Award details

RFID from Farm to Fork

Reference	BBS/E/F/00042587
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Mr Paul Finglas
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	99,200
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/05/2010
End date	31/08/2012
Duration	28 months

Abstract

The pilot aims at showcasing to SMEs in the food sector what is needed in terms of technology, business processes, skills and management for an RFID implementation delivering in-house business value and identifying which food information is required to fulfil society's, citizens and/ or organisations needs. The food business is one that provides huge potential for demonstration of return on investment for RFID. The technology has been proven to provide a return: - By providing authentication of the origin of foodstuffs, thereby increasing consumer confidence and allowing access to premium markets; - By reducing wastage and optimising logistics costs; - By increasing quality of goods to the consumer. However, it is hard for SMEs to realise this return. Unlike major producers and retailers, they do not have control over the whole business process, and therefore cannot deploy the technology, along with the ancillary data systems, to allow the RoI to be realised. The project will federate internationally producers, processors, logistics, retailers and consumers around a data system which will deploy standardised solutions to allow the traceability and authentication of foodstuffs from a multiplicity of producers. By membership of such a system, SMEs in the food sector will be able to make a return on investment. The solution adopted here is to include within the consortium six partners (including the technology transfer organisations of four Universities) whose major role is technological support for SMEs.

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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