Real-time Tracking and Tracing System: Potentials for the Logistics Network

Abstract: The importance of tracking and tracing of shipments is considered quite high for manufacturing firms in terms of customer service and essential for managing logistics networks efficiently. Global industries are facing problems both from tracking and tracing in their logistics networks that creates huge coordination problems in the overall<RV>product development sites. This paper presents a sophisticated overview on technology-based methodology or approach for solving the complex tracking and tracing system in the logistics and supply chain network. The main objective of this research is to the management of logistics network through analyzing the new technological opportunities on real-time shipment tracking in dispersed manufacturing environment. It is hoped that these technologies would be able to offer solutions for tracking and tracing distribution chains through future information<RV>technologies such as available real time tracking technologies.<RV>