Effective Serialization & Lot Traceability Solutions
Let TPI’s experts show you how to extend mobile track and trace applications with RFID and bar code systems to create a healthier supply chain.
Most manufacturers already track and trace incoming raw materials through storage and inventory to production and final product. However, few companies have visibility once the product leaves the plant. In a regulated industry, such as life sciences, this lack of traceability presents challenges. Challenges to patient safety, speedy recalls, efficient logistics, and streamlined inventory management.
There are several advanced data capture technologies for effective serialization/lot traceability – bar code, radio frequency identification (RFID). These present a compelling value proposition to those companies looking to extend track and trace outside there four walls of their enterprise. To deploy an effective track and trace solution, with the ability to capture, move and manage key information to and from the point of business activity is imperative. Combined with application-specific software, enterprise mobility systems offer a unique, secure way to track and trace manufactured products and devices – from production to distribution to dispensing.
Track and Trace Benefits by Industry
Consumer Packaged Goods
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Helps manufacturers and suppliers achieve compliance with retailer RFID requirements |
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Greatly increases supply chain visibility |
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Reduces overall inventory levels and associated carrying costs |
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Improves customer service levels |
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Reduces obsolescence |
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Reduces loss from theft |
Manufacturing & industrial
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Improves speed and accuracy for tracking pallets, cartons and containers |
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Increases speed and efficiency with fewer errors throughout the entire assembly process |
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Helps reduce stock levels and operating costs, improve inventory management and provide for more efficient picking operations due to real-time inventory, routing and movement information |
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Improves efficiencies for work-in-process (WIP) reporting |
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Improves inventory visibility to feed just-in-time (JIT) systems |
Hospitals/Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals
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Supports hospital item management applications |
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Enables solutions in support of FDA-mandated Class II narcotic tracking |
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Increases security of pharmaceuticals and controlled substances by tracking them through the supply chain |
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Reduction of theft of valuable equipment and staple items |
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Improved hospital inventory efficiency and materials management operations with high-accuracy read rates |
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Ensures product authenticity through track and trace |
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Provides instant item location information to facilitate the recall process |
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Improves visibility and reduces shrinkage through access to real-time inventory |
Aviation/Baggage/Transportation/Cargo/Logistics
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RFID-enabled boarding passes increase operational efficiencies and deliver higher levels of passenger satisfaction |
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Improved efficiency of baggage handling processes reduces loss and theft while increasing customer satisfaction, enhancing passenger and employee safety |
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Reduced costs, better security management through personal identification applications |
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Enhanced asset management, air cargo tracking & tracing and vehicle control |
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Streamlined cargo processes to reduce labor costs |
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Improves all facets of inventory tracking to help controlled costs |
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Automated product identification and authentication |
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Increases speed and efficiency along with fewer errors throughout the entire distribution process |
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Reduced stock levels with improved inventory management |
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Automated reporting of all material moves both inbound/outbound and within your facility |
The Bottom Line: TPI can help you optimize your manufacturing operations, with easy effective serialization and lot traceability solutions.