The plan will introduce five mature identification and tracking technologies, initially for applications in the import or manufacturing of raw materials in existing domestic supply chain for chemicals, warehousing, transportation, inventory, and retrieval. Then, coupled with permissible scope of businesses and norms and operational restrictions in factory premises, the five technologies will be applied in tracking five chemicals in 10 supply chains. Each of the five tracking technologies will employ 1,000 tags, which will be attached on the packages of various chemicals. The data of the tags will be transmitted with handheld or fixed data-retrieval devices to cloud-end management platform and subject to processing of interpretation software. The management platform carries out identification of chemical tags, plus flow-direction tracking and positioning. It has carried out at least 600,000 times of identifications of tags on packages or containers of chemicals. In addition, it will help with education and training for least 500 person/times with the technologies it introduces and expected achievements. Moreover, based on the experience of the execution of the plan, expectation of businesses, and achievements, strategy and program for the rationalized management of the flow direction of chemicals will be proposed, as the safe and non-repudiation fundamental framework for the Internet of things (IoT) for the traceability of chemicals. The strategies and solutions of IoT have been included in the architecture and information, package label, tags’ content, tags’ format, labeling of tag production, labeling of label inheritance, key nodes such as shipping and storage that should be detected and other technical specifications. During the field verification and training period of the plan, participating businesses have repeatedly acknowledged the government's policy pushing the tracking of the flow direction of chemicals, introduction of new technologies, and holding of education and training courses. They also expressed hope to take part in related plans in the future. Given the necessity of government control and management and administrative cost, it needs not apply IoT technology in tracking the flow direction of all chemicals. Enterprises, however, are encouraged to carry out tracking of the flow direction of chemicals and report, when necessary, related information to government system, while storing information involving business secrets in their own systems. Therefore, in addition to simplifying enterprises' reporting operation for chemicals, the introduction of tracking of the flow direction of chemicals will be conducive to the enhancement of corporate management efficacy. Via the integration of public and private databases on chemicals, complete safe and needed information will be obtainable, facilitating the establishment of safety network for chemicals in the nation.

Flow-direction tracking technology, Supply chain for chemicals, Cloud-end management platform