Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOGR20231017016
- Term of Validity
- 17 October 2023 - 16 October 2025
- Company's Country
- Greece
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A Greek SME is offering trackable food system technology for product traceability to food producers via commercial agrrements with technical assistance.
- Full Description
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This Greek company brings a curated framework of open-source platform components which can be assembled, together with other third-party platform components, to build smart solutions faster, easier and cheaper. A simple yet powerful application programming interface (API) enables the integration of components and provides the basis for the interoperability and replication (portability) of smart solutions.
The issue of the traceability of the food chain has become a priority for all producers that recognize the need for market recognition of the quality of food products. Companies benefit from the recognition of the territoriality of production, the sustainability of the production chain, and the path of the product during processing and distribution, as elements that determine the quality and hygiene of food. On the other hand, consumers are immersed in a globalized market where it is difficult to recognize the exact origin and nature of a product. For this reason, buyers are increasingly interested in having complete information about the origin, sustainability, processing phases, and many other aspects that contribute to identifying a quality product.
It all started with an age-old question: how can farmers increase their products’ price?
The principal component developed is the electronic product code information service (EPCIS). The main task of this module is to convert the actual raw data coming from the sensors to EPCIS compatible details.
Starting with the farmer, it identifies the products with a global trade item number (GTIN) and associated lot number, and one or more physical locations that represent the place where the products are packed or dispatched and where critical tracking events take place.
A device can also be used to scan the products’ GTINs and lot numbers as they arrive at the production-processing unit. Then the global location number (GLN) is recorded as the products move internally within the processing facility (which is useful for more complicated scenarios).
In the final stage of the chain, retailer traceable activities include receipt of the products by again identifying them through their GTIN and GLN, with the potential for integration into their inventory system and scanning at the point of sale (POS) when they are finally sold to customers.
The Greek company is interested in offering this technology to interested parties such as food producers for commercial agreements with technical assistance. - Advantages and Innovations
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Benefits
- provides farm calendar details before the crop is transformed into a final product
- aggregated sensor data uncovers the field’s capacity to produce quality crops and food via aggregated sensor data
- justifies farmers’ environmental focus since internet of things data proves the necessity of certain farm practices
- promotes advantages on locally produced food
- offers potential for innovative digital marketing campaigns through direct communication between consumer and farmer, and cooperative.
The idea was to extend the value offering of the solution by providing services for post-farm operations and interests.
The concept is innovative since there is no other solution that models and merges cultivation and post-farming data into standardized data services that can be accessed by stakeholders and consumers.
This way, farmers can also see another marketing benefit using internet of things devices for all their production cycle that enhances trust and brand loyalty with their customers and partners. - Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- IPR status
- Secret know-how
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The Greek company is ideally looking for real economy stakeholders such as food producers that want to test and apply a state-of-the-art interoperable internet of things technology.
However, it is also open to discussing possible co-operation with fellow technology SMEs that want to work with the technology on offer. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME 50 - 249
- SME <=10
- SME 11-49
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 08002004 - Traceability of food
- Market keywords
- 02007014 - Other industry specific software
- Sector Groups Involved
- Health
- Agri-Food
- Targeted countries
- All countries