requirements can be assured

Future Internet Technologies and Funding for Agri- Food, Logistics, Transport and Manufacturing Introduction of the FInish project

Future Internet Technologies and Funding for Agri- Food, Logistics, Transport and Manufacturing Introduction of the FInish project Katalin Viola Campden BRI Hungary Ltd. Project Coordinator: Harald Sundmaeker