Product supply chain tracking method and system

By combining GPS and RFID tags with differential calculation, the problem of difficult location of product supply chain links in existing technologies has been solved, enabling fast and accurate product tracking, which is applicable to a variety of scenarios.

CN119338363APending Publication Date: 2025-01-21CHINA NAT INST OF STANDARDIZATION
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Application Number
CN202411587167.2
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CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Filing Date
2024-11-08
Publication Date
2025-01-21

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Technical Problem

Existing technologies cannot quickly and accurately locate problematic links in the product supply chain, resulting in low tracking efficiency and insufficient accuracy.

Method used

By using a global positioning system in conjunction with RFID tags, we can obtain time data on the procurement location, source manufacturer, freight, and warehousing. Through difference calculation and difference pass rate calculation, we can quickly identify the problematic links.

Benefits of technology

It enables rapid and accurate location and tracking of problems in the product supply chain, applicable to tracking problems in one or multiple links, with low economic cost, fast tracking speed, and accurate results.

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Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of processing systems or methods for supervision, in particular to a product supply chain tracking method and system, and the method comprises the steps: determining a real position of a purchase place; acquiring purchasing place purchasing raw material information, and establishing a purchasing place raw material information data set; obtaining the product purchasing time T1 of a purchasing place and the time T2 when the product arrives at a source manufacturer, and performing difference operation on T2 and T1 to obtain a first difference set omega1; acquiring cargo receiving time T3 of the freight end and delivery time T4 of the freight end, and performing difference operation on T4 and T2 and T3 and T1 to obtain a second difference set omega2; obtaining product warehousing time T5, and performing difference operation on T5 and T1 to obtain a fourth difference set omega4; and determining the qualified rate of the difference value. According to the method, time data of four aspects of raw material purchasing places, source manufacturers, freight and warehousing in a product supply chain are acquired and controlled, and cross judgment of interval time is adopted, so that accurate tracking of problem links is realized.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of processing systems or methods for monitoring purposes, and in particular to a product supply chain tracking method and a system. Background Art

[0002] Supply chain refers to the chain of activities in the entire process of product production, transportation and sales during the production and circulation process, including suppliers, distribution centers, warehouses, etc. The existing supply chain involves multiple links. When a problem occurs in a link, it is difficult for companies to track the problematic link of the product. If they want to understand the problematic link of the product, they need to make complicated inquiries to upstream or downstream companies, and at the same time, they cannot meet the efficiency and accuracy of product process tracking.

[0003] In the prior art, the publication date is January 31, 2023, the publication number is CN115660295A, and the name is a supply chain management method and system for the entire life cycle of a product, which discloses: after the nodes of the enterprises participating in the product supply chain are sorted, they are determined as blockchain nodes; the business information data of the enterprise is pre-processed, stored in the enterprise's blockchain, and backed up to the blockchain of all participating enterprises; the enterprise's reputation value is calculated based on the company's historical production data and the historical order data of upstream and downstream enterprises; the production data of the enterprise is monitored in real time, and if the deviation between the production data and the production plan data exceeds the preset value, it is judged as an abnormal project; the abnormal information of the abnormal project is extracted, and the risk level of the abnormal project is calculated, and the abnormal project, abnormal data and risk level are stored in the enterprise's blockchain in an associated manner, and sent to the enterprise and the upstream and downstream enterprises of the abnormal project.

[0004] The above technical solutions solve the problem of not being able to track product progress at any time and not being able to obtain abnormal conditions of other nodes in a timely manner. However, due to the large number of supply chain links, there are still deficiencies in comprehensively locating the links where product problems occur in different links, and accurate and rapid positioning and tracking cannot be achieved. Summary of the invention

[0005] Through research, the inventors found that product process tracking often requires the combination of blockchain technology, but blockchain technology cannot achieve rapid tracking. Its characteristics tend to lock and save data information. Enterprises often need to quickly identify problem links for product tracking, which requires optimization in the speed of identification.

