INTEGRATED TRACEABILITY MANAGEMENT MODEL - ETI MODEL
The premise for the Integrated Traceability Management Model developed by the European Traceability Institute is that a common understanding and infrastructure for traceability can meet multiple business objectives, thus increasing overall efficiency and return on investment. It introduces fundamental concepts in the form of business capabilities and enablers at each step on the journey towards traceability management excellence:
1. Group Action Plan
Before deciding on a cost-effective traceability strategy and action plan, organizations must first align the needs, resources and expectations from multiple stakeholders. Typically, the purchasing, quality, production, information technology, supply chain, marketing, sales, legal, sustainability and corporate social responsibility functions are involved in the planning process.
ETI’s Group Action Plan workshop (GAP) is designed to align and mobilize the organization to set priorities and define outcomes, integrate existing and planned initiatives, remove duplication and identify gaps, and to provide a structure for designing and implementing the traceability and recall management system.
2. Competence and Organization
Traceability affects how an organization conducts internal business processes, identifies products, collects, stores and processes information, and communicates with suppliers, intermediaries, customers and regulators. Given the multidisciplinary nature of traceability management, each organization must appoint a person responsible for traceability process management and coordination of a multitude of stakeholders.
ETI provides professional training required for staff appointed to lead, organize and manage traceability and recall systems. In addition, ETI shares best traceability practices and documents, which assist individuals to efficiently lead their organizations on the path to excellence.
3. Internal and Supplier Assessments
Assessment is used as a tool to determine an organization’s readiness to implement or perform traceability in accordance with regulations, customer and stakeholder requirements. Results are analyzed to determine the level of ETI Model implementation and the actions needed to prepare the organization to implement traceability, or to measure its performance and determine what improvements are required to ensure its optimal operation.
ETI provides traceability assessments resulting in a traffic-light report card and recommendations, which clearly establish where an organization is today and the gap separating it from where it wants to be. Thus it determines the readiness of an organization and its suppliers to introduce or perform traceability and recall.
4. Implementation
A traceability system must be in place to provide accurate and timely information on what was produced and distributed, where, in which quantity, by whom and when. The traceability process must be implemented through the following sequential steps: identification, marking, record keeping, batch/lot management, data correlation and reporting.
ETI assists in establishing and managing identification and marking, data alignment, batch/lot definitions, recordkeeping, vulnerability mapping and the trace-back, track-forward and recall processes. In addition to designing, validating and implementing traceability systems using the Trace-Certified™ Standard, ETI can independently evaluate if the solutions proposed by vendors correspond to the business needs of the organization.
5. Verification and Recognition
Recognition that products originate from traceable ingredients and production processes is best attained trough independent verification of the correct implementation of traceability and recall systems, and the accurate and timely execution of allocated tasks.
ETI can independently verify that products originate from traceable ingredients and production processes. Conformance with the Trace-Certified Standard is verified by self-assessment or third-party inspection of the 27 sequential Control Points and Compliance Criteria. Only organizations that are legally approved by the European Traceability Institute are authorized to perform Trace-Certified assessments or inspections and issue recognition documents.
1. Group Action Plan
Before deciding on a cost-effective traceability strategy and action plan, organizations must first align the needs, resources and expectations from multiple stakeholders. Typically, the purchasing, quality, production, information technology, supply chain, marketing, sales, legal, sustainability and corporate social responsibility functions are involved in the planning process.
ETI’s Group Action Plan workshop (GAP) is designed to align and mobilize the organization to set priorities and define outcomes, integrate existing and planned initiatives, remove duplication and identify gaps, and to provide a structure for designing and implementing the traceability and recall management system.
2. Competence and Organization
Traceability affects how an organization conducts internal business processes, identifies products, collects, stores and processes information, and communicates with suppliers, intermediaries, customers and regulators. Given the multidisciplinary nature of traceability management, each organization must appoint a person responsible for traceability process management and coordination of a multitude of stakeholders.
ETI provides professional training required for staff appointed to lead, organize and manage traceability and recall systems. In addition, ETI shares best traceability practices and documents, which assist individuals to efficiently lead their organizations on the path to excellence.
3. Internal and Supplier Assessments
Assessment is used as a tool to determine an organization’s readiness to implement or perform traceability in accordance with regulations, customer and stakeholder requirements. Results are analyzed to determine the level of ETI Model implementation and the actions needed to prepare the organization to implement traceability, or to measure its performance and determine what improvements are required to ensure its optimal operation.
ETI provides traceability assessments resulting in a traffic-light report card and recommendations, which clearly establish where an organization is today and the gap separating it from where it wants to be. Thus it determines the readiness of an organization and its suppliers to introduce or perform traceability and recall.
4. Implementation
A traceability system must be in place to provide accurate and timely information on what was produced and distributed, where, in which quantity, by whom and when. The traceability process must be implemented through the following sequential steps: identification, marking, record keeping, batch/lot management, data correlation and reporting.
ETI assists in establishing and managing identification and marking, data alignment, batch/lot definitions, recordkeeping, vulnerability mapping and the trace-back, track-forward and recall processes. In addition to designing, validating and implementing traceability systems using the Trace-Certified™ Standard, ETI can independently evaluate if the solutions proposed by vendors correspond to the business needs of the organization.
5. Verification and Recognition
Recognition that products originate from traceable ingredients and production processes is best attained trough independent verification of the correct implementation of traceability and recall systems, and the accurate and timely execution of allocated tasks.
ETI can independently verify that products originate from traceable ingredients and production processes. Conformance with the Trace-Certified Standard is verified by self-assessment or third-party inspection of the 27 sequential Control Points and Compliance Criteria. Only organizations that are legally approved by the European Traceability Institute are authorized to perform Trace-Certified assessments or inspections and issue recognition documents.
