Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, PhD

Publication type:  Conference Proceeding

Authors: L. Lo Bello, O. Mirabella, N. Torrisi

Conference: 13th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WET ICE 2004)

Address: Modena, Italy

Pages: 173–179

Date: June 2004

Abstract:
Traceability in food chains is mandatory in the near future for the most companies interested in food processing. Every food chain is made up of a variable number of companies. To realize a full traceability system we propose a distributed collaborative information system where every company exchanges traceability data with the others over a network. XML was used as the format to represent data, for its ability to cope with different size data structures. WebServices based technology has been adopted to interface different suppliers which communicate through HTTP protocol. A prototype has been implemented and evaluated. Access time is the performance index we chose to discuss in the paper because, considered the complexity of the traceability system and the scattering of the information, it represents a key factor for the users. The performances obtained on the testbed demonstrate the real applicability of this architecture in large production systems.

Keywords: food manufacturing chains; food processing; traceability system; distributed collaborative information system; production system

Publisher: IEEE

DOI:  10.1109/ENABL.2004.44

URL:  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1376828/

Status: published

Cite as:
 L. Lo Bello, O. Mirabella, N. Torrisi, "Modelling and Evaluating traceability systems in food manufacturing chains", 13th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WET ICE 2004), pp. 173–179, Modena, Italy, June 2004

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