[0006] The purpose of this application is to provide a product supply chain tracking method and system to solve the technical problem that the prior art cannot provide a method and system that can quickly track problem links in the product supply chain.

[0007] According to one aspect of the present application, a product supply chain tracking method is provided, the method being executed by a controller and comprising:

[0008] Based on the global positioning system and the RFID tag of the purchasing location, the actual location of the purchasing location is determined;

[0009] Obtain the raw material information of the purchasing location and establish the raw material information data set of the purchasing location;

[0010] Obtain the product purchase time T1 at the purchasing location and the time T2 when the product arrives at the source manufacturer, perform a difference operation on T2 and T1, and obtain the first difference set ω1;

[0011] Obtain the freight terminal receiving time T3 and the freight terminal delivery time T4, perform difference operations on T4 and T2, and T3 and T1, and obtain a second difference set ω2;

[0012] Obtain the product entry time T5, perform a difference operation on T5 and T1, and obtain a fourth difference set ω4;

[0013] The first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 are used as difference factors to determine the difference qualified rate.

[0014] In some embodiments, performing a difference operation on T2 and T1 to obtain a first difference set ω1 specifically includes: tracing products corresponding to unqualified differences, marking products corresponding to unqualified differences with labels A, and a plurality of labels A are set as the first difference set ω1.

[0015] In some embodiments, the difference operation is performed on T4 and T2, and on T3 and T1 to obtain the second difference set ω2 and the third difference set ω3, which specifically includes: tracing the unqualified differences between T4 and T2, marking the products corresponding to the unqualified differences with label B, and a plurality of label Bs are set as the second difference set ω2; tracing the unqualified differences between T3 and T1, marking the products corresponding to the unqualified differences with label C, and a plurality of label Cs are set as the third difference set ω3.

[0016] In some embodiments, the method of obtaining the product entry time T5, performing a difference operation on T5 and T1, and obtaining a fourth difference set ω4 specifically includes: tracing the products corresponding to the unqualified differences, marking the products corresponding to the unqualified differences as labels D, and a set of multiple labels D is the fourth difference set ω4.

[0017] In some embodiments, the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 are used as difference factors to determine the difference qualified rate, specifically including: substituting the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 into the following formula for calculation:

[0018]

[0019] Among them, μ is the difference qualified rate; ω n is the nth difference set; ω (n,标准) is the standard deviation set of the nth difference set.

[0020] According to another aspect of the present application, a product supply chain tracking system is provided, including a controller, and further comprising:

[0021] A positioning module, which is used to determine the actual location of the purchase location based on the global positioning system and the RFID tag of the purchase location;

[0022] An acquisition module, the acquisition module is used to acquire the raw material purchase information at the procurement site and establish a raw material information data set at the procurement site; acquire the product purchase time T1 at the procurement site and the time T2 when the product arrives at the source manufacturer, perform a difference operation on T2 and T1, and obtain a first difference set ω1; acquire the freight terminal receiving time T3 and the freight terminal delivery time T4, perform a difference operation on T4 and T2 and T3 and T1, and obtain a second difference set ω2; acquire the product warehousing time T5, perform a difference operation on T5 and T1, and obtain a fourth difference set ω4;

[0023] A calculation module is used to use the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 as difference factors to determine the difference qualified rate.

[0024] In some embodiments, the controller is data-connected to the positioning module, the acquisition module, and the calculation module, and the controller independently controls the positioning module, the acquisition module, and the calculation module.

[0025] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following advantages and beneficial effects: the method of the present application obtains and controls the time data of the four aspects of raw material procurement location, source manufacturer, freight and warehousing in the product supply chain, and adopts cross-judgment of interval time to achieve accurate tracking of problem links; at the same time, the auxiliary determination of the difference qualified rate is adopted to further achieve accurate tracking of problem products in the supply chain link. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0027] Figure 1 is a flow chart of the tracking method of this application;

[0028] Figure 2 It is a structural diagram of the tracking system of this application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all of the embodiments.

