Smart Source (featured in the Guide to the Guides)
What It Is:
A web-based supply chain management resource that can be used to trace the supply chain and collect sourcing details about a company’s products. With SmartSource360, suppliers down the supply chain are able to directly enter information and provide supporting documentation about the wood and/or fiber-based materials used in the products, including supplier declared risk assessment categorization, species, certification status and forest origin.
Contact:
SmartSource Phone: +1 (302) 541-4664; +1 (802) 434-8731 www.rainforest-alliance.org
Product Scope: Solid wood and paper-based products
Tested: North America, Europe
To be used by: Retailers, Importers, Manufacturers
String
What It Is:
String is an online, data recording, tool that allows users at all phases in the supply chain to request information about products from their suppliers. Users can generate reports from the data to get a complete picture of the flow of products throughout the supply chain, and all the available data. String is flexible, and it can be customized to record any data about any type of product (see below). The system has been piloted in a number of industries including timber, textiles and minerals.
Contact:
Historic Futures Phone: +44 (0) 1993886420 www.historicfutures.com
Product Scope: Solid wood and paper-based products
Tested: Global
To be used by: Forest Managers, Manufacturers, Importers, Retailers
What It Is:
String is an online, data recording, tool that allows users at all phases in the supply chain to request information about products from their suppliers. Users can generate reports from the data to get a complete picture of the flow of products throughout the supply chain, and all the available data. String is flexible, and it can be customized to record any data about any type of product (see below). The system has been piloted in a number of industries including timber, textiles and minerals.
Contact:
Historic Futures Phone: +44 (0) 1993886420 www.historicfutures.com
Product Scope: Solid wood and paper-based products
Tested: Global
To be used by: Forest Managers, Manufacturers, Importers, Retailers
FSC's Online Claims Platform
What It Is:
FSC’s Online Claims Forest The Online Claims Platform (OCP) is an online traceability platform customized to work with FSC’s Forest Management (FM) and Chain of Custody (CoC) certification systems to streamline the process in order to validate FSC certified products. Currently buyers and sellers of FSC certified products are required to maintain paper records of the volumes of the products traded. Under the OCP, the information and claims about certified products will be kept in an electronic format and all entities along the supply chain will be able to access the data and document the phases of the product in the supply chain. The OCP build on the String platform (above).
Contact:
FSC Phone: +49 (0) 228-367-660 E-mail: fsc@fsc.org www.ic.fsc.org
Product Scope: Solid wood and paper-based products
Tested: Global
To be used by: Forest Managers, Manufacturers, Importers, Retailers
PEFC's Global Information Registry
What It Is:
An online platform to track and trace the flow of certified material information via the Internet. PEFC is currently using a well proven system which requires certified entities to keep detailed records on procured and sold quantities of PEFC certified material. The PEFC Global Information Registry will allow participating certificate holders to receive and to pass on relevant data in electronic format along the entire supply chain, allowing for comprehensive traceability of certified material. The registry is expected to be fully implemented in 2013.
Contact:
PEFC Phone: +41 (22) 799 4540 E-mail: info@pefc.org www.pefc.org
Product Scope: Solid wood and paper-based products
Tested: Global
To be used by: Forest Managers, Retailers, Importers, Manufacturers
PREPS (featured in the Guide to the Guides)
What It Is:
The PREPS database includes information about paper products, including origin of raw materials. To add a new paper grade to the database, PREEP members nominate the product and the PREEPS secretariat contacts the mills and requests the information.
Contact:
PREPS Phone: +44 (0) 207-839-1084 E-mail: info@prepsgroup.comhttp://prepsgroup.com/home.php
Product Scope: Paper-based products
Tested: Europe, North America
To be used by: Retailers, Importers, Manufacturers