A system of tracking objects through a service process at a service shop
comprises a computer network configured to track movement of tagged
service objects from physical location to physical location within the
service shop. The computer network comprises tag readers with antennae
configured to receive transmissions from tags encoded with identifiers
and connected to associated tagged service objects. The tag readers
transmit identifiers obtained from the tag transmissions together with an
indication as to which antenna received each transmission. Servers
receive the identifiers transmitted from the tag readers and determine,
based at least on the identifiers and which tag reader antenna received
the transmissions, which physical location each service object associated
with the received identifiers occupies. Client workstations generate a
visual map of physical locations together with summary status information
showing which service objects occupy the displayed physical locations.