An inter-facility system comprising two or more facilities for capturing, storing, and accessing object information, wherein each facility comprises: one or more object information capture systems (180, 280) for capturing information about objects moving along an object transport system, the object information capture system comprising an object dimensioning system for producing object dimension information for the objects, an object identification system for producing object identification information for the objects, and an image capture system for producing electronic images of the objects; a facility server for storing, within a facility database, and accessing the object information from the one or more object information capture systems; two or more user terminals for requesting specific object information regarding one or more objects; and a facility network interconnecting the object information capture system (180, 280), the facility server, and the user terminals; wherein the captured information includes object dimension information, object identification information, and object image information, and the captured information is transmitted over the facility network to the server and correlated within the facility database by the server, and wherein a user at a user terminal is able to access the captured information about an object; the inter-facility system further comprising: an index server and associated index master database, the index master database storing data corresponding to individual objects processed at a facility and being a central source of information capable of locating information stored on the multiple facility databases within the multiple facilities; and a wide area network interconnecting each of the facility networks, the index server and the index master database. one or more object information capture systems (180, 280) for capturing information about objects moving along an object transport system, the object information capture system comprising an object dimensioning system for producing object dimension information for the objects, an object identification system for producing object identification information for the objects, and an image capture system for producing electronic images of the objects; a facility server for storing, within a facility database, and accessing the object information from the one or more object information capture systems; two or more user terminals for requesting specific object information regarding one or more objects; and a facility network interconnecting the object information capture system (180, 280), the facility server, and the user terminals; wherein the captured information includes object dimension information, object identification information, and object image information, and the captured information is transmitted over the facility network to the server and correlated within the facility database by the server, and wherein a user at a user terminal is able to access the captured information about an object; the inter-facility system further comprising: an index server and associated index master database, the index master database storing data corresponding to individual objects processed at a facility and being a central source of information capable of locating information stored on the multiple facility databases within the multiple facilities; and a wide area network interconnecting each of the facility networks, the index server and the index master database. an index server and associated index master database, the index master database storing data corresponding to individual objects processed at a facility and being a central source of information capable of locating information stored on the multiple facility databases within the multiple facilities; and a wide area network interconnecting each of the facility networks, the index server and the index master database.