What is a Traceability system?

The Traceability system, traceability system, is “the complete set of data and operations capable of maintaining desired information about a product and its components throughout all or part of the production and disposal chain.” As a product moves from one production participant to another, the traceability system collects and records data points to enable real-time and ex-post tracking of the product’s movement in the value chain from origin to destination. Traceability systems vary significantly in scope and sophistication. They can encompass individual, company-level systems that record transactions within a single supply chain, as well as multilateral platforms capable of tracking a product across the entire production ecosystem. Supply chain and production traceability is typically achieved by marking goods, primarily using barcodes and QR codes.
In the context of designing IT systems, traceability is implemented by integrating parameter controls into software according to the client’s preferences. Traceability supports many aspects of software engineering and business analytics tools, including impact analysis, compliance assessment with standards, trace code management, verification and validation, and regression testing. Traceability is achieved through a matrix tailored for software quality control in the project. The process of constructing and maintaining this matrix is often very tedious, and all records must be properly dated to retain their informational value.
These systems are very commonly used in the automotive industry worldwide within global factory networks.
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