This document describes a project to create a Meat Information Transparency System (MITS) using cloud services. The MITS will allow real-time data sharing across the meat supply chain between farms, slaughterhouses, meat processors, retailers, and consumers. It aims to increase transparency, reduce inspection costs by 50%, and improve inspection quality through continuous feedback based on real-time data capture and analysis. A Minimum Viable Product will be developed in phases to establish transparency first between farms and slaughterhouses, then among all partners, and finally integrate with other systems by February 2020.

1. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
Cloud services for real-time transparency data exchange of all stakeholders in the meat supply chain
UC5.3. MEAT
TRANSPARANCY & TRACEABILIT
Coordinators: Ayalew Kassahun, WUR
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884

2. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
FARMS COOPERATIVE SLAUGHTERHOUSE MEAT PROCESSORS RETAILERS &
END-CONSUMERS
The Meat Value Chain
Meat Information Transparency System
MITS
MITS: Supporting Brands with Real-time Certification Information
Cloud

3. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
Brand partnersReal-time
data query
Increase transparency significantly
Increase inspection quality
Inspection costProvide real-time transparency data to all stakeholders
of a meat supply chain based on the preferences and
common agreements of the participating actors
Major Challenge Here is what we aim to improve (KPIs)
Reduce
inspection cost
Increase
inspection
quality
Features Beneficiaries
MITS | Meat Information
Transparency System -50%
Product Factsheet
Increase trust and
reduce risk
MITS
Consumers
Real-time
data capture
EPCIS
data model
EPCIS
interface
B2B
transparency
data sharing Farmers
Meat
processors
Retailers
Farmers, slaughterhouses, etc.
Fee for data transfer
Customers & Provider

4. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
Product Impressions
Event Data Capture Event Data Repository
Data Query &
Accessing Applications
Standardized query interface to
• allow partners and systems to poll information on demand,
• subscribe to get information about specific events pushed to
multiple destination systems
Accessing applications to
• provide aggregated information to systems or partners
Data capture interface to
• consume data from multiple data sources. e.g. FMIS, FIWARE, etc.,
• translate data of diverse formats to standardized event information.
Standardized EPCIS data repository to
• store all relevant life cycle information in a standardized format,
• enable multiple destination systems to consume the information.

5. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
Here is the difference
Timely feedback on certification status
Without our Product or Service With our Product or Service
One-time feedback on certification
Farmers get feedback after an
inspection
Continuous feedback on certification
Farmers get feedback regularly based on
real-time data gathered
Product User Stories
One-time extensive inspection
Coops inspect farmers extensively once
or a few times a year
Surgical on-demand inspection
Real-time insight enables better planning of
inspections; less inspection required
50% cost
saving
Reduce inspection cost
Proprietary transparency IT
Slaughterhouses implement proprietary
transparency systems that are costly and
difficult to extend
Standard (EPCIS) transparency IT
Farmers and slaughterhouses use
standards- and cloud-based transparency
system that is affordable and easy to
incorporates new actors
Improve marketing (increase revenue)
Farmers, Slaughterhouses & their COOPs

6. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
Here is the differenceWithout our Product or Service With our Product or Service
Product User Stories
Quality label
Quality assurance scheme relying on
inspection once or few times a year
Verifiable quality label
Quality assurance based on inspection and
quality data gathered in real-time
End-consumers and retailers can request for
and obtain information about the product at
hand and its production process
Reliable and verifiable information on
product quality
Retailers and end-consumers

7. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
MVP Time Plan
Dec 2020
• Final MITS release
• Final SLA established
Feb 2019
• Transparency between farms and slaughterhouses
• Data entry interface for farmers
• Supports importing Excel and CSV data
• Data query interface for involved partners
Feb 2020
• Transparency among all partners
• Data entry interface for all partners
• Integration with FMISs
• Comply with FIWARE NGSI (integrate with Fiware-Orion)
• Transparency dashboard
2nd MVP 3rd MVP1st MVP