[0030] This embodiment provides a product supply chain tracking method and system. Figure 1-2 Describe them together.

[0031] Example

[0032] Product process tracking often requires the combination of blockchain technology, but blockchain technology cannot achieve fast tracking. Its characteristics tend to lock and save data information. Enterprises often need to quickly identify problem links for product tracking, which requires optimization in identification speed. In other words, it is very important to quickly and accurately locate the problem link of the product.

[0033] This embodiment provides a product supply chain tracking method, which is executed by a controller. It can be understood that when the controller executes the method, it will perform control according to the logical order of the method.

[0034] refer to Figure 1 , the method specifically comprises:

[0035] Based on the global positioning system and the RFID tag of the purchasing place, the real location of the purchasing place is determined; the raw material purchasing information of the purchasing place is obtained, and a raw material information data set of the purchasing place is established; the product purchasing time T1 of the purchasing place and the time T2 when the product arrives at the source manufacturer are obtained, and a difference operation is performed on T2 and T1 to obtain a first difference set ω1; the freight end receiving time T3 and the freight end delivery time T4 are obtained, and a difference operation is performed on T4 and T2 as well as T3 and T1 to obtain a second difference set ω2; the product warehousing time T5 is obtained, and a difference operation is performed on T5 and T1 to obtain a fourth difference set ω4; the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 are used as difference factors to determine the difference qualification rate.

[0036] Among them, in some embodiments, performing a difference operation on T2 and T1 to obtain a first difference set ω1 specifically includes: tracing the products corresponding to the unqualified difference, marking the products corresponding to the unqualified difference as label A, and a plurality of labels A are set as the first difference set ω1. It can be understood that the first difference set ω1 is composed of a plurality of unqualified labels A, that is, each time a product with an unqualified difference appears, a label A will be added. It should be noted that the unqualified difference here refers to the interval between the purchase time T1 of the product at the purchase place and the time T2 when the product arrives at the source manufacturer does not meet the time interval specified by the enterprise. Then, the problem link of the product exists here.

[0037] In some embodiments, difference operations are performed on T4 and T2, and on T3 and T1 to obtain a second difference set ω2 and a third difference set ω3, specifically including: tracing the unqualified differences between T4 and T2, marking the products corresponding to the unqualified differences with label B, and a plurality of label Bs are set as the second difference set ω2; tracing the unqualified differences between T3 and T1, marking the products corresponding to the unqualified differences with label C, and a plurality of label Cs are set as the third difference set ω3. It is understandable that the second difference set ω2 is composed of multiple unqualified labels B, that is, each time a product with unqualified difference appears, a label B will be added. It should be noted that the unqualified difference here refers to the fact that the interval between the delivery time T4 at the freight end and the time T2 at the source manufacturer does not meet the time interval specified by the enterprise. In this case, the problem link of the product exists here; similarly, it is understandable that the third difference set ω3 is composed of multiple unqualified labels C, that is, each time a product with unqualified difference appears, a label C will be added. It should be noted that the unqualified difference here refers to the fact that the interval between the delivery time T3 at the freight end and the product purchase time T1 at the purchasing location does not meet the time interval specified by the enterprise. In this case, the problem link of the product exists here.

[0038] In some embodiments, the product entry time T5 is obtained, and a difference operation is performed on T5 and T1 to obtain a fourth difference set ω4, which specifically includes: tracing the product corresponding to the unqualified difference, marking the product corresponding to the unqualified difference as a label D, and a plurality of labels D are set as the fourth difference set ω4. It can be understood that the fourth difference set ω4 is composed of a plurality of unqualified labels D, that is, each time a product with an unqualified difference appears, a label D will be added. It should be noted that the unqualified difference here refers to the interval between the acquisition of the product entry time T5 and the product purchase time T1 at the purchase location does not meet the time interval specified by the enterprise, so the problem link of the product exists here.

