An event is a recorded activity that occurs during a product’s journey through the supply chain. Events are used to create, update, or change data about a specific product instance.
Why are Events important?
Events are the foundation of traceability in OriginsNext. They document real-world actions — such as inspections, transport, shipments, certifications, or processing — and attach relevant metadata to a product. This allows you to:
Maintain a digital audit trail of all key supply chain actions
Link supporting data (e.g. documents, sensor readings) to a product
Track compliance, transformation, and ownership over time
Each event type in OriginsNext is structured with specific data fields, depending on the type of activity being recorded.
What are the support event types?
Event Type | Event Description |
Commission | A Commission event creates one or several new active products, based on a product template, to represent the start of the product journey. |
Decommission | A Decommission event deactivates an active product to represent the end of the product's journey. |
Aggregation | An Aggregation event aggregates products into a group. |
Disaggregation | A Disaggregation event breaks apart products from groups. |
Dispatched | A Dispatched event will contain all associated products that have been recorded as departed from the origin location. |
Received | A Received event will contain all associated products that have been processed and recorded at the destination location. |
Transformation | A Transformation event represents an action or activity that changes the characteristics of a product. e.g. One product becoming another such as multiple parts being combined into a car. |
Transportation Started | Represents the start of a transportation leg. |
Transportation Ended | Represents the end of a transportation leg. |
Object | An Object event is used to track or add other relevant data related to the product. |
Ownership Change | An Ownership Change event is used when the products possession and legal rights over them are transferred to another organisation. |
Bulk Outturn | Represents creating a new, identifiable product from a bulk source (e.g. a silo) |
Bulk Receival | Represents receiving identifiable products and adding them to a bulk product (e.g. receiving into a silo) |