Research Article
Interoperable Traceability in Supply Chains: A Use Case in Agritech
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-031-86370-7_3, author={Giovanni Farina and Gianluca Brunori and Stefano Chessa and Alexander Kocian and Maria Bonaria Lai and Daniele Nardi and Claudio Schifanella and Susanna Bonura and Nicola Masi and Fiorenzo Ambrosino and Angelo Mariano and Lucio Colizzi and Giovanna Maria Dimitri and Marco Gori and Franco Scarselli and Silvia Bonomi}, title={Interoperable Traceability in Supply Chains: A Use Case in Agritech}, proceedings={Intelligent Transport Systems. 8th International Conference, INTSYS 2024, Pisa, Italy, December 5--6, 2024, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={INTSYS}, year={2025}, month={4}, keywords={International Data Space Blockchain Internet of Things Machine Learning Intelligent Transport Systems Agrifood}, doi={10.1007/978-3-031-86370-7_3} }- Giovanni Farina
Gianluca Brunori
Stefano Chessa
Alexander Kocian
Maria Bonaria Lai
Daniele Nardi
Claudio Schifanella
Susanna Bonura
Nicola Masi
Fiorenzo Ambrosino
Angelo Mariano
Lucio Colizzi
Giovanna Maria Dimitri
Marco Gori
Franco Scarselli
Silvia Bonomi
Year: 2025
Interoperable Traceability in Supply Chains: A Use Case in Agritech
INTSYS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-86370-7_3
Abstract
In the agri-food sector, traceability is essential to ensure the quality, safety, and transparency of supply chains, where transportation companies are key stakeholders in the overall movement of goods. The multitude of actors involved in supply chains makes it challenging to achieve the above mentioned objectives: each company usually uses its own information system, which is mainly aimed at tracking all relevant information of the single company and is rarely able to interact with other information systems. In addition, when multiple information systems need to exchange data, it is essential to have full control over what data is exchanged and who has access to it.
In this work, we introduce the concept ofinteroperable traceability. We have developed an innovative model that enables the seamless integration of data from IoT devices, data management software, and distributed ledgers into a newly designed “data space”. We provide an implementation of this concept that maps to a practical use case and provides a demonstrator that facilitates the secure transfer of traceability data between existing systems. This gives stakeholders a whole new way to manage and review data with greater transparency and efficiency.
