FOOD IS GOING DIGITAL WHAT ABOUT YOU?

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1 FOOD IS GOING DIGITAL WHAT ABOUT YOU? The efoodchain Reference Framework an interoperability framework for B2B transactions along food supply chains César Toscano Smart AgriMatics 2014 Conference Paris, 18/19 June 2014

2 Market Analysis current landscape ICT adoption underpinning B2B transactions in food supply chains fresh fruits and vegetables cereals dairy products covering ten European countries.

3 Market Analysis opportunities for improvement Develop standardised exchanges in the upstream of agriculture and food sector, at the level of primary production Regarding the existence of many standards, there is a real need in the interfaces and links to connect all standards in a more efficient system Improve the information exchange between growers and processors by making use of Portals and Mobile devices. The idea is to get more integration but staying flexible and mobile (B2B) ICT support to traceability of products, and services for food safety and quality might be developed accordingly (B2B, B2C and B2G) ICT support for product and production certification (B2B and B2G) ICT support for exchange of laboratory tests and quality results (B2B and B2G) ICT support for sustainable production and products (B2B and B2C)

4 Overview Set of principles, data exchange models, and rules for interoperability among business processes allowing seamless, paperless information and data flows underpinning B2B transactions along food supply chains Open architecture, excluding any proprietary elements Framework Pilot prototypes

5 Reference Business Processes FF&V Cereals For each sector (FF&V, Cereals, Dairy): Focus on the upstream area Roles played by each major party B2B transactions (information exchange) Dairy

6 Reference Business Processes For the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables sector: Guidelines for the classification and identification of products and locations along the supply chain (GS1 identifiers): GLN Global Location Number GTIN Global Trade Item Number SSCC Serial Shipping Container Code GPC Global Product Classification Laws and ICT requirements that must be met for issuing, transmitting and storing electronic invoices in the European Union and, in particular, Portugal, Spain, France, Netherlands, Germany and Italy

7 Messages & Data Models The efoodchain Framework recommends the adoption of standard messages and data models defined by UN CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business): UN / EDIFACT Messages (legacy): Party Information, Price/sales catalogue, Request for quote, Quote, Purchase order, Purchase order response, Despatch advice, Instruction to Despatch, Receiving advice, Forwarding and consolidation summary, International multimodal status report, Inventory Report, Invoice, Remittance advice, Application error and acknowledgement UN / CEFACT XML messages: For the support of most of current challenges

8 Messages & Data Models UN / CEFACT XML-based messages edaplos emessage Cultivation Message (submitted to standardization) Agronomical Observation Report Description Crop data sheet message conveying data about crop production to support traceability needs Crop data sheet message to support traceability information in the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables sector Message to support the reporting on crop observations about crop pests and diseases elabs, e-laboratory Observation Report ecert, XML for Sanitary & Phytosanitary Certificates Electronic Data Exchange Proxy Cross Industry Invoice Message allowing a laboratory to report measurements and observations performed in a laboratory Message allowing an Export Regulator to issue an Export Certificate to an Import Regulator stating the sanitary & phytosanitary conditions of a product Message that allows an agricultural party to authorize one or more parties to exchange data on his behalf Cross industry invoice message to be used as a request for payment, or modification of a request for payment

9 Messages & Data Models For each message: Description and purpose Typical interchange scenarios Conceptual data model

10 ICT Architecture & Middleware Key trends: Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Cloud Computing European Interoperability Framework (EIF) for European public services Core Platform of the Future Internet (FI-WARE) Messaging Service: Service provided to any actor in the supply chain (farmer, producer organization, technical partner, etc.) allowing him to send a business document in electronic form to another actor in the supply chain with whom he has a business relationship Two types of data interchange: Direct interchange Intermediated interchange API (Application Program Interface) and communication protocols: AS2 / HTTP - for exchanging EDIFACT documents SOAP / HTTPS - for exchanging XML-based documents Documents are encapsulated by the UN / CEFACT Standard Business Document Header (SBDH)

11 ICT Architecture & Middleware Components: B2B Connector B2B Connector Supervisor

12 ICT Architecture & Middleware Major functions of the B2B Connector Secure Transmission Storage Visualisation Attachments B2B Connector Notification Archiving Files upload/download External Programs

13 ICT Architecture & Middleware Direct interaction Interaction through mediator

14 ICT Architecture & Middleware Connection scenario A

15 ICT Architecture & Middleware Connection scenario B

16 ICT Architecture & Middleware A reference implementation (software) of the B2B Connector is available: Open Source license For windows and linux platforms Setup Manual and User Manual Download at or

17 Pilot projects

18 Thank you for your attention