Traceability program: transparency for outdoor articles

For Tatonka, a manufacturer of outdoor articles, sustainability and transparency have long been important issues. As part of its "Open Factory" program, the company has been inviting people to visit its SA8000-certified factory in Vietnam since 2011. Every Friday, the factory opens its doors to visitors. Now the manufacturer is going one step further and launching a comprehensive traceability program to make all stages of the manufacturing and transport process transparent.

View manufacturing and transport routes

And this is how it works: On the Traceability website from Tatonka, all owners of a product from this company can use the serial number on the label to trace the origin of the individual material components down to the sewing thread and the complete manufacturing and transportation route as well as the respective means of transport. All products from all product groups from 2016 onwards can be viewed in this way. After entering the serial number, a world map with a detailed index shows in detail which suppliers the materials used come from and which sustainability certificates the manufacturers can provide. The address is also disclosed, as is the start of the business relationship. From the suppliers, the materials make their way to the factory in Vietnam. Here, too, it is clear which route they have traveled and by which means of transport. Production takes place at the Mountech plant, after which the finished product begins its journey to its destination, which can be traced in all stages, with the transportation route and means of transport again being shown for each individual product delivery.

Keeping your finger on the pulse with traceability program

According to Tatonka, all steps from material purchasing and manufacturing to the transport of finished products are in the company's own hands and are efficiently controlled. The consolidation of transport routes, both for deliveries from various material manufacturers to a central warehouse and the filling of two production lines from this central warehouse, and for the central export of all manufactured products in one container, reduces resource consumption and cuts CO2 emissions. Thanks to the new traceability program, the family-owned company from Dasing, Germany, is willing to be watched.

This article originally appeared on m-q.ch - https://www.m-q.ch/de/traceability-programm-transparenz-fuer-outdoor-artikel/