NGS supports the digitalization of the Roero Market with an RFID traceability and fresh supply chain visibility solution designed to make the management of incoming, stored, and outgoing fresh produce more transparent, secure, and controllable. At the core of the project are uniquely identified reusable boxes and containers via RFID, following a circular economy approach: the container becomes the “carrier” of information, allowing continuous tracking of logistical steps while reducing waste, errors, and manual activities related to labels and unstructured records.
Upon arrival, packages (boxes/containers) are identified via RFID and digitally recorded, creating a reliable database that allows users to know what has arrived and when it was received, in addition to tracking the main operational steps within the market. During storage, NGS allows the designation and tracking of the cold room and placement area, building an operational map of the goods that facilitates the search for packages and the management of flows in storage areas. The platform is also prepared to integrate the collection and historical recording of environmental data along the journey — such as temperature, humidity, and ethylene — via sensors and trackers, thus providing physical traceability along with objective evidence of storage conditions (when available). For shipments, NGS enables tracking via trackers (location and transport conditions — such as temperature, humidity, and ethylene) and consolidates the main process events (reception, internal movements, shipment) into a coherent view.
Interoperability and data sharing are a cross-cutting element of the entire project: all relevant information generated in the process (container identification, logistics events, document references, environmental data when present) is structured according to standardized coding. NGS adopts an EPCIS-like approach to structure and share data in a standardized and tailored way for the different actors in the supply chain, making the information easily integrable with third-party systems and usable by various operators (market, logistics, buyer). In this way, the Roero Market can enhance service quality and reliability, improve daily operational efficiency, and strengthen trust along the fresh produce supply chain.