Demonstration Experiment of Real-Time Traceability in Airfreight to NY -Using “SmartBarcode®” from LOZI Inc.-

Mitsubishi Logistics provides airfreight services in collaboration with associated companies and agencies all over the world. We handle many perishable foods, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare-related goods, and so we are working on the creation of a system which can provide the shipping status in real-time (real-time traceability) for the purpose of improving transportation quality.
While we push forward with this plan, we took note of the LOZI SmartBarcode®, which is an easy-to-use way to share and manage large volumes of data with a single QR code, and performed a demonstration experiment with it.
[About SmartBarcode®]
Facilitates information reading and input in smartphones using a variable identification code that can be entered developed by LOZI based on the QR code.

With the cooperation of our customer, we performed the experiment when shipping of fresh fish from Toyosu Fish Market in Tokyo to a Japanese restaurant in New York in late July.
We attached a SmartBarcode® to the shipping box with the fresh fish and our staff in charge at scheduled tracking points (about 10) read the SmartBarcode® on the shipping box using their smartphones. With this process, the shipping status information was successfully stored in a database. Checking these information and data, we verified the validity of the pre-designed information processing flow and system operations.

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During the experiment, three parties—our customer, the consignee, and us—tracked and shared the shipping status in real-time, and the customer gave high marks to the results of the experiment. For future practical use, we will examine the data obtained from the experiments and the issues to be addressed. At the same time, we are working on improving usability and adding the function of managing positional information during transportation. Moreover, we will examine application in air transport of products such as pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, and precision machines, for which traceability is vital, as well as in the shipment of perishable foods.