Barcodes/QRCodes for crops4life project and CoopCycle

[Atala]

State of the art

What is a barcode? What informations does it carries?

There are several types of barcode (1, 2...). So we need to know which barcode we are dealing with because maybe it is a different library for a different item! Each parcel provide may have its own format (example).

Barcode are linked to an item (see Urbantz below), so it seems an order is several items with several barcodes)

What is a qrcode?

QRcode is a 2 dimensional bar code.

Barcode in Urbantz

https://support.urbantz.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007642897-How-to-use-the-advanced-functionalities-of-the-mobile-app-

ProblemS

How is DB Schenker using barcodes?

One barcode = 1 order = several parcels

How is Urbike (coop in Bruxelles) using barcodes?

• they need to scan the parcel in order to be able to update its status (failed, incidents, aso.)
  -> ask Serge for more details about it

Why Crops4Life wants barcodes?

• Enable logisticians to consolidate orders when going from producers to customers individual baskets (Paul iano)

Case 1: I am bringing tomatos to Eraman. I am a producer, i leave tomatos at my town hall. I scan the barcode to show i dropped it off. Town hall scans it to say received. Another producer who is going to Gasteiz goes to pick up up. Town hall scans it to say given away, new producer scans to say picked up. Then when arriving at Gasteiz to eraman, scans to drop off, eraman scans to pickup

Then we consolidate probably. Put some tomatoes in box 1 with stuff for client 1, other tomato’s in box 2 for client 2, etc etc (and mixing with lettuce, onions, whatever from other producers)

Case 2: We now have a bar code for each box which we scan when we take them out for delivery and on drop off

• Enable customers to scan their products to check their environmental numbers?

Why Naofood wants barcode on food orders?

• They can check that the "food bag" is the one linked to the delivery they have been attributed, so they dont take the wrong order

Why Coursiers Nantais wants barcode?

• A courier is able to scan packages barcodes when receiving them, so it creates task in coopcycle. tasks data comes from Fiducial (which is the transporter).
• A courier scan a package to start the delivery task

Solution

Data Model

A thing that is complicated is that a barcode could be linked to:

1. A specific package in a task (Fiducial Les coursiers Nantais, Urbantz)
2. A task (task created from the CoopCycle dashboard)
3. An order (Food order)
4. Several packages linked to a task (in DB Schenker, a package with same barcode can be split in several parcels, 1/3, 2/3, 3/3, ..)

Barcode generation

If we want to have a barcode on each and every tasks

1. Barcode comes from an external carrier (API import or FTP import (DB Schenker)) and is written down at import time
2. Barcode is generated by the CoopCycle platform itself when a task is created

Draft

Related issues : #3629

[Atala]

Interview with Serge

BD Logistics = a customer who is using barcodes. A barcode was linked to a package. One task = several deliveries.

We can have :

1. 3 packages with 3 different barcodes which goes to the same place/adress and are the same task/order
2. 3 packages which are linked to different task/order

The process is the following :

1. Package arrives in BD logistics warehouse and it is scanned to say it is arrived. A status is picked in the app : package is fine, package is damaged, I am missing some part of the package = BDI codes from international convention. Scan -> Modal open with dropdown.
2. Customer assign to Rayon9 some tasks in Urbantz
3. Task is created in Urbantz before it arrives at Rayon9 warehouse
4. Rayon9 is supposed to scan the package when they arrive at their warehouse to scan them again for reception (special role (= dispatcher?)) + special screen to scan))
5. The task is assigned to a courier
6. Rayon9 scan when they start the delivery by bike
7. Rayon9 scan when they deliver the package // Rayon9 scan if the delivery failed

_Questions :

• Which role is it is to do the reception of the goods ? dispatcher ? or new specific role ?
• When you have event "reception at the warhouse" how it is stored the information "this is this warehouse" ?_

Urbantz

You can select package per package what is required for successful delivery, failed delivery, ... (signature, barcode scan, ...)
-> can it be selected per customer?

https://www.efarmz.be/fr -> may use barcodes in the future

Needs to have parcel size for digitalization

SD Roads

A transporter as BD logistics. Wants to know the status of each package anytime -> scan at every step. They use their own software. Urbike has written a python scripts to get all SD roads data into Urbantz (and send back the data to SD Roads). It is a cron job.

Scan screen proposal for dispatcher

1. You see "batches of arrival" list. kinda of a list of tasks OR it opens kinda of take a picture screen where you can scan anything
2. Dispatcher needs to have a screen with the statuses of every parcel (scanned / not scanned)