🍽️ FoodWise - AI-Powered Food Waste and Stock Management System

A comprehensive AWS serverless solution for intelligent restaurant inventory management, food waste reduction, and operational optimization.

Reference Link: Deployment : https://main.d20y271iadqee6.amplifyapp.com/login

Presentation Slide : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nNjIpyqkylrg8zR9INLGTtIAYlrThiOG

AWS Services Used

• AWS Amplify: Build and deploy the application with GitHub integration
• AWS Lambda: Serverless compute for business logic
• Amazon DynamoDB: NoSQL database for inventory, menu, and sales data
• Amazon Lex: Conversational AI for voice assistant
• Amazon Bedrock: AI/ML model integration for menu and discount generation
• API Gateway: RESTful API endpoints
• Amazon S3: Static asset and data storage
• Amazon SageMaker:　ML training and demand forecasting
• Amazon QuickSight: Interactive analytics and dashboards
• Amazon SNS / EventBridge: Alerts, notifications, and event orchestration
• -Amazon IAM & Cognito: Secure authentication and access control
• Amazon CloudWatch: Monitoring and observability 　

🌟 Features

Dashboard & Analytics

• Real-time KPI monitoring (Stock Value, Expiring Items, Wait Times, Food Waste)
• Comprehensive visualization layer — combines in-app charts (Recharts & Nivo) with Amazon QuickSight dashboards for deeper, enterprise-grade insights
• Low stock alerts with automated reorder suggestions
• Chatbot

Inventory Management

• Current inventory tracking with search functionality
• Stock level visualization with color-coded indicators
• Predicted restock recommendations with AI-powered suggestions
• Voice Assistant: "Hey Chef" voice commands for hands-free operations
• Predictive Analytics: ML-powered demand forecasting and restock predictions

Food Expiry Handling (3Ds)

• Dynamic Menu Generation: Integrate with Amazon Bedrock, Gen-AI creates menu suggestions based on available ingredients
• Discount Promotions: Intelligent discount suggestions for near-expired items
• Donation Management:
• Near-expired item donation tracking
• NGO partnership management
• Impact reporting and analytics

Order Management

• Voice-activated ordering system with Amazon Lex integration
• Real-time order tracking and kitchen assignment
• Automated order processing

Supplier Orders

• End-to-end restock flow that automatically sends order details to vendors via email
• Bulk Order Actions: Supports batch approval, rejection, or update of order statuses.
• Historical order table displaying recent supplier orders with item details and status for full traceability and auditing.

Performance Analytics

• Cost and waste analysis helps monitor spending, reduce food waste, and highlight monthly savings.
• Historical order patterns reveal trends in daily orders, revenue, and peak operational days.
• Stock vs usage trends track inventory levels
• Reports can be exported with AI-generated insights and optimization suggestions.

🏗️ Architecture

Frontend (React + TypeScript)

foodwise-dashboard/
├── src/
│ ├── components/
│ │ ├── Dashboard/                 # Real-time KPI dashboard
│ │ ├── Inventory/                 # Smart inventory management
│ │ ├── OrderManagement/           # Voice-enabled order processing
│ │ ├── Performance/               # AI analytics & reporting
│ │ ├── NearExpiredItems/          # Food waste management
│ │ ├── Donation/                  # Sustainability tracking
│ │ └── shared/                    # Reusable UI components
│ ├── services/                    # AWS API integration
│ ├── types/                       # TypeScript definitions
│ └── utils/                       # Helper functions
├── public/                        # Static assets
├── package.json
└── tsconfig.json
│   │   └── shared/                # Reusable components
│   └── services/                  # API integration services

Backend (AWS Serverless)

lambda-functions/
├── discount/                    # AI discount generation
├── menu/                        # Dynamic menu creation
├── inventory/                   # Inventory management
├── donation/                    # Donation processing
└── voice-assistant/             # Lex integration

📊 API Endpoints

Core Services

• GET /expired - Retrieve near-expired items
• POST /discounts - Generate AI discount promotions
• POST /menu - Create dynamic menu suggestions
• POST /order - Process orders
• POST /donation - Schedule donations
• POST /lex - Voice assistant integration

Security

• CORS Configuration: Properly configured for cross-origin requests
• Input Validation: All API inputs are validated and sanitized
• Environment Variables: Sensitive data stored securely
• AWS IAM: Least privilege access principles

Project Structure

SmartKitchen/
├── foodwise-dashboard/          # React frontend application
│   ├── public/                  # Static assets
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/          # React components
│   │   ├── services/            # API integration
│   │   └── types/               # TypeScript interfaces
│   ├── package.json
│   └── tsconfig.json
│
├── lambda-functions/            # AWS Lambda functions
│   ├── discount/                # AI discount generation
│   ├── menu/                    # Dynamic menu creation
│   ├── inventory/               # Stock management
│   └── serverless.yml           # Serverless configuration
│
├── shared/                      # Shared utilities and types
│   ├── types/                   # Common TypeScript interfaces
│   └── utils/                   # Helper functions
│
└── README.md                    # Project documentation

🛠️ Technologies Used

Frontend

• React 18.2.0 - UI framework
• TypeScript - Type safety
• Material-UI 5.14.17 - Component library
• Recharts & Nivo & AWS QuickSight - Data visualization
• React Router - Navigation

Backend

• AWS Lambda - Serverless functions
• Python 3.9 - Runtime environment
• Amazon DynamoDB - Database
• Amazon Bedrock - AI/ML integration
• Amazon Lex - Conversational AI

DevOps

• AWS Amplify - Frontend hosting
• API Gateway - API management
• Serverless Framework - Infrastructure as Code

🙏 Acknowledgments

• AWS team for providing the serverless infrastructure, sandbox account, and an amazing hackathon experience.
• Our team mentors for their valuable guidance, feedback, and support throughout the hackathon preparation.
• Hackathon organizers for creating this opportunity and fostering collaboration and innovation.
• Team originFive members for the hard work, dedication, and collaboration that helped bring this project to the finals!

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Built with ❤️ for the Great Malaysia AI Hackathon 2025

Reducing food waste, one smart decision at a time. 🌱