Trace One has joined with SGS to create an integrated platform that provides "farm-to-fork" visibility throughout the supply chain for brand owners, manufacturers and suppliers.

Research suggests that 83 percent of global private label supply chain executives say supply chain transparency impacts productivity and overall consumer confidence. However, it also found that 43 percent of organizations are still using offline methods, like Excel documents and the telephone, to communicate with supply chain partners.

Trace One has enhanced PL PLM, its product lifecycle-management application for private labels.