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Supply chain traceability for commodities and products

Supply chain traceability allows you to track products from source to consumer. It connects all the points in your chain together, keeping you in control of your brand. Know in an instant which companies, products and processes your whole supply chain comprises, how they relate to each other and how they perform. Supply chain tracking is vital to the sustainability and CSR efforts of many companies and organizations.

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Supply chain tracker

Our intelligent supply chain traceability software keeps brand owners and retailers completely up to date with all volumes passing through the supply chain.

This allows products to be traced back to the source at any time and related batches and shipments to be easily identified.

Advanced authorisation capabilities in ChainPoint supply chain tracking software prevent misuse of transparency and create trust with supply chain actors. In essence, you have all the tools you need, integrated within a single supply chain tracking tool.

Benefits of supply chain traceability

  • Improve the integrity of your supply chain
  • Track products from source to consumer
  • Trace products back to their origin
  • Support for multiple Chain of Custody models
  • Reduce the risk of mislabeling
  • Perform more effective audits by having full information at hand
  • Perform rapid traceability analysis in crisis situations such as recalls
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Chain of Custody models in supply chain tracking

ChainPoint supply chain tracking software supports a range of standard Chain of Custody models to support all phases of the supply chain’s development towards sustainable sourcing. Our supply chain tracking software is fully customizable to your business and supply chain(s).

Identity preservation

With this comprehensive Chain of Custody model the physical product can be traced back to its sustainable source with the supply chain tracker. Throughout the supply chain the yield of each identifiable source is kept separate from the products of other sources, even if the latter were produced according to the same standards. At the point of sale consumers can be informed about this unique source.

Segregation

If an aggregated flow of products that was produced according to the same criteria is kept strictly separated from other products as they traverse through the supply chain, we call this segregation. The product a consumer holds may not be traced back to a single source, but they will be guaranteed compliant with the criteria. For many convenience goods this will be the ideal Chain of Custody model.

Mass-Balance

For efficiency or environmental purposes, it’s not always feasible to segregate sustainable and non-sustainable products, especially when there is no physical difference between the two. In the Mass-Balance model products from both sustainable and non-sustainable sources are mixed, but as they move through the supply chain an exact account is kept about the volume ratios within our supply chain tracker. Thus, it is guaranteed that the number of sustainable products produced equals the amount (or volume ratios) of compliant products sold to consumers.

Book & claim

In some supply chains, it may not be possible to segregate or carefully account for the volume ratios of sustainable and non-compliant products. In this case a Book & Claim model can be applied. Where physical products are mixed and traded as non-compliant, the “right to claim” is traded on a separate online market in the form of certificates. A central authority monitors the claims by brands and retailers and compares these with the number of certificates issued and traded. This is also a useful model for markets where the local demand for sustainable products exceeds the local supply.

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