Physical Asset Management - irl.coop

Scenario: A Federated Farming Coop sharing Cold Storage and Trucks.

Core Concept: "Assets as Members"

Physical infrastructure (Trucks, Buildings, Tools) is treated as a first-class entity in the system.

1. The Asset Profile

Just like a human user, an Asset has:

• Calendar: Availability for booking.
• Health Bar: Maintenance status (100% = Good, 20% = Needs Service).
• Wallet: A sub-account for its operating costs (Gas, Repairs).
• Logs: Usage history (Who drove it? When?).

2. The Booking System (Scheduling)

• Interface: Resource Calendar (in the "Map" or "Inventory" view).
• Logic:
  • Farm A requests "Truck #1" for Tuesday.
  • System checks conflicts.
  • System applies "Usage Fee" (if configured) -> Transfers internal credits/tokens from Farm A to Truck #1's Maintenance Fund.

3. Maintenance & Costing (Lifecycle)

• Trigger: "Truck #1" hits 5,000 miles (logged via IoT or manual entry).
• Quest: System generates a Quest: "Service Truck #1".
  • Reward: $200 (from Truck's fund) to the mechanic.
• Cost Sharing:
  • The "Maintenance Fund" is filled by Usage Fees or Federated Dues.
  • Real-time view: "Truck is running at a $50/month loss."

Tech Implementation

• Database: ComposeDB (Ceramic) stores the Asset Metadata & State.
• Booking Engine: Temporal Workflow (handles reservations, expirations, fee transfers).
• IoT Hooks: Webhooks to update state (e.g., GPS tracker updates Truck Location on the Map).