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
Consumers |
Consumers are rarely interested in 'what goes on' but they are interested in knowing that someone has controlled the food they are eating. They are not directly interested in operational information - but can be interested in knowing that 'someone' has controlled it. Go to viewpoint. |
Supply chain |
Within a supply chain it is important that the different actors have agreed what and how traceability information should be communicated. When considering operations from a supply chain perspective, it is important to have clarified what information should be internal in a company and what information can be shared through the supply chain. The supply chain will have minimum requirements for what information that will be needed for supply chain management. Importantly, every operator will be direct members of the supply chain. Go to viewpoint. |
Quality Assurance |
People working with quality assurance will expect that traceability will enable them to acquire more information about products and process. They may not always be aware or interested in the privacy issues that this raises for the people concerned with operations. One of the main problems that needs to be managed by the food operators is the fact that a lot of information "disappears" along the production lines making it very hard or even impossible to trace through the operator. Go to viewpoint. |
Public Authority |
Public authorities will be interested in information about what happened during food processing. The most important part is that the operators follow the laws and regulations required by the authorities and that they are able to document and show that these have been followed and document and report deviations when not. Go to viewpoint. |
ICT |
People working with ICT will be interested in knowing how their solutions can be used or extended to better solve traceability problems throughout the production process. A main concern in industrial production is that large amount of different systems and equipment that not necessarily are able to cooperate and exchange information. Integration and system coordination are important and often difficult issues that need to be managed. Go to viewpoint. |