TRACEABILITY
Hide Identification
Identifying and tracking hides from the farm to the finished product relies on a robust hide identification system that withstands the leather manufacturing process and can integrate with data management systems used by different supply chain partners.
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LWG has included a section within the audit protocol to assess a supplier’s ability to be able to trace their raw material back to the slaughterhouse - rated A to C depending on the method of traceability. The LWG considers the physical stamping of the material the most robust method…..
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STAMP THE HIDE
The physical individual stamp is the best, possibly the only practical way to carry data through these processes
Farm
Feedlot
Abattoir kill floor and post
Hide Store
Induction to the tannery
Soaking Fleshing
Liming Wet Blueing
Sammying
Further processing to crust and finished leather
SCAN AN EAR TAG
READ THE STAMP
Farm
Feedlot
Abattoir kill
floor and post
floor and post
Hide Store
Tannery
Soaking Fleshing
Liming Wet Blueing
The physical individual stamp is the best, possibly the only practical way to carry data through these processes
Sammying
Further processing to crust and finished leather
Hear about the stamper…
Casino Hide Tanners (CHT)
Upgrading the in-house hide traceability system led CHT to Gibson Bass Stamper. Every installation Gibson Bass works on is different, delivering individual identification traceability system, with many variables and individual circumstances that exist in each supply chain, what every machine delivers is unique to each business.
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The casino system had some particular requirements that might be different from other installations, however every installation Gibson Bass works on is different.
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Supporting your traceability company systems
See how the Gibson Bass Stamper works to support company traceability systems here.
Seven reasons to implement individual traceability:
- 1. To Prove Provenance
- 2. To Manage and/or Avoid Claims
- 3. To Avoid Substitution
- 4. To Manage Contract Processing
- 5. Stock and Inventory Control
- 6. Hide Quality Improvement
- 7. Sustainability
