RFID Parts Tracking Tool ...

Parts Tracker - Unique Tool for the Warfighter ...

Francis Leong writes ...

... "If a shipment is moving by military transportation and an RFID tag is attached to the container, the information on the tag can be accessed through Parts Tracker's RFID tag query. Many layers of information can be obtained through this query the current date, time, and location of the container; the consignor, consignee, and carrier owner; the container's consolidation transportation control number (TCN); and all shipment-related TCNs. A query by RFID tag number will show the historical record of the container, including locations, dates, and times for each of its movements. A detailed query of the RFID tag will provide information on all items in that container by nomenclature, document number, package suffix code, national stock number, quantity, hub receipt date, and ship date." ...

Transportation Control Number (TCN): The single standard shipment identification number for all DOD-sponsored movements (i.e., materiel and equipment and all vendor shipping transactions involving DOD materiel). The TCN is a 17-position alpha-numeric data element assigned to control a shipment unit through the transportation system (to include CONUS shipments, shipments entering the DTS, and commercial Systems).