Traceability of Pork in Emerging Markets : A Case of a Vietnamese Supply Chain

The three major meat supply chains in emerging markets are the traditional wet markets, the integrated supply chains, and the more recent collaborative supply chains. Customers in these markets are increasingly demanding safe and high-quality meat, which requires more transparency in the supply chain. This paper presents a framework for modelling and designing transparency systems. The framework consists of the domain, product flow, business control, business process and transparency data models. The framework is demonstrated in the three pork supply chain types that are also widely present in Vietnam and are representative of the pork supply chains of emerging markets in general. The applicability of the framework is described in detail in a case study of a collaborative supply chain of independent members, which is one of the three pork supply chain types. The case study is selected for detailed analysis because the members work closely together to provide safe and traceable pork meat to consumers