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Track and Trace

Following a consignment’s progress and reconstructing its history.

Tracking answers where a shipment is now; tracing reconstructs where it has been. Together they turn a shipping reference into a timeline of scans, handovers and status changes.

Visibility does not shorten transit, but it changes what you can do about it. Knowing a container is delayed at transhipment a week early is the difference between rescheduling and a stockout.

Also called

  • shipment tracking
  • consignment visibility

Related terms

Proof of Delivery

POD

Evidence that a consignment was received by the intended party.

Air Waybill

AWB

The transport document for air freight, used as a receipt but not as title.

Lead Time

The total time between placing an order and receiving the goods.

Inventory Traceability

The ability to trace any item forward and backward through the chain.

More in Logistics & Trade

Bill of Lading (BoL) Bonded Warehouse Certificate of Conformity (CoC) Clearing Agent Container Freight Station (CFS) Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) Customs Clearance Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)

Track and Trace is not just a definition here

Logistics & Trade runs on this vocabulary every day in AWRA OpsHub — 23 of our 257 glossary terms describe things the platform actually does.

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