METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING INFORMATION RELATED TO AN ORDER OF A COMMODITY

摘要

Methods of allowing a customer (13, 14, 15, 18) to access information related to an order of a commodity include gathering inspection information from a commodity lot (step 25, step 26), collecting grower, field (10-1, 10-2, 10-3), and packing information associated with the commodity lot, recording purchase orders associated with the commodity lot, assigning a trace code (910) to each of the purchase orders, entering the inspection information; the grower, field (10-1, 10-2, 10-3), and packing information; the purchase orders; and the trace codes (910) into a database (51, 80) maintained through online accounts. Many members of a supply chain are entitled to accounts that are linked, each account being given limited access to other accounts, thereby allowing the customer (13, 14, 15, 18) to access the inspection information, and the grower, field (10-1, 10-2, 10-3), and packing information, by entering one of the trace codes (910) into the web-based application. According to one exemplary embodiment, each of the purchase orders associated with the commodity lot is linked within the web-based application.