TopHat transforms smart housing value chain into a real-time connected ecosystem

Wipro deploys first of its kind smart home technology to enable data-driven decision-making and continuous product improvement leveraging SAP suite of Intelligent Technologies

Client background

Client: A leading modular house manufacturing company and a frontrunner in the design for manufacture and assembly housing industry in the U.K.
Industry: Construction company
Products: Modular house manufacturing & construction

Challenge

The smart homes industry strives to deliver a comfortable, secure and intuitive living experience to its users by integrating and connecting various smart components into a unified ecosystem. However, the industry has traditionally struggled to incorporate continuous improvements in a structured way across the delivery value chain, which would enhance the customer experience of their homes and provide greater value along the delivery process. The client wanted to drive technology-led innovation for informed facilities management and transform its housing value chain into a real-time connected ecosystem that would allow in-depth data analysis to feed and improve future house designs.

Solution

The client chose Wipro as their preferred partner to drive this technology transformation exercise dubbed Project Canvas. Wipro’s solution integrates data from design, manufacturing and home usage to enable a continuous feedback loop. The overall aim was to enable various smart devices, such as thermostats, lighting, security, appliances and other sensors like window & door contacts etc. in smart homes to be set up, connected and controlled via a central portal for intelligent insights on the data captured from various IoT devices. Key phases of the solution included

Exploration workshop to gravitate user-centric process design
System and data integration architecture of edge devices, IoT cloud and enterprise platforms
Setup of sensor/edge devices and associated infrastructure in homes
Collect all data parameters from different devices to IoT Cloud
Integrate data from IoT Cloud to SAP Business Technology Platform
Use of HANA as underlying database
User-specific dashboards and analysis using SAP Fiori as well as SAP Analytics Cloud.

TopHat transforms smart housing value chain into a real-time connected ecosystem

Business Impact

Leveraging Wipro's expertise in ENU Consulting and proven SAP Practice, the client was able to:

“Wipro's deep domain knowledge, well-rounded SAP expertise and flair for innovation is why we chose Wipro as our strategic partner. TopHat intends to bring a change in the construction industry by using real-time data to continuously improve the design, delivery and maintenance of its properties. With an able partner like Wipro, we have made an able start to bring about this shift.” - Geetha Ramakrishnan, CIO, TopHat

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