Some slides on value chain visibility for sustainability and the concept of value chain records

1. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain
Information Architecture
Sustainability framework:
Value chain visibility

2. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
“Value chain visibility”
Ability to follow the footprint of your orders into upstream value
chains and your product into downstream value chains
Orders Products

3. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Orders
Products
Usage
Focus is on Value chain visibility for sustainability in physical supply chain. “Following the money” is of course also an ESG
obligation and vital complete value chain visibility but treated as a topic of its own

4. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
The origin of
raw materials
Suppliers and
contract
manufacturers
Own Source, Make, Deliver Outbound and usage
Decommission
& recycle
Orders Products
Value chains nodes are triggered by “orders” and deliver “products”. No matter where in the value chain there is always
something similar to an order as a trigger and some kind of product as output

5. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Orders Products
Each node in the value chain interacts with other value chains

6. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Orders
…..But outbound products
are not always pegged to
specific orders for inbound
material. There is loss of
detail between the
triggering order and the
product result
If life was simple, upstream visibility would just be a matter of linking chains of orders

7. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Orders
Products
Products
Products
….Knowing what material from which orders across nodes in the
value chain that was used to make a specific product requires
tremendous detail in every supply chain movement. That level of
detail requires massive digital efforts on a level beyond what is
common practice today.
Material used in outbound products are not always pegged to specific orders for inbound material. There is loss of detail as
some operations are not be recorded on detailed level.

8. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Existing certificate processes does not provide visibility over value chains. They do consider input but tend to focus on
material/production from the perspective of a single node of the value chain
Orders Products
Order line
Order line
Order line
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate

9. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
There is a need for a “value chain record” carrying sustainability data (a full set of ESG data..)
Orders Products
Order line
Order line
Order line
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record

10. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
It´s a chain of value chain records with context since ach order line expand out in different backend value chains
And different choices may have been made at different times from different triggers
Orders Products
Order line
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record

11. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Value chain visibility requires sharing of records between partners. Those records need to reflect a multitude of
perspectives
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
“Perspectives”

12. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Does that sound like “Blockchain”?
Yes, but unfortunately,
blockchains run of energy.
Lots of not so sustainable
energy…
Find a way to keep it simple……

13. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
A singe persistent reference point is more sustainable and standardizes but also comes loaded with commercial and political
concerns. Every stakeholder does not trust everyone else enough to come together in this way
“One global database”
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
Value chain record
“Perspectives”
“Ecosystem hybris”….
Supermegamonster
database!

14. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
A singe/a few persistent references points might be easier to align with stakeholders commercial and political concerns but
will increase need for standards and coordination
“database” “database” “database”
Break it down to smaller
chunks and hope
stakeholders can agree in
smaller groups

15. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Open metadata tagging beats links as metadata stands on it´s own
Value chain record
Metadata
Metadata
Metadata
Metadata
Open meta data is
system independent
and can carry its own
context
Links are fragile. They
break easily, they are
not resilient enough
for long, global value
chains.

16. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Value chain records have different focus depending of node/process
Value chain record
Material record
Value chain record
Transport record
Value chain record
Production record
Value chain record
Storage record
Value chain record
Usage record
Value chain record
Recycling record

17. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
All value chain record share the same fundamental content structure
Value chain record
How
Who
When
What
Where
Material
Emissions
Consumption
What Operations
What people
What machines
What organizations
Start stop
Location
Geopoliticals
What tools
Context
Triggers Orders
Hand overs From–to chain

18. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Compounds
CO2e
Compliance
This is supposed to be
a “funny “ picture of a
face to help remember
that value chain
visibility for
sustainability is based
facts regarding
compliance,
compounds and CO2E.
I do know that models
like this are supposed
to be drawn as houses
with foundations, pillars
and roofs….

19. ECSCIA, European Centre of Supply Chain Information
Architecture
Previous slide was the last one.
This slide is just to inform of that.