- Tracking and tracing
In
logistics ,tracking andtracing , concerns a process starting with determining the current and past locations and other status of property in transit. Tracking and tracing is the completion of this process with uniformly building a track of such property that are forwarded to, processed for, applied in or disposed of usage.Usually this concept is supported by means of reckoning and reporting of the position of the vehicles that are transporting containers with the property of concern in real-time. This approach leaves the task to compose a coherent depiction of the subsequent status reports.
Another approach is to report the arrival or departure of the object and recording the identification of the object, the location where observed, the time, and the status, e.g. on damage or loading. This approach leaves the task to verify the reports regarding consistency and completeness. An example of this method might be the package tracking provided by shippers, such as
United Parcel Service orFedEx .The international standards organization
EPCglobal underGS1 has ratified theEPCglobal Network standards (esp. the EPC Information ServicesEPCIS standard) which codify the syntax and semantics for supply chain events and the secure method for selectively sharing supply chain events with trading partners. Theses standards for tracking and tracing have been used in successful deployments in many industries and there are now a wide range of [http://www.epcglobalinc.org/certification/sw_cert products that are certified as being compatible with these standards] .ee also
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GPS tracking might be used for real-time tracking.
*Locating engine
*Positioning
*Real time locating
*Tracing
*Tracking External links
* [http://www.carego.in Logistics Management Solution] Logistics Management Solution
* [http://www.lbsinsight.com LBS Insight] News resource on tracking
* [http://www.dna-evolutions.com/dnaappletsample.html Demo applet of a route planning algorithm]
* [http://www.rufaa.com Rufaatrack ] HAWB and HBL Tracking Management Solution
* [http://www.epcglobalinc.org/standards/epcis EPCglobal EPC Information Services standard]
* [http://www.epcglobalinc.org/certification/sw_cert Products certified compatible with the EPC Network standards]
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