Traceability
in
Supply Chain Management
Mohammad Mehdi Rezvani
Supervisor:
Dr. Eshraq

Agenda
• A review on Supply Chain Management
• Traceability:
• Terminology & Definitions
• Tracking
• Tracing
• Sample Traceability Models & Systems.
• Advantages & Benefits.
• Future researches.
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A review on Supply Chain Management
• A supply chain consist of all parties involved, directly or
indirectly, in fulfilling a customer. It includes not only the
manufacturer and suppliers, but also transporters,
warehouses, retailers and even customers.
• A supply chain is dynamic and involves the constant flow
of information, product & funds between different stages.
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Modern Supply Chain
Net or Web Structure
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• An efficient & effective process is required
to:
1. Collect raw data.
Cooperation
Coordination
2. Analyze.
3. Share & establish information.
4. Synchronize product & information flow.
• This process called TRACEABILITY.
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Traceability
• WIKIPEDIA: Traceability is the ability to verify the history, location, or
application of an item by means of documented recorded identification.
• APICS: Ability to guarantee products moving along the supply chain are both
tracked and traced.
• FAO: The ability to follow the movement of a food through specified stage(s)
of production, processing and distribution.
• ISO9001:2008: Where appropriate, the organization shall identify the
product by suitable means throughout product realization and where
traceability is the requirement, the organization shall control the unique
identification of the product and maintain records and that preservation
shall also apply to the constituent parts of a product.
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Tracking & Tracing
Tracking
• The ability to follow the
downstream path of a
product along the supply
chain.
Tracing
• Tracing refers to the
ability to determine the
origin and characteristics
of a particular product
obtained by referring to
record held upstream in
the supply chain.
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Tracking & Tracing
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Traceability System General Layers
Physical
Layer
Identification
Coding
Planning &
Control Layer
Mass production
Improvement
Information
Layer
Decoupling
Validate
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General Used Technologies
• Radio Frequency Identification(RFID)
• Optical Character Recognition(OCR)
• Wireless Sensor Networks(WSN)
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Traceability Systems Benefits
• Minimize recall size.
• Quick response.
• Data integrity.
• Maintain customer trust & confidence.
• Data for liability claim protection.
• Conformity to standars.
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Future Research
• Integration of traceability activities with
logistics.
• Technological aspects of traceability systems.
• Standardization of data capturing and exchange.
• Awareness creation strategies.
• Continuity of information flow and effective
communication of traceability information to
customer & other stakeholders.
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