METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING COMMODITY INFORMATION IN A SUPPLY CHAIN OF PRODUCTION

摘要

-40- There is provided a computerized method and system for managing commodity data for a chain of production in which one or more commodities are used in one or more production steps. Commodity data for a particular quantity of a commodity are generated by commodity analysis systems at points in the supply chain and provided to a central data storage system. The commodity data may be traced as the particular quantities of the commodity flow through the chain of production. The commodity data preferably includes commodity characteristics defined in accordance with commodity standards such as specialty trait tracking programs, identity preservation programs and food safety programs in the agri-food industries.