Abstract
In this paper, we analyze the main issues of traceability along the supply chain: architectural solutions, business process interaction, lot identification, traceability information management, and communication standards. In particular, the employment in this setting of two different standards for inter-enterprise business collaboration (as ebXML and Web Services) is discussed. Moreover, different standards for lot identification and data capture, as EPC for RFID and EAN/UCC for bar code are taken into account, uncovering their potential contributions in reducing the cost of procedures for tracking goods. The Cerere project experience is finally reported: it is shown that the architecture of a Web Information System framework (developed to assess food supply requirements) witnesses the actual possibility to support process integration and semantic interoperability via XML-based technologies.
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
7. References
Regulation (EC) n. 178/2002, European Parliament and Council of 28 Jan 2002, ch. I,V.
A. Bechini, M.G.C.A. Cimino, B. Lazzerini, F. Marcelloni, A. Tomasi, “A general framework for food traceability”, IEEE SAINT 2005 Workshops, Proceedings pagg. 366–369, January–February 2005, Trento, Italy.
C. Binstock, D. Peterson, M. Smith, M. Wooding, C. Dix, C. Galtenberg, “The XML Schema Complete Reference”, Addison Wesley Professional, 2003.
extensible Markup Language (XML), MLhttp://www.w3.org/XML/.
ebXML official website — http://www.ebxml.org.
B. Gibbs, S. Damodaran, “ebXML Concepts and Application”, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
A. Kotok, D.R.R. Webber, “ebXML: The New Global Standard for Doing Business on the Internet”, New Riders Publishing, 2001.
UN/CEFACT — United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business, http://www.unece.org/cefact/.
M. de Castro Neto, M.B. Lima Rodrigues, P. Aguiar Pinto, I. Berger, “Traceability on the web — a prototype for the Portuguese beef sector”, EFITA 2003 Conference, 5–9 July 2003, Debrecen, Hungary, pp. 607–611.
C.A. van Dorp, “Tracking and Tracing Business Cases: Incidents, Accidents and Opportunities”, EFITA 03 Conference, 5–9 July 2003, Debrecen, Hungary, pp. 601–606.
W.R. Pape, B. Jorgenson, R.D. Boyle, J. Pauwels, “Let’s get animal traceback right the first time”, Food Traceability Report, Feb 2004, pagg. 14–15.
W.R. Pape, B. Jorgenson, R.D. Boyle, J. Pauwels, “Selecting the most appropriate database architecture”, Food Traceability Report, Feb 2003, pagg. 21–23.
M. de Mello, P. de Azevedo, “Effects of Traceability on the Brazilian Beef Agribusiness System”, Virtual Library Osvaldo “Bebe” Silva, Quilmes, Argentina 2000.
EAN/UCC official website — http://www.ean-ucc.org/.
EAN International, “EAN/UCC Traceability Implementation”, february 2003.
EAN Belgium-Luxembourg, “EAN·UCC standards for shared supply chain traceability”, http://www.eanbelgilux.be/PAGE/brochuretracability.pdf.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, “Guidelines for Introduction of Food Traceability Systems”, March 2003, http://www.maff.go.jp/trace/guide_en.pdf.
EPCglobal official website — http://www.epcglobalinc.org/.
K. Finkenzeller, “RFID Handbook”, Carl Hanser Verlag Munich, 1998.
R. M. Hornby, “RFID solutions for the express parcel and airline baggage industry”, Proc. IEE Colloq. RFID Technology, London, U.K. Oct 1999
U. Karthaus and M. Fischer, “Fully Integrated Passive UHF RFID Transponder IC With 16.7-μW Minimum RF Input Power”, IEEE Journal of solid state Circuits, Vol. 38, No 10, 2003, pp. 1602–1608.
A.L. Annala, I. Oy, U. Friedrich, “PALOMAR Passive, Long range Multiple Access high frequency RFID system”, IST-1999-10339.
Matrics Inc., “Matrics UHF RFID Tag Family”, 2004, pp. 5.
Philips Semiconductors, “I CODE1 label ICs Protocol Air Interface”, May 2002, pp. 42.
Philips Semiconductors, “UCODE HSL”, Oct. 2003, pp. 9.
UN/EDIFACT-United Nations Directories for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, Transport, http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/welcome.htm.
OASIS-Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, http://www.oasis-open.org.
Dieter E. Jenz, “ebXML and Web Services-Friends or Foes?”, 27.06.2002, http://www.mywebservices.org/index.php/article/articleview/451/1/1/.
SOAP, http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/.
W3C — World Wide Web Consortium, http://www.w3.org/.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2005 International Federation for Information Processing
About this paper
Cite this paper
Bechini, A., Cimino, M.G.C.A., Tomasi, A. (2005). Using ebXML for Supply Chain Traceability. In: Funabashi, M., Grzech, A. (eds) Challenges of Expanding Internet: E-Commerce, E-Business, and E-Government. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 189. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29773-1_33
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29773-1_33
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-28753-9
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-29773-6
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)