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Section: Logistics > Traceability/Serialization
Traceability/Serialization
Validation considerations for serialization
As a rule of thumb, validation adds 25% to the cost of any changes required by serialization.
January 4, 2014
Traceability/Serialization
Impact on production line speeds and OEE
Of utmost concern to production/operations teams is the impact serialization will have on production line speeds.
January 4, 2014
Pharmaceuticals
Label and panel redesign considerations
Often left out of the equation in early pilot tests, many package design professionals have discovered the hard way that serialization has a deep impact on labels and panel design.
December 30, 2013
Labeling/Printing
How to avoid a big barcode gotcha
With mass-produced packaging, barcodes are preprinted as part of the package artwork. As such, no one has had to really worry about whether those codes will scan throughout the supply chain.
December 29, 2013
Inspection
Vision system considerations
One of the key considerations for vision systems pertains to the industry’s predominant use of round bottles.
December 29, 2013
Labeling/Printing
Nine coding and markingconsiderations for serialization
While the long arm of serialization reaches deep across multiple silos in the organization, one could say it starts with the physical code applied to the package. There are several things to consider.
December 29, 2013
Packaging/Filling
Strategies for accurate aggregation
The actual electronic association of the serial numbers of individual unit packages to a case is done after an inspection system on the packaging line visually inspects individual packages (or they are manually scanned) upon going into the shipping case.
December 28, 2013
Pharmaceuticals
Inference: The importance of aggregation accuracy
Pedigree laws that mandate unit-level serialization, like the California pedigree law, require members of the supply chain to certify shipment and receipt using unit-level serial numbers.
December 27, 2013
Inspection
Packaging line modifications for serialization
Line serialization, while a significant investment in time and money, is less strategically taxing than sharing the data internally from each line and plant up through the enterprise, and with your trading partners.
December 27, 2013
Pharmaceuticals
11 routinely underestimated aspects of serialization
While there are untold gotchas in any project, here are the areas that are most overlooked or shortchanged, based on feedback from those who’ve been there.
December 26, 2013
Pharmaceuticals
11 steps to getting started with serialization
Ready to begin? Here’s a roadmap of how to get started.
December 26, 2013
Robotics/Automation
Secrets to serialization project management
Serialization involves multiple, complex technology components—package execution controllers, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), PLCs, machine vision, sensors, scanners, encoding, inspection and verification systems—all feeding information to complex IT layers—device-level, line-level, plant-level, enterprise, networked to outside trading partners.
December 26, 2013
Traceability/Serialization
Staffing for success: Building a proper serialization team
Serialization requires input both at the planning stage and during execution from multiple departments as well as external trading partners.
December 22, 2013
Pharmaceuticals
It all started with California
While a few of the major pharmaceutical manufacturers jumped in early in order to create a system flexible enough to do business in multiple foreign countries, California’s announcement in 2004 really got the attention of industry.
December 21, 2013
Supply Chain
RFID and barcode data capture interoperability
The track-and-trace solution you select should be capable of easily handling item identification and serialization data capture from both RFID and barcode data carriers.
December 20, 2013
Materials
Global compliance: Flexibility is the key
To accomplish the successful deployment of a global serialization program, flexibility is the key.
December 19, 2013
Materials
GS1 standards involved in serialization
With so many players in the supply chain poised to exchange data, it’s important that the industry coalesce around a common set of standards to ensure interoperability and scalability of integrations.
December 18, 2013
Pharmaceuticals
Serial number management, certifications, and pedigree reporting
Serial number management is a set of functions that will allow you to securely and accurately control and keep track of the serial numbers you apply to your pharmaceutical or biologic products.
December 16, 2013
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