Device and method for item level traceability of crops

A system, comprising

• a wireless electronic device including:
• an auto-sensing barcode scanner to detect worker barcode badges, tray barcode labels on trays, and clamshell barcode labels on produce clamshells that are stored in the trays,
• a location determining unit,
• a record generator to generate scan records when the auto-sensing barcode scanner detect one of the clamshell barcode labels, each of the scan records including a clamshell barcode label value, a tray barcode label scan value, a worker barcode badge scan value, a clamshell barcode label scan time, and location information from the location determining unit at the clamshell barcode label scan time,
• a local memory to store the scan records,
• a wireless client application interface to transmit the scan records, and
• a fastener to removably secure the wireless electronic device to a person or object;
• a mobile computing device including:
• a first memory to store instructions and a client application, and
• a first processor to execute the instructions in the first memory to:
• automatically detect a network connection with the wireless electronic device,
• receive, after the detecting, the scan records transmitted from the wireless electronic device,
• store, in the first memory, the scan records, and
• forward, to a network device, the scan records;
• and
• the network device including:
• a second memory to store second instructions, and
• a second processor to execute the instructions in the second memory to:
• store tray tracking information, from other devices, associating barcode labels on the tray with a shipping pallet,
• store pallet tracking information, from the other devices, regarding the pallet,
• associate the scan records with the pallet tracking information,
• receive an inquiry regarding one of the barcode labels on one of the produce clamshells, and
• retrieve, in response to the inquiry, information about the one of the produce clamshells based on the scan records from the wireless electronic device.

A method, comprising:

• detecting, by a wireless electronic device, a worker barcode badge;
• storing, in a local memory of the wireless electronic device, a worker barcode badge scan value associated with the worker barcode badge;
• detecting, by the wireless electronic device, a tray barcode label for a produce tray;
• storing, in the local memory of the wireless electronic device, a tray barcode label scan value;
• automatically detecting, by the wireless electronic device, a first clamshell barcode label for a first produce clamshell;
• determining, by the wireless electronic device, a location of the wireless electronic device and a scan time of detecting the first clamshell barcode label;
• generating, by the wireless electronic device, a scan record, the scan record including a first clamshell barcode label value from the first clamshell barcode label, the tray barcode label scan value, the worker barcode badge scan value, the scan time, and the location;
• storing, in the local memory of the wireless electronic device, the scan record;
• detecting, by the wireless electronic device, a personal area network connection with a client application;
• and
• automatically transmitting, by the wireless electronic device, the scan record in response to detecting the personal area network connection.