Automatic replenishment of consumables and raw materials

Consumer devices and appliances are getting smarter and more connected and we are not far off from the day when they will be able to detect and order the required consumables or raw materials by themselves. These appliances will detect whether they are running low on raw materials/consumables and then notify the user about the consumables that need to be replenished and leave the final purchasing decision to the owner. Over time, the system can learn someone’s behavior/preferences and even make the purchasing decision on their own. Appliances will have their own processing logic and will connect to a mobile device (using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) or a similar protocol) to send their statuses to a central server.

The key components of this use case are illustrated in the following figure:

Figure 5.4 – Realization of an automatic consumable ordering use case by leveraging IoT patterns

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