Unlocking Transparency: Why Product Traceability Matters and How to Achieve It
We understand product traceability to be the set of procedures, measures and actions with which products are identified from the beginning of their manufacturing to the end of the supply chain. This allows any product to be located within the supply chain and, if necessary, removed from the market for safety reasons. With the advancement of technological transformation, markets are increasingly global and are subject to strong quality and safety regulations. This generates the need to have reliable traceability, which ensures compliance with regulations. In the European Union, for example, it is mandatory to maintain traceability of food products. Furthermore, with good product traceability software management, savings in production and logistics costs, an improvement in production processes and assurance of product quality are achieved. Types of traceability Three types of traceability can be distinguished, backward traceability, internal traceability and forward traceability: ...