Traceability is the ability to follow a product along its lifecycle. It ensures product safety and quality along the supply chain, managing information generated by several players. Even though regulations establish the information that has to be traced, each player generates much more product (and process) information, which could be used to add value to products, with respect to, not only traceability, but also the lifecycle approach. However, the concepts do not appear to be immediately related in scientific panorama. This paper aims to explore the relationship between traceability and lifecycle through a systematic literature review. Six industries (Software, Manufacturing, Automotive, Automation, Aircraft, and Aerospace) and seven subject areas (Software engineering; System engineering; Industry 4.0; New product development; Process management; Data Management; and Environmental sustainability) were identified through bibliometric analysis. To better explore this relationship in the context of the food industry, a content analysis on lead papers’ sample was performed to identify traceability and lifecycle definitions, methodologies and technologies and their relation. The results of the work, synthetised in a proposed research map, will be of interest to those who are approaching the subject for the first time, and for companies involved in product lifecycle management and food traceability.

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探索可追溯性和生命周期关系的系统文献综述

可追溯性是跟踪产品生命周期的能力。它确保供应链中的产品安全和质量，管理多个参与者生成的信息。尽管法规建立了必须追踪的信息，但每个参与者都会生成更多的产品（和流程）信息，这些信息可用于为产品增加价值，不仅涉及可追溯性，还涉及生命周期方法。然而，这些概念在科学全景中似乎并不直接相关。本文旨在通过系统的文献综述探索可追溯性与生命周期之间的关系。六个行业（软件、制造、汽车、自动化、飞机和航空航天）和七个学科领域（软件工程；系统工程；工业 4.0；新产品开发；流程管理; 数据管理; 和环境可持续性）是通过文献计量分析确定的。为了在食品行业的背景下更好地探索这种关系，对铅纸样本进行了内容分析，以确定可追溯性和生命周期定义、方法和技术及其关系。这项工作的结果综合在拟议的研究地图中，将引起首次接触该主题的人以及参与产品生命周期管理和食品可追溯性的公司的兴趣。方法和技术及其关系。这项工作的结果综合在拟议的研究地图中，将引起首次接触该主题的人以及参与产品生命周期管理和食品可追溯性的公司的兴趣。方法和技术及其关系。这项工作的结果综合在拟议的研究地图中，将引起首次接触该主题的人以及参与产品生命周期管理和食品可追溯性的公司的兴趣。