Commission

A Commission event represents a product coming into existence in its documented supply chain. It typically occurs at the farthest upstream point of the traceability journey - either the point of harvest, or the first time that a product is being documented as itself.

How it works:

A Wholechain user creates a Commission event from a product's current inventory page, with the option to include custom data.
The record of the commissioned product is written onto the blockchain to show the origin point of every supply chain.

Examples:

An orchard commissions the harvest of apples as they are picked, sorted, and packed into crates for shipment to a produce distributor
A salmon coop commissions a vessel's harvest of salmon as it is sold to a seafood broker.

See further articles about commission:

Commission a product item manually

Commission product items via CSV Upload

Commission a product item manually:

1: Navigate to the Products page from Wholechain's left-side menu, and click on the product you'd like to commission an item of.
2: Click Commission in the top right corner of the page
3: You'll have the option to select a Custom Data Template, either that you've created previously or received from a Company in your Network. If you do not wish to include any custom data, simply select "None."
4: To type in the traceability data for this item, select Manual as your data entry method and fill in all the required fields that appear below with details that capture the Commission event you are logging.
5: Click Log Event and the product will appear in the Current Inventory tab for the product you've just commissioned. Now the item is ready for the next traceability event in its journey downstream.

Commission product items via CSV Upload:

More often than not, it's not practical to commission one instance of a product at a time, so our easy upload tool lets you commission up to 50 records at a time from a CSV file at one time. Here's how it works:

1: Navigate to the Products page from Wholechain's left-side menu, and click on the product you'd like to commission an item of.
2: Click Commission in the top right corner of the page.
3: You'll have the option to select a Custom Data Template, either that you've created previously or received from a Company in your Network. If you do not wish to include any custom data, simply select "None."
4: Select CSV Upload and an upload field will appear.
4: Select Download CSV Template and a CSV file will download to your computer containing column headers that match the fields of the template you've selected, as well as the primary ID, quantity, commission date and optional identifiers of the selected product.
5: Fill in the CSV template with all of the requested Commission data, and save the file. Each row will result in a commissioned item in your Current Inventory for that product.
6: Upload the CSV by either dropping the file into the upload field or clicking Drop Here to Upload. The data should automatically appear in this space for you to review.; Please note the table is editable, so you can make any necessary changes right there inside the table window. Ensure that the dates are correctly formatted (YYYY-MM-DD).
7: Click Log Event, and the items will appear in the Current Inventory tab for the product type you've just commissioned. Now, these items are ready for the next traceability events in their journey downstream.; .