Alcohol Quality Control System Based on IoT Technology

Product quality control is one of the most important tasks for the points of sale of draft alcoholic beverages due to high government control and the risk of losing customer loyalty. The lack of systematic monitoring and human factors increase the risk of adverse effects associated with the sale of substandard products. This study is aimed at developing a prototype of IoT system for monitoring the quality of alcohol in retail. The work will describe modern solutions in the field of IoT and their rational use in the alcohol business. The object of this study are low-alcoholic beverages of natural fermentation, which are sold in kegs. The subject of the research is the quality control of these beverages at the point of sale at retail outlets. The main goal of this study is to develop a prototype of IoT system for retail that will be able to monitor the quality of alcoholic beverages stored in kegs in real time. To achieve the goal of this research, the following tasks were set: 1) Analyze the existing technological practices of leading companies for the construction of IoT ecosystems; 2) Determine the requirements for the prototype of the system (including hardware and software); 3) Develop a working prototype of the system from components available on the market; 4) Confirm the correctness of the proposed solutions and the efficiency of the prototype during functional and load testing; 5) Develop a draft business plan for the further development of the system. The result of this study is a prototype of IoT system, which allows real-time monitoring of the quality of alcoholic beverages at points of sale in order to avoid getting spoiled product to the final consumer. The prototype was built on the basis of the best practices and technologies for IoT systems that are used by the largest IT companies in the world. It is based on universality for the possibility of further integration with other systems and energy efficiency.