There is yet a lot to be done. There can of course be an
customer app running on a smart device that allows a customer
to view the status of his orders. We will mention some
potential extensions that will improve the solution, namely
relations between entities, implementation and adoption of
AEON, and interaction. Firstly, a data structure like EPCIS
needs to be implemented by AEON to register and relate events
of different entities. By implementing this data structure, a
customer will not need to subscribe to a truck carrying his
parcel, but can automatically receive an event for his parcel
generated by that truck. Having such a data structure, e-
Commerce providers can refine their tracking and tracing
information, e.g. a customer will be able to select to which
events he wants to subscribe. The advantage of applying a data
structure provided by EPCIS is also that it is an open standard,
already supported by various COTS (Commercial Off The
Shelve) – and open source software solutions. AEON could
directly be implemented on top of such a standard solution.