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Eti.NET is a “generic” platform able to
manage very different food chains.
The platform is implemented in a new chain by
means of an accurate analysis made together with the main stakeholders of
the chain.
Eti.NET is composed of
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Web-interfaces for the data entry, data editing and data retrieval
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Files uploading procedures (XML and ASCII files) to gather data from
existing on-industries IT systems
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A robust central database
The modules 1 and 2, have been developed in Microsoft .NET environment, the
database is SQLServer 2000 |
Eti.NET system is a IT enabled record keeping procedures that collects all the
information required to show the path of a particular product or ingredient from
supplier(s) into the business, through all the intermediate steps which process
and combine ingredients into new products and through the supply chain to
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Manging complex food chains
Eti.net can manage complex food chain and the combination of two or more
different chain (ingredients) i.e. the information of a feed batch are
linked in a beef chain to a specific animal.
The Internet provides a low cost connectivity backbone enabling the farmers/breeder
to directly input data collected on-filed, like chemicals, fertilisation,
irrigation, feeding.., to be included in the traceability data set. |
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Implementation phases
The implementation phases for a new food chain
are:
A. Identification
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Describe the food chain and its stakes
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Determining the traceable product unit size – what
size should the batch be, which is determined by the details of the
particular process management. Each food chain has his own batch size
(single animal, group of animals
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Define the system/s of identification: bar codes (EAN/13,
EAN/128 and PDF are supported), RFID (Radio frequency identification
systems) or simple labelling
B. Information stored on a
batch basis: define the traceability data set i.e. amount of
information required to be stored
C. Linking identification
and information
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Each batch has its own information set that can be
printed on a label or delivered via XML files to the customers or
published on the Internet
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The system provides operators with
information on when and where each batch is moved or transformed
D. Tailoring of the system:
minor upgrade of the web interfaces and of the database structure are made
to fulfil the requirements of the chain. .NET allows a low cost web
interface adaptation. The database key components (core entities) have
been developed to manage all the food chain; minor changes (new tables/fields)
are required to store the specific information of that food chain.
E. The system is running
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