Antares Vision, provider of serialization-based track and trace solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, will host the next meeting of the Open Serialization Communication Standard (Open-SCS) Group, a collection of healthcare sector companies dedicated to standardizing packaging line serialization and aggregation data exchanges. The three-day meeting will be held January 24-26, 2017 at Antares Vision headquarters in Brescia, Italy.
The Open-SCS initiative came about in response to recognition that, though a plethora of serialization solutions already exist, an open communication standard independent of proprietary architectures and data exchange protocols could provide a significant advantage for all members of the supply chain challenged by pending serialization deadlines. Driven by serialization and technology solution vendors–including Advanco, Antares Vision, Arvato, OCS, Omron, Optel Vision, SAP, Systech, TraceLink, TradeTicity and Werum IT Solutions–the Open-SCS group also includes global pharmaceutical manufacturers such as Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Roche and Teva.
At the January meeting, the group will build on the progress made at last September’s meeting, when connectivity between Level 3 (production plant/distribution center) and Level 4 (enterprise stage) was demonstrated for what the group has dubbed Use Case 1: Serial Number Provisioning. The effort showed the potential for a common, interoperable standard for the exchange of serialization information from a site server to the enterprise layer, which helps lay the foundation for realization of the benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) across the pharmaceutical ecosystem.
