Patent ID: 6753808
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
A logistics monitoring and controlling system for monitoring transportation of material, the system comprising:a central managing device for managing information on vehicles serving for an organization and information on material transported by the vehicles; a vehicle information inputting device for inputting the information on the vehicles to the central managing device; a material information inputting device for inputting the information on the material transported by the vehicles to the central managing device; a central monitoring device for monitoring transportation of the material by tracking movement of the vehicles; and a global positioning subsystem for providing current locations of the vehicles serving for the organization, the global positioning subsystem comprising a receiving device, a satellite, and a plurality of vehicle locators fixed to corresponding vehicles, the global positioning subsystem being linked to the central monitoring device via a network, the network comprising the Internet, an intranet or a combination thereof; wherein the central monitoring device comprises a logistics monitoring computer, a material information display computer, and a vehicle information display computer; wherein the central monitoring device further comprises a monitoring platform for sending a request to a vehicle locator of the global positioning subsystem for current location information on a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle locator.