Why need traceability

In times of increasing globalization, complex production and supply chains with diverse products and various suppliers for customers, are the norm. This creates new challenges in terms of efficient traceability and elimination of mis production.

Traceability is therefore increasingly becoming a strategic success factor, especially for Romanian companies, which as far as allied interconnected productions are concerned, they are in competition with other locations. Traceability is vital for quick, efficient and less costly product recalls. Having the proper solution in place can ensure defective or unsafe products are quickly located and removed to protect the safety of the end user and also helps prevent avoidable product recalls. By implementing a well-designed traceability system, organizations can prevent disaster and access other multiple benefits.

It is clear traceability is no longer optional for manufacturers, not only from a regulation perspective but as a form of brand protection and reassurance for the consumer. To achieve full traceability, ultimately a system is required that tracks every aspect of the supply chain, from the input of raw material right through to the consumer purchasing the product.

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At the time, this discovery shone a light upon the increasing need for full traceability of products and ingredients. There was an understandable outrage during which all eyes turned to the supermarkets and food manufacturers to identify exactly where their meat was sourced and to what - if any degree - their products were affected.

As many were able to identify quite quickly which of their products contained meat from the sources identified within the scandal, the speed of the product recalls being announced could be seen as a mitigated success in traceability. A success albeit heavily tainted with the nature of the initial scandal.

It is not just food that is subject to product recalls. In the last year, there was widespread concern over Samsung phones starting fires whilst charging, which led to a product recall on a scale rarely seen. Samsung quickly identified and recalled the affected products by linking the series of fires with a specific fault in the phone's battery. They were able to identify which of their products were affected and arrange replacement products to the public in good time.

Although Samsung suffered some negative publicity from the faulty phones, it must be understood that such an event could happen to any organisation at any time - it is how quickly and efficiently an organisation can trace the problem and take control of the situation that is remembered, especially if lives are potentially at stake.