The advantages that SOFIE delivers for the end-user

The SOFIE project is driven by the needs of real-world applications, represented by our four pilots operating in three different domains: energy sector, food supply chain and mobile gaming. Through the pilots SOFIE offers numerous advantages and innovations for its users.
 

Benefits of the Food Supply Chain Pilot

End-users of the pilot's outputs: food producers’ associations, food transporters, retailers and consumers.

For suppliers:

• secure information sharing without the need of a centralized authority to supervise and control data exchange,
• easy to use and non-disruptive solution to federate local IoT business environments,
• verify goods ownership and authenticity, as well as on-time and in-full transactions and deliveries,
• cut out mediation expenses,
• reduce transaction costs and improve quality management of products distribution.

For retailers:

• increase visibility in goods transfer from the field to the market shelf,
• improve efficiency in audits and disputes resolution when quality conditions are not met,
• enable immediate identification and recall of potential contaminated goods in cases where product,
• quality and/or safety events are detected.

For food consumers:

• increase consumers’ visibility about goods' production, transportation and processing practices over the whole food supply chain.

Read more about the pilot HERE. 
Contact: Sotiris Karachontzitis, Synelixis Solutions, karachontzitis@synelixis.com
 

Benefits of the Energy Data Exchange Pilot

End-users of the pilot's outputs: smart meter data operators providing access control of energy consumption data, retailers offering flexibility services to end-users.

• Traceability of products and ensuring the integrity of critical data without the need for centralized authority.
• Reduction of fraud and data manipulation, cutting out corresponding mediation expenses and transaction costs.
• Transparent data adaptation layer for IoT platforms and easy to deploy solution to federate heterogeneous IoT environments.
• Immutable blockchain-backed energy consumption readings which are correct beyond dispute.

Read more about the pilot HERE.
Contact: Priit Anton, Guardtime OÜ, priit.anton@guardtime.com

Benefits of Energy Flexibility Marketplace Pilot

End-users of the pilot's outputs: smart meter datahub managers, the industry responsible for energy data consumption/production distribution, energy flexibility service providers.

• Use real time and historical data to forecast the occurrence of reverse power flow.
• Create flexibility requests on the marketplace to balance the local energy supply.
• Help to recharge the batteries of its fleet of electric vehicles at advantageous price.
• The incentive provided by the DSO can cover part of the electrical supply.
• Thanks to the marketplace, the most convenient energy retailer can be selected any time a recharge is needed.
• Provides a rapid user-friendly mechanism to negotiate micro-contracts.
• Grants security, transparency and auditability of the operations.
• Enable the interoperability among different siloed IoT systems.

 
Read more about the pilot HERE.
Contact: Giuseppe Raveduto, Engineering, giuseppe.raveduto@eng.it

Benefits of Mobile Gaming Pilot

End-users of the pilot's outputs: mobile game developers and the gaming community.

• By using ephemeral identifiers, beacons can be harder to spoof than GPS. Player locations can be verified, reducing the number of cheaters in competitive games.
• Indoor positions, especially altitude information, can be more accurate.
• Hypothesis: DLTs can bring transparency and automation to companies participating in an ecosystem for location-based games.

 
Read more about the pilot HERE.
Contact: David Mason, Rovio, david.mason@rovio.com