Track and Trace Applying Technology To The Paddock to Plate Supply Chain
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Track and Trace Applying Technology To The Paddock to Plate Supply Chain
Potential for Error is Everywhere • Incorrect mixing • Misread checklists • Inaccurate labelling • Contaminated raw materials • At best, embarrassment and tarnished brand • Even worse, product that leads to illness and death
Australian Standards Are High
• In meat and livestock alone, over Supply chain position
On-farm
Safety program/initiative
•Livestock Production Assurance
a dozen programs and initiatives •LPA Quality Assurance
ensure safety and quality Feedlot •National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme
• Even in highly regulated food Transport
Saleyards
•TruckCare
•National Saleyard Quality Assurance
production, the unthinkable can Program
occur Processing. •Australian Government Legislation and
Standards
• The challenge is to continually •AQIS health certificate
•Australian Government Halal Slaughter
improve public health and safety Program
•Micro-organism monitoring
• Primary focus on identifying and •MLA food safety program
•National Residue Survey
intercepting hazards during
Export •Department of Agriculture Biosecurity
production
Overall supply chain •National Livestock Identification
System
•AUS-MEAT
Things Can and Will Go Wrong • Listeria • Salmonella • Allergens • Ramifications are enormous • Financial penalties • Reputational damage • Prosecution
Recalls Happen • FSANZ develops food standards and tracks recalls • Microbial contamination • Incorrect Labelling • Foreign matter contamination • Chemical contamination • Allergen contamination • Bio-toxin contamination • Tampering • Other • Removal of product is a shared responsibility
Final Inventory • 1 major grocery distributor • 10,000 pallets a day • 3.6 million pallets a year • Each stacked 2m high with varied contents • 0.1% inaccuracy in the identification of contents = 3,600 pallets manually checked each year
Tracking Technology • Printed codes provide fast and accurate identification • Used throughout the supply chain • So commonplace we hardly notice them • Still very capable and effective
Symbology Uses
Old format used in libraries and blood banks and on airbills (out of
Codabar
date)
Code 25 – Non-interleaved 2 of 5 Industrial
Code Types
Code 25 – Interleaved 2 of 5 Wholesale, libraries International standard ISO/IEC 16390
Code 11 Telephones (out of date)
Code 39 Various – international standard ISO/IEC 16388
Code 93 Various
Code 128 Various – International Standard ISO/IEC 15417
CPC Binary
DUN 14 Various
• Printed code types now run into EAN 2
Addon code (magazines), GS1-approved – not an own symbology –
to be used only with an EAN/UPC according to ISO/IEC 15420
the dozens EAN 5
Addon code (books), GS1-approved – not an own symbology – to
be used only with an EAN/UPC according to ISO/IEC 15420
• Supply chain codes managed EAN-8, EAN-13
Facing Identification Mark
Worldwide retail, GS1-approved – International Standard ISO/IEC
15420
USPS business reply mail
internationally by the organisation GS1-128 (formerly named UCC/EAN-128), various, GS1-approved -is just an application of the Code 128
incorrectly referenced as EAN
128 and UCC 128
(ISO/IEC 15417) using the ANS MH10.8.2 AI Datastructures. Its not
an own symbology.
GS1 GS1 DataBar, formerly Reduced Space
Symbology (RSS)
Various, GS1-approved
Healthcare[30] – is a datastructure to be used with Code 128, Code
HIBC (HIBCC Health Industry Bar Code)
39 or Data Matrix
United States Postal Service, replaces both POSTNET and
Intelligent Mail barcode
PLANET symbols (formerly named OneCode)
Non-retail packaging levels, GS1-approved – is just an Interleaved
ITF-14 2/5 Code (ISO/IEC 16390) with a few additional specifications,
according to the GS1 General Specifications
Used in Japan, similar and compatible with EAN-13 (ISO/IEC
JAN
15420)
KarTrak ACI Used in North America on railroad rolling equipment
Latent image barcode Color print film
MSI Used for warehouse shelves and inventory
Pharmacode Pharmaceutical packaging (no international standard available)
PLANET United States Postal Service (no international standard available)
• The same codes are used the Plessey
Catalogs, store shelves, inventory (no international standard
available)
PostBar Canadian Post office
world over POSTNET United States Postal Service (no international standard available)
RM4SCC / KIX Royal Mail / Royal TPG Post
Telepen Libraries (UK)
Worldwide retail, GS1-approved – International Standard ISO/IEC
U.P.C.
15420
Advanced Code Reading • Modern code readers pick up codes on fast moving objects with extreme reliability • Can reconstruct damaged codes and read at 99.99% accuracy rates
Primary Packaging • Primary packaging is the brand carrier. • Stable, complete, hygienic. • If coded information is correct then products pass to the next stage • Can be used for sorting different product on one line
Secondary Packaging
• Trays
• Inserts
• Flow packs
• Code reading technologies
used to track and sort packed
goodsFinal Packaging • Protection and identification for transport • Serial Shipping Container Code labelling • Used for control and tracking from the supplier through the distributor to the consumer • Goods must arrive in perfect condition and have labelling that can be read
Radio Frequency Identification • RFID is hardly new • WWII : Air forces use passive radio transponders to identify aircraft • 1945: Soviet spies using passive radio listening devices • 1948: Harry Stockman publishes seminal paper on reflected power communication • 1959: The IFF long range aircraft transponder system becomes operational • 1973: First modern transponder with memory patented • 1975: Los Alamos research released to public • 1977: First RFID number plates introduced
RFID in our everyday • RFID is filtering through to almost every aspect of our lives • Passport control • Baggage handling • Theft prevention • Building access • Bulk material handling
Benefits of RFID • RFID tags can read and can also be written to • Information can be modified • Perfect for handling and process control of bulk materials
Benefits of RFID • Automotive plants have used RFID for years • Tags are attached to car bodies • Advise options and transmit location of vehicle to MRP software • The tag does not have to be directly visible to the reader
Benefits of RFID • Readers can be mounted on dispensing equipment and detect tags within range • Tomato growers can track trailers and even record the tonnage of tomatoes on tags for the downstream processor
Benefits of RFID • With RFID it is no longer necessary to present individual products to a reader • All tags within range can be read and written to • Quick method for identifying tainted or defective products in a consolidated shipment
Both Pieces of the Puzzle • Printed codes and RFID each have their advantages and disadvantages • Processors and supply chain managers must choose the most appropriate technology • Printed code reading has a huge installed base and will be around for a while yet • But RFID technologies continue to improve in performance, cost, and size
Cost of Hardware • RFID interrogators are comparable to printed code readers in cost • Tags are now considered disposable • Wine producers incorporate tags into labels or corks • Garment manufacturers now incorporate cleanable tags into collars and hems
Minimise the Impact • The ultimate solution would be to eliminate recalls altogether • This is not going to happen • Plan ahead – know how a situation should be managed • Use suitable MRP systems with effective one-up, one-down databases • Chose technology that can and transmit information quickly and accurately • Identify problems quickly and contain them
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