Abstract
Traceability has recently gained considerable attention in the textile industry. Traceability stands for information sharing about a product including the product history, specification, or location. With the involvement of globally dispersed actors in the textile supply chain, ensuring appropriate product quality with timely supplies is crucial for surviving in this industry with ever increasing competition. Hence it is of paramount importance for a supply chain actor to track every product and trace its history in the supply chain. In this context, this paper presents a framework to implement traceability in the textile supply chain. A system approach has been followed, where firstly the usage requirement of traceability is defined, and then a framework for implementing intra-actor or internal traceability and inter-actor or external traceability is discussed. This article further presents a sequential diagram to demonstrate the interaction and information exchange between the actors in the supply chain, when the traceability information is requested. An example is also illustrated for data storage using a relational database management system and information exchange using XML for the textile weaver. Finally, the article discusses challenges and future studies required to implement traceability in the textile supply chain.
Highlights
Globalization has played a major role in the relocation and outsourcing of textile manufacturing to destinations where less stringent laws, cheap labor, and the availability of supplies is possible [1,2,3].The modern textile supply chain consists of a dispersed network of manufacturing sectors, each having a series of complex operations [1,4]
Traceability haschain beenconsists a great concernstakeholders—who in today’s complex and in opaque supply specialized in distinct operations and following different regulations set by local bodies
Many supply textile supply chain consists of multiple stakeholders—who are located in different parts of the chain actors combine raw materials from various suppliers and apply operations to create an world, specialized in distinct operations and following different regulations set by local bodies
Summary
Globalization has played a major role in the relocation and outsourcing of textile manufacturing to destinations where less stringent laws, cheap labor, and the availability of supplies is possible [1,2,3]. It has become imperative to brand owners to have full information about their supply chains Another important aspect of information relates to product recall and end-user safety. This paper follows a generic data model for traceability implementation in the textile supply chain. We first define the usage requirements of the traceability model, followed by the development of data gathering and management at an individual actor level These steps focus on traceability at the intra-actor level—which complies with the requirements posed by other supply chain actors and by regulatory requirements.
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