TRACKING AND TRACING: STATUS IN THE LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC STAKES FOR COMPANIES

Companies that face drastic changes in their industry and try to reach a high level of quality in logistics management are increasingly developing tracking and tracing systems Beyond this observation the status of tracking and tracing in logistics management and the managerial problems that it creates have been poorly studied up to now. This is why we decided to undertake a research on the managerial aspects of the implementation of tracking and tracing systems. The paper relates the first results of this research. First we clarify the status of tracking and tracing in the logistics management, in particular its informational dimension and its role in piloting flow. Then we examine the forces driving to global tracking and tracing. We analyze for each partner of the supply chain the strategic stakes linked to such systems. Finally, we identify the managerial difficulties of global implementation of such systems, whether the origin of the difficulties is inside a company or in the management of the logistics interfaces between companies. Two examples issued from our case-studies illustrate our discussion. In a conclusion we try to present the main lessons drawn from this research and the opened perspectives.

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• Authors:
  • Fabbe-Costes, N
• Conference:
  • World Transport Research: Selected Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Antwerp, Belgium
  • Date: 1998-7-12 to 1998-7-17
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 651-664

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Cost effectiveness; Flow; Implementation; Industry structure; Information dissemination; Logistics; Management; Strategic planning; System design; Tracking systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783962
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080435904
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 8 2000 12:00AM