Date Published: September 27, 2024
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Michael Pease (NIST), Evan Wallace (NIST), Harvey Reed (MITRE), Vivian Martin (MITRE), Steve Granata (MITRE)
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This document presents a comprehensive framework designed to enhance traceability across manufacturing supply chains, focusing on improving product provenance, pedigree, and supply chain transparency.
The Meta-Framework introduces key concepts such as trusted data repositories, ecosystems, and traceability chains, providing a structured approach to securely recording and linking traceability records throughout the supply chain. The framework addresses industry and regulatory needs by offering guidance on data integrity, secure access, and traceability event recording.
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National manufacturing and critical infrastructure (CI) supply chains are essential to maintaining the overall health, security, and the economic strength of the United States (U.S.). As global supply chains become more complex, tracing the origins of products and materials becomes increasingly challenging. Recent events and current economic conditions have exposed the significant risks posed by disruptions in the security and continuity of the U.S. manufacturing supply chain, highlighting the need for greater visibility and security to safeguard against various hazards and threats. Additionally, the U.S. manufacturing supply chain has proven vulnerable to logistical disruptions and the actions of nefarious actors seeking to commit fraud, sabotage, or corrupt manufactured products.
Improving the traceability of goods and materials throughout the supply chain is critical to identifying disruptions and mitigating these risks. This report introduces a Meta-Framework designed to organize, link, and query traceability data across manufacturing supply chains. The goal of the framework is to enhance end-to-end traceability, providing stakeholders with the tools needed to trace product provenance, ensure regulatory compliance, and bolster the resilience of the U.S. manufacturing supply chain.
National manufacturing and critical infrastructure (CI) supply chains are essential to maintaining the overall health, security, and the economic strength of the United States (U.S.). As global supply chains become more complex, tracing the origins of products and materials becomes increasingly...
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National manufacturing and critical infrastructure (CI) supply chains are essential to maintaining the overall health, security, and the economic strength of the United States (U.S.). As global supply chains become more complex, tracing the origins of products and materials becomes increasingly challenging. Recent events and current economic conditions have exposed the significant risks posed by disruptions in the security and continuity of the U.S. manufacturing supply chain, highlighting the need for greater visibility and security to safeguard against various hazards and threats. Additionally, the U.S. manufacturing supply chain has proven vulnerable to logistical disruptions and the actions of nefarious actors seeking to commit fraud, sabotage, or corrupt manufactured products.
Improving the traceability of goods and materials throughout the supply chain is critical to identifying disruptions and mitigating these risks. This report introduces a Meta-Framework designed to organize, link, and query traceability data across manufacturing supply chains. The goal of the framework is to enhance end-to-end traceability, providing stakeholders with the tools needed to trace product provenance, ensure regulatory compliance, and bolster the resilience of the U.S. manufacturing supply chain.
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Keywords
pedigree; provenance; supply chain traceability; traceability chain
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Supply Chain Risk Management
