Project Sea and Air Container Track and Trace Technologies: Analysis and Case Studies

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Project Sea and Air Container Track and Trace
Technologies Analysis and Case Studies TPT
01/2002T
DRAFT FINAL REPORT
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Objective of this Meeting 1. To discuss a draft
final report of the project 2. To seek comments
on the draft from this meeting and after and 3.
To seek endorsement on an approach for the
project consultant to meet the 30 June 2004
deadline.
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• Project Objectives
• To analyse the current and planned integration
  of track and trace technologies, including
  temperature monitoring systems, across APEC
  supply chains.
• To analyse the needs of firms requiring track
  and trace services and to establish whether
  different levels of functionality required by
  different firms are being met by available
  technologies (or are likely to be met in the
  future).

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• Project Objectives (continued)
• To showcase the implementation of track and
  trace technologies in the APEC region through a
  minimum of three case studies.
• To evaluate the research and case studies to
  recommend best practices which will facilitate
  the uptake of track and trace technologies and
  improve the visibility, quality and reliability
  of delivery of product to export markets.

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• Project Scope
• Analysis of sea and air container tracking and
  tracing technology developments in APEC
  economies
• Development of three case studies to examine
  the application of track and trace technologies
  and their integration across a supply chain in
  the APEC region.

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• Post TPT-WG 22 Progress
• A new deadline for a final report 30 June 2004.
  
• The draft final report summarises outcomes of
  research and consultation, a web-based survey,
  and analysis of three case studies to examine the
  application of track and trace technologies and
  their integration across supply chains in the
  APEC region.

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• Progress (continued)
• Recommendations on best practices - both
  large-scale and small-scale solutions for track
  and trace of containers identified.
• TPT-WG collaborate with current United States
  work, to ensure technology solutions do not
  become trade barriers.
• Project outcomes in collaboration with the
  Project Enhancing Secure Trade and Efficiency in
  the APEC Region with Intelligent Transportation
  Systems and e-Commerce Technologies.

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• Summary of Recommendations
• Stakeholders should have access to information
  on the product and container in near real time.
• Information should be captured and made
  available electronically status of the
  container, documentation, performance in real
  time and security of the load.

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Recommendations (Cont)

• Automated Reading
• 3 technologies for reading container numbers
• Barcode
• Radio Frequency ID and
• Optical Character Recognition.

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Recommendations (Cont)

• Airline best practice
• Automated reading of container numbers (barcode)
  with handheld readers linked to manifest or other
  database
• Elimination of manual keying of freight data.

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Recommendations (Cont)
Shipping Best Practice Machine reading of
container numbers with readers linked to manifest
or other database.
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Recommendations (Cont)

• Way forward
• To drive the improvement of Track and Trace
• through programmes where commercial trials are
  exposed to a wide section of the industry.

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Summary of Comments on Draft Report - how to
improve it - Overview

• Current draft below the expectations of the
  project Request for Proposal.

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Summary of Comments on Draft Report - how to
improve it - Structure

• No clear structure and little understanding of
  end-to-end through chain the concept of supply
  chain management - a gist of track and trace
  technology use (1st project objective)
• Track and Trace technology analysis on page 31.

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Summary of Comments on Draft Report - how to
improve it - Structure.

• Case studies to be broadened to focus more
  widely ie beyond single/mode (air/sea)
  proprietary systems, two of which are exclusively
  cool chain logger related.
• Emphasis on the high tech proprietary system not
  consistent with the body of the report saying
  there is poor uptake and resistance to electronic
  track and trace technology.

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Summary of Comments on Draft Report - how to
improve it - Structure.

• Good report
• a clear structure
• project objectives
• rationale as per the project Request for
  Proposal
• project in the APEC context and methodology
• analysis in alignment with the project
  objectives
• resultant findings and recommendations
• Executive Summary to reflect an abridged gist of
  the main report.

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Summary of Comments on Draft Report - how to
improve it - Project Content

• Suggested more focus on the requirements relating
  to track and trace functionality for major
  stakeholder groups
• who needs what information when and in what
  form to achieve the objectives of trade
  facilitation, security, quality how can track
  and trace technology provide this information
  what else could the technology fulfil overall
  efficiency and cost reduction?

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Summary of Comments on Draft Report - how to
improve it - Project Content.

• How will a detailed review of existing and
  emerging technologies address the above
  requirements.
• This is to enable companies and APEC Governments
  to make some conclusions as to which to endorse
  and adopt.

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Summary of Comments on Draft Report - how to
improve it - Project Content.

• Much mention of Electronic Data Exchange (EDI)
  but no reference of the potential replacements of
  EDI such as webservices and ebXML (electronic
  business extendable mark-up language)

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Summary of Comments on Draft Report - how to
improve it - Project Content.

• Canada more balanced representation of the
  state-of-play across all APEC members.
• Canadian applications (Port of Montreal) are not
  included in the draft.
• The draft should contain reference to regulation
  (Canadian and others) for the transport of
  dangerous goods.
• The focus should be on how terrorism affects
  track and trace technologies in APEC economies,
  not their economies per se.

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Summary of Comments on Draft Report - how to
improve it - Editorial Requirements
The draft incohesiveness verbosity poor
grammar conversational English ambiguity
unsubstantiated statements inappropriate
sub-headings acronyms without appropriate
references certain illustrations are too small,
thus illegible.
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• Revised Timeline
• April 04 Draft final report for TPT-WG23,
  Beijing, China.
• May 04 Revisions of the draft to reflect
  comments from TPT-WG23 and after - written
  comments to peter.siripol_at_dotars.gov.au by 7 May
  2004.
• June 04 Revised draft final report for
  inter-sessional consideration by economies.
• 30 June 04 Delivery of final report.