Overview
IBM Food Trust™ is a collaborative network of growers, processors, wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, retailers, and others, enhancing visibility and accountability across the food supply chain. Built on IBM Blockchain, this solution connects participants through a permissioned, immutable and shared record of food provenance, transaction data, processing details and more.
Benefits of IBM Food Trust
Increase supply chain efficiency
Run a more efficient food network by helping to eliminate bottlenecks in the supply chain.
Build brand trust
Enhance your reputation for safety and quality through transparency that increases consumer confidence.
Keep food fresher and safer
Monitor food products in the supply chain to accurately judge remaining shelf life and to help ensure safety and regulatory compliance.
Support sustainability
Increase awareness of sustainability opportunities and practices during each step of the food chain.
Fight food fraud
Make your supply chains less susceptible to fraud and errors with end-to-end traceability.
Reduce food waste
Better track food wasted and food rescued while minimizing waste hot spots.
Resources to help you grow a safer, smarter ecosystem
IBM Food Trust solution brief
Learn about Food Trust, how it uses blockchain, its module-based flexibility, governance, network and data security, onboarding and support.
Your savings with Food Trust
Calculate your potential savings from joining Food Trust, including total annual cost savings and total saved by avoiding food recalls.
Onboarding: How to get started
Learn how to add data into Food Trust, integrate it, define your product scenario, control access levels and determine your support needs.
Industries using IBM Food Trust
Market segments
Learn how various industries are creating a smarter, safer, more sustainable food system for us all.
IBM Food Trust case studies
Agriculture commodities: Farmer Connect
Farmer Connect increases trust with a verifiable record of coffee’s journey to your cup, tracing the beans from the moment they’re picked.
Seafood: Raw Seafoods
Raw Seafoods is using Food Trust to trace their catch from harvest to consumer, helping to build trust across the entire food supply chain.
Grocery: Albertsons
Albertsons, one of the largest food and drug retailers in the US, joined the Food Trust network and is piloting the blockchain technology.
Customize to fit your business needs
IBM Food Trust Trace
Trace the location and status of food products upstream and downstream across your supply chain.
IBM Food Trust Documents
Manage, view and share any documents or certificates with supply chain partners.
IBM Food Trust Insights
Access aggregated and curated supply chain data to drive analytics, improve shelf life and enhance inventory management
IBM Food Trust Consumer
Configure a progressive web app that connects consumers with permissioned food data.
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Transform your supply chain operations
IBM Food Trust is now part of IBM Supply Chain Intelligence Suite, an AI-based supply chain optimization and automation solution that helps improve supply chain resiliency, increase agility and accelerate time-to-value. This integrated application suite provides actionable insights, smarter workflows and intelligent automation for faster problem resolution and more efficient supply chain operations.