Rapidly Locating Items in Distribution Networks with Process-Driven Nodes

在澳大利亚，安全关键的产品召回是一个重大的公共卫生问题。最近涉及对巧克力棒、扑热息痛药片和饼干下毒的勒索企图表明，迫切需要改进定位已投放到社区的商业产品的方法。现有的产品召回工具仅在受监管的制造和仓储设施内有效。该项目将开发用于在由复杂物流流程驱动的大规模分销网络中定位物品的新技术。该项目的成果将使快速准确地确定受控设施以外的产品位置变得更容易，从而有助于节省成本和公共安全。

Safety-critical product recalls are a major public health issue in Australia. Recent extortion attempts involving poisoning of chocolate bars, paracetamol tablets and biscuits have demonstrated the urgent need for improved ways of locating commercial products that have been released into the community. Existing product recall tools are effective only within regulated manufacturing and warehousing facilities. This project will develop novel techniques for locating items in large-scale distribution networks driven by complex logistic processes. The outcomes of the project will make it easier to rapidly and accurately pinpoint product locations outside controlled facilities, thus contributing to both cost savings and public safety.