Tracking and tracing
Tracking and tracing refers to the tracking of the route that a package takes from the sender to the recipient (locations, times, handling points).
Source: logipedia / Fraunhofer IML
Alternative Meanings:
- Tracking and Tracingis computer-aided shipment tracking, both internally and externally. It is now common practice to be able to retrieve information on the Internet in real time. In addition, GS1 (Global Standards 1, formerly CCG mbH) makes the following distinction: Tracking: Tracing of the raw material to the end product Tracing: Tracking of the end product back to the raw material Both terms together result in traceability as a special transparency in all stages of the supply chain. Source: logipedia / Fraunhofer IML