Open-source demo system to support automated identification and tracking workshops

Currently only larger companies get most benefit from advanced tracking. A research project aims to provide a lighter option suitable also for smaller companies. Primary goal is free, open-source software package offering affordable item-centric tracking and tracing solutions. One way to find new potential solutions and applications is through a series of workshops, where the idea is to give the audience a hands-on experience of the tracking system usage and the current solutions available. For this purpose, we have created a framework for the development of tracking-based business and implemented an open-source tracking software demo. The paper gives an overview of our proposed framework, guidelines how to conduct a successful workshop and instructions how to use our workshop demo system.