| 摘要 |
A smart facility management platform (SFMP) includes wireless sensors installed in containers for waste disposals and containers holding supplies, so that the use status of these monitored containers may be automatically transmitted to a remote management service over a computer network, e.g., a cloud service. Facility managers and supervisors may monitor the use status in real time and accordingly schedule on-demand cleanup operations, based on criteria that are set up in the SFMP. The SFMP may further have an event generation capability for notifying the supervisors and janitors through application programs running on mobile devices, SMS messages or email, when a service condition arises (e.g., a garbage can fills up, a towel dispenser runs out of towels, a sensor has a low- battery condition, or any malfunction). In addition, the SFMP also allows better management of inventory for facility management companies and reduces wastage of supplies. |
