Web Service-Based Traceability in Food Supply Chains

Abstract

Supply Chains present many research challenges in Computing, such as the modeling of their processes, communication problems between their components, logistics and processes management. This paper presents a supply chain traceability model that relies on a Web service-based architecture to ensure interoperability. Geared towards assisting quality control in the agricultural domain, the model allows to trace products, processes and services inside a chain. It has been validated for real life case studies and the Web service implementation is under way. 2 RELATED WORK 2.1 Supply Chains and Base Model An agricultural supply chain is composed of all the activities that occur from the production to the fi