Re: [ESDS] Draft Problem Statement 00

Dear ESDS group,

I have read the proposed Problem Statement, and I had some comments.
As a large logistic company the problem of Discovery Service is of
interest to us. I feel that an important scenario is missing from the
document, and that is aggregation and disaggregation. The use case
below explains the scenarios in detail.

Products produced from manufacturers can be packaged differently. 
Single product in one box, or multiply products in one box.
For example a shoe company produces shoes from different manufacturer. 
Some manufactures packages one pair of shoe in one box and some others 
will put multiply boxes of shoes, different sizes and colour mixed in 
one larger box. Once the products arrive in the distribution centre, 
the products needs to be sorted based on their model, colour and size
however all the boxes have the same tag thus the distribution
centre needs to identify each box and apply new tags.

Another example is when a box contains 1000 products. The box is 
tagged as 1 box set to contain 1000 products. In a pick and pack operation 
the box
will be opened and based on orders from retailers the products will be 
removed 
from the box thus the inventory of the box is reduced however the tag 
still reads 1000 products. Also the products shipped to the retailers need 
to be 
re-tagged before shipping to consignee.

So in the future, when we want to have visibility from beginning to end of 
a supply chain, 
we need to have proper handling (protocol) for this kind of scenario.

Best Regards,
Ashkan Fadaiefard