Component tracing, documenting and path guidance method for logistics chain has component data entered on standard form stored within central computer in communication with local computers

摘要

The method uses data exchange between local computer systems installed at each location along a logistics chain and a between a central computer system and at least one of the local computer systems. The component is marked upon being produced and logged on a standard form at a given point in the logistics chain, together with processing steps and relevant component characteristics, with electronic storage of the form as standardized data entered in a database of the central computer system. Also included are Independent claims for the following: a computer system for component tracing, documenting and path guidance in a logistics chain; a computer program for a component tracing, documenting and path guidance method