Systems and methods for determining compliance with an entity's standard operating procedures

Abstract

Systems and methods for determining compliance with an entity's standard operating procedures are disclosed. An example system may include a plurality of micro-climate sensors disposed on a floor of a store, each structured to generate store floor data corresponding to items of sale on the floor. The example system may further include a server, where the server, based at least in part on standard operating procedure (SOP) data corresponding to a SOP of the store, may determine store analysis data from the store floor data, and transmit store analysis data. The store analysis data may indicate a measure of the store's compliance with the standard operating procedure.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. Nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. 17 / 025,756 (Attorney Docket No. FEED-0008-U01), filed Sep. 18, 2020, and entitled “SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING PRODUCT ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT A SUPPLY CHAIN.”[0002]U.S. Nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. 17 / 025,756 (Attorney Docket No. FEED-0008-U01) claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62 / 902,175 (Attorney Docket No. FEED-0006-P01), filed Sep. 18, 2019, and entitled “SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PERISHABLE GOODS”.[0003]Each of the foregoing applications is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUNDField[0004]This system relates to monitoring quality of perishable goods / items throughout the distribution and retail lifecycles.Description of the Related Art[0005]Current approaches produce limited data regarding perishable items because all aspects of the item's lifecycle are not ...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]Currently, there is a need to provide retailers with insight and data regarding how foods or goods are being handled and their environment throughout their life cycle, from a point of production, such as a farm, through transportation, and distribution center, to a store display case, including in store handling. Further, a retailer would benefit from being able to link the environmental and handling data to information regarding standard operating procedures (SOPs), human behavior and potential deviations from SOPs. While there are some systems that may provide information at specific points in time, e.g., the temperature of a freezer, or a transport vehicle, this data is not linked with human behavior. There is a need to be able to link the environmental data to SOPs and human behavior to facilitate the ability to take corrective action based on the data.

Problems solved by technology

Current approaches produce limited data regarding perishable items because all aspects of the item's lifecycle are not monitored, reported, or otherwise analyzed.

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