The transport and logistics sector faces several challenges when it comes to traceability. Here are some of these challenges:
Management of goods flow
Traceability is essential to track the movement of goods throughout the logistics chain, from origin to final destination. This allows for optimized routes, stock management, reduced waiting times, and improved overall operational efficiency.
Shipment tracking
Traceability enables real-time tracking of goods shipments, providing complete visibility into the location, status, and transport conditions of products. This facilitates delivery planning, management of potential delays, rapid problem resolution, and communication with customers.
Security and safety of goods
Traceability is crucial to ensure the security and safety of goods throughout the transportation and logistics process. It allows for verifying the integrity of packages, tracking storage and transport conditions, detecting potential intrusions or thefts, and implementing appropriate security measures.
Risk management
Traceability helps manage risks associated with transportation and logistics, such as delays, losses, thefts, damages, shipping errors, etc. It enables rapid problem identification, corrective measures, and reduction of negative impacts on operations and customer satisfaction.
Regulatory compliance
The transportation and logistics sector is subject to numerous regulations, particularly in terms of customs, security, environmental protection, etc. Traceability facilitates compliance with these regulations by providing accurate information on goods, transport documents, origins and destinations, certifications, etc.
Cost optimization
Traceability enables cost optimization in the transportation and logistics sector. It allows for tracking the most efficient routes, reducing waiting times, improving capacity planning, and reducing storage costs. It also facilitates the identification of inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and opportunities for process improvement.
Sustainability and social responsibility
Traceability can play a role in promoting sustainability and environmental responsibility in the transportation and logistics sector. It allows for tracking CO2 emissions, reducing kilometers traveled, optimizing multimodal transport, and favoring more environmentally friendly practices.
In summary, traceability is essential in the transport and logistics sector to ensure effective management of goods flow, guarantee product safety and security, comply with regulations, optimize costs, and promote environmental sustainability.
Predell Trace: a perfectly adapted response to these challenges.
Predell Trace is an end-to-end traceability solution specifically designed to address any type of issue with great flexibility.
The architecture of Predell Trace is open to any type of traceability. It is based on a traceability engine that allows precise tracking of all events occurring during the circulation of individual objects or product batches in the different locations of the supply chain.
The data processed by Predell Trace is automatically imported from the information systems of the traceability stakeholders (carriers, freight forwarders, storage providers, logistics platforms, etc.). Whether it is VSEs or large companies, all these entities can transmit their Traceability data thanks to Predell solutions. The authenticity over time of the data used by Predell Trace can be certified thanks to a Blockchain connected to the platform.
Predell Trace has been specifically designed to address all these challenges with great flexibility. The platform is based on a traceability engine that allows precise tracking of all Events (transfers between breeding units, vaccination, feeding, harvesting, processing, etc.), tracking applied to all types of batches and throughout the different Locations of its manufacturing process. Predell Trace can also ensure the traceability of objects not belonging to the physical world such as documents, transactions, or identifiers having their representation in any type of universe.
The data corresponding to the traceability events are communicated to Predell Trace by the information systems of the agri-food product value chain stakeholders and without any format constraint. The platform then processes them automatically, ensuring:
Their storage in a database according to a configurable model (it is for example possible to add CSR data).
The guarantee of data authenticity thanks to a blockchain.
The association of documents with any type of operation or object (certificate, control range, certification document, etc.).
Visual restitution on a web portal of traceability data, notably thanks to a multi-criteria search engine. These restitutions are carried out while respecting the authorizations linked to the different user profiles.
In “manual” mode, it is always possible to enter the necessary information for traceability through a user portal. This allows for assistance in establishing traceability links (correspondence between outgoing and incoming objects).
Our solution is based on a redundant and robust micro-services architecture that optimizes processing and offers availability adapted to user needs. Predell Trace is available in SaaS mode or license in a virtualized environment (Kubernetes).