Use Case: RFID-based Baggage Tracking with Cloud Foundry
Channel: Cloud Foundry
Date: 2016-10-07

Use Case: RFID-based Baggage Tracking with Cloud Foundry - Elena Travkina, Altoros & Shyam Varan Nath, GE Digital

25 million checked bags get delayed, damaged, or lost every year. Altoros has implemented an end-to-end solution, an RFID sensor-based baggage tracking system for airlines that minimizes the chance of baggage being mishandled. Powered by GE Predix and built in collaboration with mentors from General Electric, the application tracks the flow of bags inside and between airports. Passengers can see the location and status of their bags at every moment of their jorney. Benefits of the solution include:

- reduced costs 
- improved customer experience 
- descreased departure delays

The presentation includes: a live demo (end-to-end, from a baggage drop point to a baggage claim point) and an overview of architecture, business model, and pricing.


About Elena Travkina
Elena Travkina is IoT Practice Lead at Altoros. She has over 11 years of experience in delivery and support of business-critical software applications, working closely with business owners and providing strategic and organizational leadership for software development. Over the years, Elena has served in different capacities, ranging from Software Engineer to Software Engineering Manager and Head of Altoros’s Ruby Department. She is also one of the founders of the Belarus Ruby User Group.Elena has spoken at Predix meetups in the USA.

About Shyam Varan Nath