[0039] In some embodiments, the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 are used as difference factors to determine the difference qualified rate, which specifically includes: substituting the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 into the following formula for calculation:

[0040]

[0041] Among them, μ is the difference qualified rate; ω n is the nth difference set; ω (n,标准) is the standard deviation set of the nth difference set.

[0042] It should be noted that when the aforementioned ω1, ω2, ω3, and ω4 are all abnormal, the aforementioned are substituted into the above formula and compared with the corresponding standard difference value sets. When the difference pass rate μ is equal to 100%, it means that the difference set is qualified relative to the other difference sets; when the difference pass rate μ is less than 100% but greater than 50%, it means that the difference set is also qualified relative to the other difference sets; when the difference pass rate μ is less than 50%, it means that the difference set is unqualified relative to the other difference sets. At this time, according to the difference pass rate, it can be obtained which link has a problem, and then tracking can be achieved.

[0043] The method of this embodiment can realize the tracking of product supply chains in two scenarios. One is the tracking of a single problematic link, and the other is the tracking of key problematic links when problems occur in multiple links. It is applicable to more scenarios and meets a variety of possible needs. The economic cost is low during the tracking process, the tracking speed is fast, and the accuracy of the tracking results is relatively high.

[0044] refer to Figure 2 In order to better understand the method of the present application, the present embodiment further provides a product supply chain tracking system, the system includes a controller, and also includes:

[0045] Positioning module: The positioning module is used to determine the actual location of the purchase location based on the global positioning system and the RFID tag of the purchase location;

[0046] The acquisition module is used to acquire the raw material purchase information at the purchasing place and establish the raw material information data set at the purchasing place; acquire the product purchase time T1 at the purchasing place and the time T2 when the product arrives at the source manufacturer, perform a difference operation on T2 and T1, and obtain the first difference set ω1; acquire the cargo receiving time T3 at the freight end and the delivery time T4 at the freight end, perform a difference operation on T4 and T2 and T3 and T1, and obtain the second difference set ω2; acquire the product storage time T5, perform a difference operation on T5 and T1, and obtain the fourth difference set ω4;

[0047] The calculation module is used to use the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 as difference factors to determine the difference qualified rate.

[0048] In some embodiments, the controller is data-connected to the positioning module, the acquisition module, and the calculation module, and the controller independently controls the positioning module, the acquisition module, and the calculation module.

[0049] It should be noted that the system is controlled as a whole by the controller, wherein the positioning module is first controlled to execute based on the global positioning system and the RFID tag of the purchasing place to determine the real location of the purchasing place, and then the controller controls the acquisition module to execute the acquisition of the purchasing place's raw material information and establish the purchasing place's raw material information data set; obtain the purchasing time T1 of the purchasing place's product and the time T2 when the product arrives at the source manufacturer, perform a difference operation on T2 and T1, and obtain the first difference set ω1; obtain the freight terminal's receiving time T3 and the freight terminal's delivery time T4, perform a difference operation on T4 and T2 and T3 and T1, and obtain the second difference set ω2; obtain the product's warehousing time T5, perform a difference operation on T5 and T1, and obtain the fourth difference set ω4. After the acquisition module is executed, the controller controls the calculation module to use the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 as difference factors to determine the difference qualification rate. Subsequently, the system completes the overall operation.

[0050] At the same time, it should be understood that the system can be divided into one or more modules, one or more modules are stored in the memory and executed by the controller to complete the method of this embodiment. One or more modules can be a series of computer program instruction segments that can complete specific functions, and the instruction segments are used to describe the execution process of the computer system in the terminal device. For example, the computer system can be divided into a positioning module, an acquisition module, and a calculation module, and the specific functions of each module are as described above.

[0051] The controller in this embodiment can be a central processing unit (CPU), or other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, etc. The general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc. The processor is the control center of the terminal device, and uses various interfaces and lines to connect various parts of the entire terminal device.

