ADS enables traceability by providing links to sources of product information along one or more supply chains. This gives tracking and product lifecycle information systems the ability to gather complete information about an product or object's movement through the supply chain.

ADS provides a secure mechanism for companies to "track and trace" business event data, as well as selectively share information regardless of the business application, so that competitive data stays secure. ADS is a hosted registry and lookup service that is highly scalable, enabling numerous supply chain partners across multiple supply chains to securely exchange historical events.

Benefits of Afilias Discovery Services:

• Provides the entire sequence of historical events associated with a product
• Allows dynamic real-time updates, useful for the creation of audit trails
• Customizable security of data so that confidential and competitive data can only be seen by trusted parties
• Interoperable and supports global intercommunication between chains of Discovery Services using a standards based approach
• Allows for selective visibility of data amongst partners

Find out how Afilias’ Discovery Services works.