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  • Scalable solution design (alternatives) for automating identification, tracking and discounting perishables in grocery retail
    (2024-08-21) Nuorala, Matti
     Perustieteiden korkeakoulu | Master's thesis
    Food waste is a significant problem globally, and it generates economic, social, and environmental issues. Food waste has a significant impact on grocery store’s profit margins. They already have methods to reduce the amount of food waste. However, the current lack of expiration date data prevents the implementation and development of more sophisticated models and methods that would reduce the amount of food waste. Implementation of 2D barcodes would allow grocery stores to gather the needed data and reduce food waste. The purpose of this thesis is to acquire information on the current state of the supply chain and use this information to develop preliminary designs for the 2D barcode implementation. In addition, this thesis examines the possible benefits of the 2D barcode for grocery stores and food manufacturers. 17 experts were interviewed for this study from 4 different parts of the supply chain. The semi-structured interview method was used in this study. This study proposes a preliminary design on how to implement 2D barcodes into the groceries. In this preliminary design 2D barcodes would be printed at the producer’s packaging line, and this barcode would have a unique ID for every individual product. Other key findings of this study are the benefits for grocery stores and food manufacturers. 2D barcode implementation would help grocery stores to reduce food waste and make their operations more efficient. For food manufacturers, the 2D barcode implementation would not be as beneficial as it would be for the grocery stores. However, benefits for the food manufacturers have not been studied thoroughly by researchers and companies.