Internet of Things combines bar code, RFID, GPS and sensor technology, is expected to become the mainstream of future logistics management technology. The popularity of Internet of things and applications will be retail and logistics industries to bring revolutionary changes.

  The world's large retailers have always attached great importance to the use of advanced technology to expand sales, improve efficiency and increase profits. Modern technology used in business and retail, will greatly enhance the competitiveness of enterprises. Innovative technologies can improve the efficiency of warehousing transportation and logistics management. At the same time, companies will be able to tailor their services to their customers. As a driving force for high-tech, METRO Group's future store project aims to lead the trend of the retail technology revolution.

  Customers expect to go to the supermarket every time you can find and experience some new things or high-tech, and supermarkets also hope that through various channels for customers to customize products and services. Metro's future store project is to start the original intention to better meet the needs of users. Working with powerful partners such as retailers, product manufacturers, service providers and IT vendors, METRO will test the retail-related high-tech in the only future store in the world. These technologies can make shopping more convenient, fast and Comfortable. RFID and other high-tech applications also makes the use of the retail industry more efficient, because it makes the manufacturers and retailers more closely. METRO Group's future supermarket project provides a common platform for all parties, the future of the retail revolution has begun.

  METRO Future Store is located in the outskirts of Duisburg, Germany, is an area of 4,000 square meters, operating nearly 40,000 kinds of goods, can park 300 cars, more than 120 employees of large supermarkets.

  1 personal consumption assistant will account

  A personal consumption assistant can provide a convenient and personalized service, which is a user-friendly computer placed on a cart. From the outside, personal consumption assistant is like a computer display (in fact PSA built-in computer), 40cm long, 25cm wide, it contains a pressure-sensitive touch screen and keyboard, the side of the reader is installed. PSA in future stores requires a consumer shopper to use a consumer card. Before entering the store, the customer fixes the PSA on a cart and proves the identity to the PSA via a personal consumption card. When used, the first sweep into the consumer card code, the screen will appear based on the consumer himself in the past 8 weeks of consumption records and consumption habits of the shopping list, special for the goods on the right side of the display. These listings will vary depending on where the PSA is located in the future store.

  If the customer is looking for a specific product, simply enter the corresponding product name in the PSA. The PSA will give the product a specific location and guide the path in real time. Consumers selected goods, through the embedded reader to read the relevant product information and data (if you want to cancel the purchase of goods, you can also press the Cancel button to delete the purchase information), PSA can be based on shopping information (variety, Quantity, unit price, etc.) shows the price of the product and the total amount of the purchase, and deposited in the PSA. In addition, PSA can provide customers with hot and discount information, and at any time to update the purchase price of the sum of goods.

  The information displayed by the PSA includes: merchandise shopping guide information, where the customer is brought to the location of the merchandise by retrieving the merchandise, the member information, the information on the last shopping and the points, and the like; commodity information including merchandise information, Cooking methods and a variety of alcohol information. The customer can view the information on the PSA while shopping.

  When customers use PSA for billing, they are much more efficient than regular payment processes, making them easy and comfortable to pay with PSA. Because all the items in the cart have been scanned, the customer does not need to put the goods on the conveyor belt, but only need to click on the PSA interface, "pay" button, the data will automatically transfer to the clearing station, waiting time is greatly shortened . The settlement office normally prints the receipt, and after the receipt is printed, the customer can make payment or credit card.

  In the future store, the consumer can obtain the electronic consumption bill through the PSA. Customers can list consumer orders at home or on their personal computers and send them via the Internet to future stores. Once the customer has sent a consumer order, enter the future store, he just raised the purchase order in the PSA to purchase.

  The future consumer card will be the key to personal consumption assistants and will be used in conjunction with personalized consumer cards. Consumer cards can be used to meet the needs of customers. The consumer card is distributed by the future store to each customer who is often consumed in the store as a key to activating the PSA. Consumers who use a consumer card can participate in future store-initiated rebates or discounts. Consumers have magnetic tapes and barcodes, and customers can simply identify the card near the PSA reader. In the near future, future stores may also offer PSAs for consumer card users. At the future store entrance, staff can distribute a consumer card for each customer, and customers can check their shopping points at a special information terminal.

  2 ubiquitous electronic advertising display

  At future stores, the electronic display is located next to the item to provide reliable, up-to-date product information and agent messages. It can lead the way for customers to provide consumers with hot and discount information, and through video or animation in the form of detailed product information.

  Electronic advertising display does not require special equipment, you can handwriting changes. In addition to regular advertising, the future store also installed with electronic video display advertising screen. These plasma screens are used to indicate promotional or merchandise information for grocery stores, detergents, or fast food outlets. These electronic advertising displays, which are controlled by a central server, can retrieve video from the database. In addition, there are electronic advertising panels installed on the ceiling, used to provide customers with nearby commodity information. In addition, the electronic advertisement display screen may be provided in the special merchandise promotion area for displaying various merchandise information. In a short period of time, staff can use the personal digital assistant to replace the channel.

  Future stores use RFID tags on DVDs, compact discs (CDs), videotapes, and other audiovisual products. However, this situation can not be used for intelligent inventory management, and can only be used to introduce the shape of the product to customers, providing audiovisual services and promotional information. When you set up an electronic advertising display, you need to use a consumer card to log in, and you can add measures to prevent adolescents from seeing in products with limited age.