Technical View

While it is important to express one's own interests, it is also very important to understand what other people think about the same subject. This section tries to give some hints at what other actors in the food supply chain might thinkabout the topics that you care about. Of course you can always change the viewpoint, but this is a good place to introduce yourself to other people's thinking.

 
 
 

What other people think

Consumer

Consumers will expect public authority to ensure that the food they eat is safe. Consumers will expect that the food has been quality controlled by all actors involved in food production and management, and that this is monitored and enforced by the authorities. Further, the consumers expect that the public authority will provide measures to prevent food scares and in case of food scares, reduce and eliminate the causes and effects. Go to viewpoint.

Operational

Operators main concern with the ICT view is that it should not create too much extra work. This includes increase in information that needs to be registered and maintained, and how this is done. Providing interfaces to existing software and automatic registration equipment will have a high priority in their view. Go to viewpoint.

Supply chain

The main concern of the supply chain with regards to ICT is privacy and security. They need to know the data they deliver to the chain will not be misused by neither unautorised nor authorised users. They will not hand over business secrets like ingredients used in a product and who their main customers are to other members of the supply chain. The system they deliver their data to needs to provide trust that their information is secure. Go to viewpoint.

Quality Assurance

Quality assurance main concern with the ICT is trust, security and ability to provide functionality and interfaces suited for quality assurance. If they cannot trust the quality of the data they receive nor the ability for the system to manage provided information, they cannot perform their role as required. Go to viewpoint.

Public

Public authorities main concern with ICT is quality and dependability. They need to know that if a food scare occurs, the systems are available and that they can have full overview of a chain. The systems need to provide information of such a quality that the system can be both used to find causes and be used to recall/withdraw dangerous food. Go to viewpoint.