PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SMALL-SIZE SEMICONDUCTOR USED IN THE PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR SHIPPER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR MEDIATOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR RECIPIENT, SERVER, READER FOR SMALL-SIZE SEMICONDUCTOR, READER/WRITER FOR SMALL-SIZE

摘要

A physical distribution management system records physical distribution data on from a shipper via a mediator to a recipient. The system includes: a small-size semiconductor (1) having a memory (23) containing a semiconductor ID and attached to a commodity (2); information processing devices (4, 6, 8) for a shipper, a mediator, and a recipient having read means (3, 5, 7) for reading the ID and capable of communicating with one another via an information communication network (11); and a server (10) having a database (9) for storing physical distribution data. The server receives the semiconductor ID from the respective information processing devices. For the commodity corresponding to the ID, the server correlates the shipper, mediator, and recipient ID to information on the respective accesses so as to obtain physical distribution data. A part of a physical distribution file or all the physical distribution data can be transmitted to the respective information processing devices.