VISIPEC Clause Samples

VISIPEC. VISIPEC is an add-on traceability tool that works alongside the existing monitoring systems used by Brazilian meatpackers to provide the cattle sector with enhanced supply chain visibility and more effective deforestation monitoring. VISIPEC helps close a critical gap in the supply chain traceability and monitoring of indirect suppliers, helping strengthen deforestation-free assurances for beef and leather products. The tool integrates information from public data sets, which were once siloed and disconnected into a seamless tool that works alongside the monitoring systems currently used by meatpackers in the Brameatpackers in the Brazilian Amazon. It links direct and indirect cattle suppliers together at scale, significantly improving the daily decision-making process for cattle purchases. The database developed by UW to leverage the GTA data for property- and supply- chain/company- level analyses utilizes cutting edge approaches for entity matching based on text strings to resolve multiple records into datasets related to unique properties. The innovations they have made in this area are also valuable for other applications of GTA analysis and integration with other datasets (such as property cadasters). For instance, these innovations could be applied in other scenarios where records are made repeatedly by the same individual or for the same property, but are not standardized within or across agencies, leading to “messy” data. Thus, the application of Visipec in could be applied to support the extension of supply chain monitoring to indirect suppliers of other commodities (where records of commercial transactions are kept).