[0052] The above shows and describes the basic principles, main features and advantages of the present application. For those skilled in the art, it is obvious that the present application is not limited to the details of the above-mentioned exemplary embodiments, and the present application can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or basic features of the present application.

[0053] Therefore, no matter from which point of view, the embodiments should be regarded as illustrative and non-restrictive, and the scope of the present application is limited by the appended claims rather than the above description, so it is intended to include all changes within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims in the present application. Any reference sign in the claims should not be regarded as limiting the claims involved.

[0054] In addition, it should be understood that although the present specification is described according to implementation modes, not every implementation mode contains only one independent technical solution. This description of the specification is only for the sake of clarity. Those skilled in the art should regard the specification as a whole. The technical solutions in each embodiment may also be appropriately combined to form other implementation modes that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A product supply chain tracking method, the method being executed by a controller, characterized in that: include: Based on the global positioning system and the RFID tag of the purchasing location, the actual location of the purchasing location is determined; Obtain the raw material information of the purchasing location and establish the raw material information data set of the purchasing location; Obtain the product purchase time T1 at the purchasing location and the time T2 when the product arrives at the source manufacturer, perform a difference operation on T2 and T1, and obtain the first difference set ω1; Obtain the freight terminal receiving time T3 and the freight terminal delivery time T4, perform difference operations on T4 and T2, and T3 and T1, and obtain a second difference set ω2; Obtain the product entry time T5, perform a difference operation on T5 and T1, and obtain a fourth difference set ω4; The first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 are used as difference factors to determine the difference qualified rate.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The performing of difference operation on T2 and T1 to obtain the first difference set ω1 specifically includes: tracing the products corresponding to the unqualified differences, marking the products corresponding to the unqualified differences as labels A, and a plurality of labels A are set as the first difference set ω1.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method of performing difference operations on T4 and T2, and T3 and T1 to obtain a second difference set ω2 and a third difference set ω3 specifically includes: tracing the unqualified differences between T4 and T2, marking the products corresponding to the unqualified differences with label B, and a set of multiple label Bs is the second difference set ω2; tracing the unqualified differences between T3 and T1, marking the products corresponding to the unqualified differences with label C, and a set of multiple label Cs is the third difference set ω3.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The method of obtaining the product entry time T5 and performing a difference operation on T5 and T1 to obtain a fourth difference set ω4 specifically includes: tracing the products corresponding to the unqualified differences, marking the products corresponding to the unqualified differences as labels D, and a set of multiple labels D as the fourth difference set ω4.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method of using the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 as difference factors to determine the difference qualified rate specifically includes: substituting the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 into the following formula for calculation: Among them, μ is the difference qualified rate; ω n is the nth difference set; ω (n,标准) is the standard deviation set of the nth difference set.

6. A product supply chain tracking system, comprising a controller, characterized in that: Also includes: A positioning module, which is used to determine the actual location of the purchase location based on the global positioning system and the RFID tag of the purchase location; An acquisition module, the acquisition module is used to acquire the raw material information of the procurement location and establish a raw material information data set of the procurement location; Obtain the product purchase time T1 at the purchasing location and the time T2 when the product arrives at the source manufacturer, perform a difference operation on T2 and T1, and obtain the first difference set ω1; obtain the freight terminal receiving time T3 and the freight terminal delivery time T4, perform a difference operation on T4 and T2, and T3 and T1, and obtain the second difference set ω2; obtain the product warehousing time T5, perform a difference operation on T5 and T1, and obtain the fourth difference set ω4; A calculation module is used to use the first difference set ω1, the second difference set ω2, the third difference set ω3 and the fourth difference set ω4 as difference factors to determine the difference qualified rate.

7. The system according to claim 6, characterized in that The controller is data-connected to the positioning module, the acquisition module and the calculation module, and the controller independently controls the positioning module, the acquisition module and the calculation module.

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