Future Store: The supermarket of the future! Or Not!

The technology is fascinating! When we think we have seen all - technologically speaking - is a novelty that amazed us most.

There is little time "was made" to a supermarket of the future. " No, no future visited a store, but saw the video of the METRO Group where the project is demonstrated through a video, as it would be supermarket in practice. I left the future in quotes because it is not something so futuristic therefore exist in some countries and the Sugar Loaf has been doing tests here in Brazil.

The system begins in the home buying consumer, where, just see the products you need to buy and send the list of purchases over the internet, nothing written down on paper or take the worst, put the shopping list of "nailed" in refrigerator.

Coming to the supermarket of the future you handle your cart that has a display and loads your information through your future card with your list of purchases. The system is a greeting and list options as gifts from the store, offers individual and access the list you made at home and was sent over the Internet. Through the display you also receive the offerings of the supermarket, also eliminating the pamphlets that supermarkets have to disclose their offers. After you list all you need is just to go shopping. At the sitting of fruit and vegetables, for example, you choose the products, it made a reading of heat on the fruits and vegetables to see if all are good for consumption and then the label is issued with the information and value to be paid . Simple as that!

If you can not find the session of the product you need, there is the possibility of using some kind of GPS which is displayed a map showing the path to the session where the product. Another interesting point are the special offers where you get special offers according to their characteristics. I believe, for example, if you ever buy wine, will have discounts for people who do not have the habit of buying this product. The supermarket fits the profile of its consumers. The side of the display has a code reader, where you can go and adding products to the value of the product characteristics in addition to the value of all goods purchased so far.

Terminals remain, but are not as we usually see in conventional supermarkets: now in addition to the prices they report also the characteristics of products, and to show us where is the product of projections through the floor in the supermarket of the future. On the shelves have displays that show moving advertisements and product information.

The form of payment is fantastic! There is no need to spend all products by the box again, just send the information to purchase the box through the network, choose the form of payment, get proof of purchase and go home. Just that business of waiting in queues!

Below follows a short video that demonstrates the functioning of a Future Store!

So far we have seen the practice of shopping for consumers. But here comes the question: And to the supermarket, how the process?

It's still fantastic!

Everything is done by RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), ie there is no need to get products or with the hand. As the products are coming through RFID, the products will give input - or output - the inventory system is updated thus eliminating the arduous process of conference.

The purchase of clothing also is part of the future. Ever thought of buying a suit, "try" different colors and models without at least taking a piece of the body? You go to the store, your image is projected on the wall and next to the colors and types of suits available in the store, you just choose the colors to see which is best in you, and in the meantime, his wife can use the smart mirror where a terminal with mirror and a camera focusing on the face of the person and then can choose colors of lipsticks and increase or decrease the color according to your taste.

Pretty interesting, huh?

All this involves communication technology, optimized processes, cost reduction, efficiency and high-availability production.

Just to give you an idea, this innovation has support of the company as IBM, Intel, SAP among many others.

For more information simply visit the site of the Metro Group