How To
Summary
IBM Food Trust™ member Organizations submit supply chain data to the network and authorize it to be shared with their selected business partners. IBM Food Trust then collects and integrates this data, creating comprehensive, end-to-end supply chain views specific to each Organization. This data management method enables the development of applications aimed at increasing food safety and freshness, unlocking supply chain efficiencies and minimizing waste.
IBM Food Trust provides pre-built applications by subscription, including product Trace, product Freshness, facility Certificates and member Onboarding. To support the development of additional applications, IBM Food Trust provides several methods to choose from: APIs, Curated Data and Smart Contracts. These methods can be used individually, or in combination, to extend data to both private client-specific applications and public generally-available applications.
Objective
Choosing a Method
IBM Food Trust fully exposes its application development methods and capabilities to member Organizations for building applications for private or commercial use. Applications create value by using integrated data from across the IBM Food Trust supply chain, transcending organizational boundaries and providing innovation and insight.
To build applications, use one of the supported methods individually, or in combination:
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Modified date:
18 October 2021
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