3.8 Planning For Tracing and Tracking System


To stay competitive, organizations provide a new service for customers which is tracking and tracing service.
In logistics and transportation of many types of product, tracking and tracing is a service which determines the
current and past locations of items or products being distributed.
Customers can use this service to track the route of their delivered products.
Employees can track the delivery or distribution of products and even re-route products throughout the delivery
process.

Different Ways for Allowing Tracking and Tracing
Customers may send mail to the company.
Customers may send text message in mobiles.
Customers may use the web site of the company.
Company may develop and install tracking software on its web site

3.8 Planning For Tracing and Tracking System


Technologies Used In Tracking and Tracing
Computers and handheld computers.
Wired and wireless networks, Internet.
Devices connected to satellites.
Sensors.
Database and tracking software.
Shortest path software.