Logistics & Trade · Definition

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.

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