diff --git a/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/ChainProcessor.php b/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/ChainProcessor.php
index 183a9f3..96ddf22 100644
--- a/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/ChainProcessor.php
+++ b/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/ChainProcessor.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl;
 
 use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\ChainOperation\ChainOperationInterface;
+use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Exception\ChainOperationException;
 use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Item\ChainBreakItem;
 use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Item\DataItem;
 use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Item\GroupedItemInterface;
@@ -40,9 +41,14 @@ public function __construct(array $chainLinks)
      *
      * @param \Iterator $items
      * @param $context
+     * @throws ChainOperationException
      */
     public function process(\Iterator $items, $context)
     {
+        if (!isset($context['etl']['identifier'])) {
+            $context['etl']['identifier'] = '';
+        }
+
         $this->processItems($items, 0, $context);
     }
 
@@ -54,15 +60,22 @@ public function process(\Iterator $items, $context)
      * @param array $context
      *
      * @return ItemInterface
+     * @throws ChainOperationException
      */
     protected function processItems(\Iterator $items, $startAt, &$context)
     {
+        $identifierPrefix = $context['etl']['identifier'];
+
+        $count = 1;
         foreach ($items as $item) {
+            $context['etl']['identifier'] = $identifierPrefix . $count++;
+
             $dataItem = new DataItem($item);
             $this->processItem($dataItem, $startAt, $context);
         }
 
         $stopItem = new StopItem();
+        $context['etl']['identifier'] = $identifierPrefix . 'STOP';
         while ($this->processItem($stopItem, $startAt, $context) !== $stopItem);
 
         return $stopItem;
@@ -72,17 +85,19 @@ protected function processItems(\Iterator $items, $startAt, &$context)
      * Process an item, with chains starting at.
      *
      * @param ItemInterface $item
-     * @param int $startAt
-     * @param array $context
+     * @param $startAt
+     * @param $context
      *
-     * @return ItemInterface
+     * @return mixed|ItemInterface|StopItem
+     * @throws ChainOperationException
      */
     protected function processItem(ItemInterface $item, $startAt, &$context)
     {
         for ($chainNumber = $startAt; $chainNumber < count($this->chainLinks); $chainNumber++) {
-            $item = $this->chainLinks[$chainNumber]->process($item, $context);
+            $item = $this->processItemWithOperation($item, $chainNumber, $context);
 
             if ($item instanceof GroupedItemInterface) {
+                $context['etl']['identifier'] .= "chain link:" . $this->chainLinkNames[$chainNumber] . "-";
                 $this->processItems($item->getIterator(), $chainNumber + 1, $context);
 
                 return new StopItem();
@@ -93,4 +108,31 @@ protected function processItem(ItemInterface $item, $startAt, &$context)
 
         return $item;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Process an item and handle errors during the process.
+     *
+     * @param $item
+     * @param $chainNumber
+     * @param $context
+     *
+     *
+     * @return ItemInterface
+     * @throws ChainOperationException
+     */
+    protected function processItemWithOperation($item, $chainNumber, &$context)
+    {
+        try {
+            return $this->chainLinks[$chainNumber]->process($item, $context);
+        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+            throw new ChainOperationException(
+                "An exception was thrown during the handling of the chain link : "
+                    . "{$this->chainLinkNames[$chainNumber]} "
+                    . "with the item {$context['etl']['identifier']}.",
+                0,
+                $exception,
+                $this->chainLinkNames[$chainNumber]
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/Exception/ChainOperationException.php b/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/Exception/ChainOperationException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d411d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/Exception/ChainOperationException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Exception;
+use Throwable;
+
+/**
+ * Class ChainException
+ *
+ * @author    de Cramer Oliver<oiverde8@gmail.com>
+ * @copyright 2018 Oliverde8
+ * @package Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl
+ */
+class ChainOperationException extends \Exception
+{
+    /** @var string */
+    protected $chainOperationName;
+
+    /**
+     * ChainOperationException constructor.
+     *
+     * @param string $message
+     * @param int $code
+     * @param Throwable|null $previous
+     * @param string $chainOperationName
+     */
+    public function __construct($message = "", $code = 0, \Exception $previous = null, $chainOperationName = '')
+    {
+        $this->chainOperationName = $chainOperationName;
+
+        parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getChainOperationName()
+    {
+        return $this->chainOperationName;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/Tests/ChainProcessorTest.php b/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/Tests/ChainProcessorTest.php
index b959ffe..ed8e441 100644
--- a/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/Tests/ChainProcessorTest.php
+++ b/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/Tests/ChainProcessorTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\ChainOperation\Grouping\SimpleGroupingOperation;
 use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\ChainOperation\Transformer\CallbackTransformerOperation;
 use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\ChainProcessor;
+use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Exception\ChainOperationException;
 use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Item\ChainBreakItem;
 use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Item\DataItem;
 use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Item\ItemInterface;
@@ -154,4 +155,20 @@ public function testDoubleGrouping()
         $this->assertEquals(1, $count3);
     }
 
+    public function testException()
+    {
+        $mock1 = new CallbackTransformerOperation(function (ItemInterface $item) use (&$count1) {
+            throw new \Exception('Test exception');
+        });
+
+        try {
+            $chainProcessor = new ChainProcessor(["op1" => $mock1]);
+            $chainProcessor->process(new \ArrayIterator(['test']), ['toto']);
+        } catch (ChainOperationException $exception) {
+            $this->assertEquals('op1', $exception->getChainOperationName());
+            $this->assertContains('1', $exception->getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/Tests/Item/Test.php b/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/Tests/Item/Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1f68e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Oliverde8/Component/PhpEtl/Tests/Item/Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * File Test.php
+ *
+ * @author    de Cramer Oliver<oldec@smile.fr>
+ * @copyright 2018 Smile
+ */
+
+namespace Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Tests\Item;
+
+
+use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Item\ChainBreakItem;
+use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Item\DataItemInterface;
+use Oliverde8\Component\PhpEtl\Item\GroupedItem;
+
+class GetMethodTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+    public function testGroupedItem()
+    {
+        $groupedItem = new GroupedItem(new \ArrayIterator([]));
+        $this->assertEquals(DataItemInterface::SIGNAL_DATA, $groupedItem->getMethod());
+    }
+
+    public function testChainBreakItem()
+    {
+        $groupedItem = new ChainBreakItem();
+        $this->assertEquals('chainBreak', $groupedItem->getMethod());
+    }
+}