Trace One

Created in 2000, Trace One is an European Software company Providing web-based, collaborative platforms to retailers and suppliers of consumer goods. 15 US and European retailers (Carrefour, Auchan) and more than 1200 food & chemical manufacturers are using Trace One services to manage product traceability and supplier compliance towards CSR & environmental standards. According to European business news magazine LSA, the company has received several french & european distinctions for its R&D policy (Anvar, Eureka and Oseo Deloitte awards) in 2002, 2003 and 2006.

Trace One is based in Paris, France. In 2006, it has entered into exclusive partnership with Fairtrade Labelling International, the largest worldwide fairtrade organization ACTIVE in 74 countries, to operate its certification management solutions.

Trace One technology combines web native software with secured datahosting and a public key infrastructure enabling suppliers to electronically sign their declarations, granting those declarations with a legally binding value. Since 2006, Trace One has embedded business process management into its core IT platform to manage product lifecycle management (PLM). Trace One teams comprise 50 IT engineers and food safety quality experts. The company claims to support companies in managing the upcoming european REACH regulation on chemicals, speeding up new product launch, improving compliance and reducing administrative burden. Trace One 's main competitors are IT companies active in the PLM or SCM area, using the same "Saas" (software as service) approach.