A Review of Enabling Technologies
and Solutions for IoT Based Smart Warehouse
Monitoring System
Alem Čolaković
(&)
, Samir Čaušević, Amel Kosovac,
and Ermin Muharemović
Faculty of Traf fic and Communication, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
alem.colakovic@gmail.com
Abstract. Warehouses are premises used to store goods or products with the
key task of ensuring its security as well as maintaining its value and quality.
Some unexpected events in the warehouse such as temperature fluctuations and
humidity changes, and other unwanted events may destroy the value of goods
and products.In such circumstances, continuous monitoring of the warehouse
and condition control should be carried out. Internet of Things (IoT) enables the
development of various cost-effective solutions based on modern Information
and Communication Technologies (ICT) and infrastructure. IoT brings new
opportunities and benefits for the development of Warehouse Management
Systems (WMS). This paper put in light some possibilities of IoT applications
for a smart warehouse monitoring system. We present a model of IoT system
that helps to overcome some shortcomings in existing solutions for warehouse
monitoring control.
Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT) Á Warehouse Management System
(WMS) Á Monitoring system Á Smart logistics Á Application model
1 Introduction
A warehouse is a complex environment that uses a combination of different functions,
processes, and operations to perform a basic mission that includes receiving, storing,
joining, manipulating, and issuing different products. The various processes, functions,
and operations that take place within the warehouse must be actively monitored for the
safety, ef ficiency, and quality of the performance to be successful. Safety and effec-
tiveness in the warehouse are important indicators of management and control of
warehouses [1]. Storing products that are sensitive to temperature, pressure, and
humidity in a warehouse requires special monitoring and control.
With the advent of Industry 4.0, space has been opened to develop new applications
and potentially improve the control and management of warehouses. One of the drivers
of innovation is the paradigm known as the Internet of Things (IoT). This industry
requires an integrated system of different subsystems that include sensors, different
hardware and software platforms, communications and other technologies. IoT
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I. Karabegović (Ed.): NT 2020, LNNS 128, pp. 630–637, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46817-0_73