Initially, the three engineering students at Aarhus University focused on digitizing the analogue warehouses found at many furniture manufacturers. However, after a conversation with the East Jutland Police, they honed in on how they could utilize the digital identity assigned to each piece of furniture in their evidence-gathering work when they come across stolen goods.
Camilla says, "We interviewed the police and gained insight into their work processes and what would be most useful to them. It became clear that there is a lot of investigative work involved in finding the rightful owner, and if they don't succeed, they have to return the furniture, which means a lot of work hours are wasted."
Furniture theft is a big problem, and it is rare to find the rightful owner even when stolen furniture is located. To solve this problem, Camilla and her two fellow students have developed an ID tag using standard RFID NFC tags that are integrated into the furniture. This way, the furniture is assigned a digital identity that makes it easy to document ownership and prevent the sale of counterfeit goods.
When a consumer purchases a piece of designer furniture, they register as the owner. This way, it can always be traced back to them, even if it is stolen.
"My work at Delegate has given me a broad understanding of Microsoft and integrations. That was an advantage because the manufacturers we visited use Microsoft, and it's not that our system should replace anything, but it should be integrated into Microsoft's solutions."
Camilla Homstoel Andreasen
Associate Consultant hos Delegate
I arbejdet med projektet har Camilla trukket på sin viden om Microsoft integrationer, som hun har fået gennem sit studiejob hos Delegate. Hun har også kunne bruge den viden, hun har om det fulde billede af en udviklingsproces, i udviklingen af ID-tagget og softwaresystemet.
”Mit arbejde hos Delegate har givet mig et bredt kendskab til Microsoft, og hvordan det fungerer med integrationer. Det var en fordel, fordi de producenter, vi var ude ved, bruger Microsoft, og det er jo ikke, fordi vores system skal gå ind og erstatte noget, men det skal integreres med Microsofts løsninger. Og så har jeg et overblik over det fulde billede af, hvordan man kan integrere løsningen – fx i en producents allerede eksisterende Dynamics løsning,” fortæller Camilla og fortsætter: ”Og da vi stødte på nogle problemer med Azure, var det nemt for mig at hente hjælp hos mine kollegaer, der er skarpe indenfor det.”
Personally, working on the project has given Camilla a much better insight into the use and development of use cases.
”Jeg har fået rigtig meget ud af det her med at gennemarbejde use cases, fordi vi har haft så mange forskellige, både producenter, politi og privat forbrugere. Men det der med at skulle afsøge, hvad er egentlig behovet, og hvordan kan jeg løse det, har været fedt,” fortæller Camilla.
Together, Emil Garder Kær Poulsen, Anders Kallesøe Pedersen and Camilla Homstoel Andreasen have founded the startup InTag'd based on the bachelor project, with the aim of deploying the ID tag and associated software system to help consumers, furniture manufacturers, and the police.
The bachelor's project has the title "Product Digitalization & Ownership - an IoT Perspective"
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