Identity-based tracking of products and product data in changing networks

The paper addresses a subject of high relevance for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) participating in today's changing supply chains. Product-centric application development and using design patterns to link related web-services directly to the electronic identity of products are proposed. To identify and track products the ID@URI identification scheme is advocated. The scheme combines serial numbers and URLs to produce globally unique product identifiers. The TraSer-project aiming at implementing an open-source solution platform for product centric web-services has been started this year. Based on the first phase of the project the paper also outlines differences and advantages of the TraSer-approach compared to other existing approaches

ENTRY-LEVEL SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE ENTERPRISES IN SUPPLY CHAINS

The increasing need for customization, more efficient quality feedback, better supply chain coordination, etc. are all factors which demand for implementation of item-level tracking and tracing services across company borders. A platform enabling such operations has been developed under the acronym of TraSe