Responsible Chain

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

The main concern of a consumer related to the supply chain, is their ability to provide food to the retail stores. There will be an expectation that the supply chain has not in any way contaminated nor mistreated the food they manage. Go to viewpoint.

Operational

The operational part will need to have sufficient availability of food items to be used in production and processing. Thus, on time delivery and despatch will be important for the different operators. Shelf life and possible contamination will be concerns that create demands of an efficient and optimised supply chain. Go to viewpoint.

Quality Assurance

The quality assurance actors expect that the goods received will have the promised quality and usability. This will be, e.g., minimal transport time, no exposure too environmental damages or deviations related to parameters like temperature, humidity, light, shock, etc. This needs to be documented through the supply chain. Go to viewpoint.

Public Authority

The public authority expects that all partners in a supply chain have control of where their goods are. By law, every actor needs to document who their trading partners are. There are specific rules and laws related to management of living creatures. The authorities expect that the actors in the supply chain can provide sufficient documentation that the laws and requirements are met. Go to viewpoint.

ICT

A supply chain is by nature a collection of heterogeneous actors, thus will have different systems and procedures related to information management. ICT systems thus need to meet requirements to manage heterogeneity. Standard information exchange and middleware will be typical tools to manage heterogenity. Thus, ICT will require and expect that the supply chain members are able to agree upon standards for information exchange and sharing. Go to viewpoint.