Project Introduction
This project aims to develop a device to assist workers to manage their inventory conveniently digitally. Singapore is currently facing a manpower shortage crisis in the industrial workforce. By using the system, the manpower shortage problem can be solved easily with the use of Artificial Intelligence and every time stock needs to be checked, it can be done swiftly without any hassle.
Background Information
There has been a increasing manpower shortage, especially in industrial workplaces recently. Sometimes, workers might become overstressed by work due to the larger load they have to handle to compensate for the manpower shortage at workplaces. Hence, some simple responsibilities and tasks at work are often forgotten, such as remembering to check for sufficient stock. With the system being created, we hope that the system will be able to replace manpower to analyse how much stock is left in storerooms so that the workload on industrial workers will be reduced.
Solution to the problem in background information
We have decided to come up with a smart inventory management system to make up for the high manpower shortage. This system consists of three circuits that might be placed in a small enclosed box that will be placed right outside the storeroom and near the storeroom door. One circuit monitors the amount of stock there is inside the storeroom while the second keeps the storeroom secure and the last is a data logger that keeps track of the login history of the workers for easier identification of who has actually put in the effort to check up on the stock in the storeroom apart from the slackers in the workplace. With the implementation of this system, the amount of manpower an industrial company has will not negatively affect the ability to check stock in their workplace(s) although workers will still need to frequently check up on the stock in the storeroom by tapping in.
Challengesfacedthroughoutthisproject
Some challenges faced throughout this project were designing the UI for the two circuits as some of us had different opinions on how the UI design should really look like and deciding what components were to be used for the two circuits due to the wide variety of opinions we all had again. Eventually, we came to a consensus for both the UI designs and the components used and finished the project on time. Additionally, we had to change our topic halfway thorughout the project from urban farming to smart factory solutions due to majority of the groups in my class doing urban farming. Despite the sudden change in topic, my teammates and I managed to adapt well to the topic change and kept to the project schedule on time. There was also a sudden implementation of the data logger circuit, which required some time to complete this part of the project but it wasn't much of a hassle to our project as everything was pre-planned beforehand.
Our Block DiagramSorry if the words on the board are too small, hopefully you can read them. The boxes on the cardboard shelf were handmade using cardboard and glue. Credits to Zoey and Janis for creating the description board and to Julius, Ram and Roy for creating the prototype board. The security system requires the M5Stack to be connected to an external power source, e.g. a laptop, to prevent the circuit from lagging.
Prototype video link: https://youtu.be/DXexEs6M2xs
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