Texas, USA
Laundris
Hotel laundry management system
RFID-based item tracking system in hotels
The problem
Hotels use a huge number of different disposable items every day that must be replaced or washed after use (towels, mattresses, blankets, etc.)
These items are constantly moving between warehouses, hotel rooms and laundries.
In the process, many things are lost, some things are stolen, some become unusable due to their useful life.
Lost or unaccounted items are a big source of expense for hotels.
Startup "Laundris" has set itself the goal of solving this problem.
Way to solve the problem:
Develop a system that will semi-automatically monitor where an item is located (at the laundry, in a warehouse,
in a room) by reading RFID tags based on NFC technology.
The main function:
It is very rare for a hotel to be 100% full.
Therefore, the hotel warehouse simply does not have linen for all rooms. This is because it is not profitable for the hotel to buy and store such a huge amount of things.
The ratio of the number of required items to the number of items available is called the PAR Level.
This ratio is ideally equal to 1. This means that there are exactly as many things as needed to fill all the hotel rooms.
But as we understand this does not happen.
However, the PAR Level should not be allowed to drop below 0.4. In this case, there will not be enough things for all the guests.
This can happen in 2 cases:
1. An unexpectedly large number of guests (during festivals, conventions, holidays) when almost all rooms in the
hotel are full.
2. Too many things have been lost, stolen or damaged.
The Laundris system offers 2 solutions to this problem:
1. Online accounting of the number of items available. Also damaged or lost.
In this case, the hotel will be able to purchase the missing items in advance.
2. Forecasting the number of guests in the hotel.
Information is taken from historical data tied to the dates of holidays and other events. As well as from the booking information.
The design
Hotel Facility Manager View.
The hotel warehouse manager can see the number of items, add or remove items, and change their
description.
Its main task is to account for items in the warehouse and manage their movement.
The Warehouse Manager does not have access to the full statistics and predictions of the system, since he is
not engaged in purchases.
Hotel Branch Manager View.
The hotel branch manager can view complete inventory usage statistics and plan the purchase of new items
based on this data.
In addition, he can add or remove employees in the system.
"Laundris" Manager View.
The Laundris manager can add hotel information to the system.
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The Laundris manager can add hotel information to the system.
