Value Added on Food Traceability: a Supply Chain Management Approach

After recent food scandals and incidents, the design and implementation of traceability systems from farms to forks has become an important task for the food industry. For many food businesses, traceability is seen as a daunting task with few financial benefits. However, traceability can create competitive advantages. The key issue to add values on traceability is to integrate the traceability system with the supply chain management processes and use the traceability data to manage the business process and improve its performance. Beyond traditional understanding of traceability values, more potential benefits can be achieved. An illustrative case study is presented with proposed integration frameworks