摘要 |
A product management system including a product management unit that includes a processor, a memory, an identifier generating unit and an identifier reading unit with the memory operating a program executing the steps of receiving a quantity of a product to order from a client, retrieving a plurality of rules relating to the production and delivery of the product from the producer to the client, selecting at least one provider based on the client rules to provide the product in compliance with the client rules, selecting a facility to aggregate the product from the at least one provider based on the client rules, selecting a distributor to deliver the product to the client from a distribution facility to the client based the client rules, selecting a backhaul provider to deliver the product from the aggregation facility to the distribution facility based on the client rules, generating a unique identifier for the product and affixing the unique identifier to the product or a container holding the product, associating the unique identifier with the provider, facility, distributor and back haul provider, and monitoring the movement of the product to confirm compliance with the customer rules by reading the product identifier at least two delivery stages. |