OPERATION METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION HISTORY RETRIEVAL DEVICE AND DISTRIBUTION HISTORY RETRIEVAL DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate changing or updating of a distribution route and to allow tracking of a distribution history even when products are mixed up or interrupted halfway through the distribution route.;SOLUTION: Trace data concerning the product in a distribution level including production include a trace ID uniquely specifying the trace data, a shipment source ID uniquely specifying a company as a shipment source of the product, a shipment source product ID serving as a product ID in the company as the shipment source of the product, a shipment destination ID uniquely specifying the company as the shipment source of the product, and a material trace ID serving as a trace ID of the trace data about a product as a material of the product. Use of the trace data allows tracking between the trace data based on the material trace ID or the trace ID and the shipment destination ID, consequently, the distribution history can be specified and a production history can be retrieved.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT