1. Traceability
The ISO definition of traceability states that the history of events in the life of a product must be traceable at any time by means of recorded information. This means identifying a good, a service or a person, and associating the events that have transformed it over time. These events can themselves be identified and therefore traced.
Good traceability must be continuous and unbroken. As in any chain, a weak link lowers the overall level of performance.
Traceability takes different forms depending on the application: logistics, food safety, health safety, counterfeiting, falsification, deconstruction, recycling, etc. The choice of architecture and technology depends on the issues at stake.
Traceability is based on three functions: identify, authenticate and locate. A range of associated services is linked to these functions (see table
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Why undertake a traceability initiative?
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The French market for human identification techniques – or biometrics – broke down as follows in 2006 (source APS magazine):
fingerprint: 48% ;
facial morphology: 12% ;
palm imprint: 11% ;
iris: 9% ;
voice recognition: 6%.
The global market is set to grow from 1.7 billion euros in 2005 to 5 billion in 2008 (source: APS magazine)....
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