Supply chain traceability along

VI. 4 Requirements for shipped materials and articles VII LEVEL 2 TRACEABILITY ALONG THE SUPPLY CHAIN... 

Data collection or electronic traceability This method allows ensuring label integrity and transparency by means of software that tracks the product from the acquisition of raw material to the finished product. The supplier feeds into the system the product information that eventually is relayed to the final brand or retailer. The technology that is frequently used in support of this method is Icebreaker Baacode. Barcodes, or baacodes, collect information along every step of the supply chain and the end consumer is able to scan the code and, for example, find out where the farm that produced their wool is. 

Materials need to be traceable along the supply chain from the supplier until they are combined and formed into a component. Suitable documentation is required and identification/batch numbers retained and recorded together with processing and NDT results on batch/item cards. 

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