摘要 |
<p>A method of tracking at least part of the life cycle of a hazardous goods item (204) is disclosed. The method comprises providing a data storage device (22) arranged to store a plurality of records, each record being associated with a hazardous goods item (204) and being arranged to store data indicative of at least part of the life cycle of the hazardous goods item. The method also comprises facilitating receipt on-line of life cycle data indicative of at least part of the life cycle of a hazardous goods item from multiple distributed data gathering devices (28), and populating the record associated with an item with life cycle data when life cycle data indicative of at least part of the life cycle of the item is received from any of the distributed data gathering devices (28). A data repository used in the method and a corresponding system for tracking dangerous goods items is also disclosed.</p> |