Track & Trace

Permanently labeling medical devices and products with a unique identifier to track them from initial production through patient use is an important part of manufacturing control in the medical industry. In our previous blog posts, we discussed Laser Solutions for UDI-Compliant Stainless Steel Marking and Cold Marking With UV Lasers for Plastic Medical Device Manufacturing. Many medical device manufacturers (MDM) must also label glass devices or glass packaging for medical devices, and we have a solution for this as well.

The 2020 Chinese consumer is fully digital. While Covid-19 has started to shift spending habits for consumers in their 20s and 30s, young consumers spend a significant amount of time eating out, buying the newest products, and engaging in meaningful travel experiences. And technology propagates these trends; trends which we have studied alongside Daniel Shaprio (Professor of Global Business Strategy at Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business) and Katie Nunner (Senior Consultant at Crowell & Moring International).

Businesses are ramping up for the reality of a digital shopping experience by ramping up their delivery capability.

Aujourd’hui, 60% des produits de luxe haut-de-gamme possèdent un numéro d’identification, une puce NFC ou un QR Code qui les rend uniques. Didier Mattalia et Gaelle Delore connaissent bien la question pour avoir équipé les plus grandes marques quand il travaillait pour l’ancienne spin-off de Gemplus, Tagsys, spécialisée dans l’étiquetage RFID. « On intervenait alors au niveau de la supply chain et on s’est dit que c’était dommage de perdre la traçabilité des produits une fois vendus », raconte Didier Mattalia. C’est de cette idée qu’ils ont créé Trust-Place.

Open data, open innovation, collaboration étroite avec les startups... La SNCF multiplie les initiatives pour bousculer son organisation interne et développer de nouveaux services innovants. Son défi ? Conjuguer la masse avec les attentes personnelles des 10 millions de clients qui transitent chaque jour sur son réseau.

By introducing QR codes that redirected the customer to an online menu, restaurants no longer needed printed menus. The process of “checking in” to a restaurant is now automated through QR codes too. Where QR codes were once a rarity, in a few short months they have become ubiquitous in restaurants and bars.

Chinese Communist President Xi Jinping wants travelers to adopt a global QR code system to help determine their health status and travel “permissions” in a post-coronavirus pandemic travel reset.

The Chinese government now wants to seize on the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to not only monitor and surveil the Chinese citizens but also to people around the world. In an online meeting of heads of state from the world’s 20 largest economies, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a “global mechanism” that would use QR codes to open up international travel.

PharmaSecure’s psID® Trail™ Track and Trace System ensures the visibility of drugs along the supply chain right from the time drug is manufactured till the drug is in the hands of a patient. This system helps in restricting counterfeited drugs from entering the supply chain thus, improving product recall processes and preventing expired products sales. It creates a chronological chain of events using the standards mentioned above to enable complete supply chain visibility and historical reporting.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a critical step to further enhance its nascent electronic track and trace system for prescription drugs, which was established as part of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) of 2013. The DSCSA authorized the FDA to build an electronic, interoperable track and trace system by 2023 to reduce drug diversion and introduction of counterfeit products into the U.S. drug supply chain.[1]

Pharmaceutical reconciliation is a foundation for the pharmaceutical finished goods manufacturing meeting the regulatory requirements for the distribution and sale. As a part of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), it accounts for making certain that the right amount the right finished goods materials have been used for the medicines production. Pharma serialization reconciliation ensures that the serial numbers are used correctly for finished products with traceability in each phase in the pharmaceutical packaging process, beginning from the creating the serial numbers, and ending with the supplying the finished serialized products to the market. However, the current GMP guidelines do not address the serialization reconciliation directly although the batch control records and reference numbers are included.

The purpose of the pharmaceutical reconciliation process is to ensure that all materials used for finished products have been correctly accounted for and no errors have occurred. The reconciliation helps to avoid releasing a non-conforming product, and is the very foundation for ensuring product integrity in the product supply chain and, ultimately, patient safety.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Track and Trace for Pharmaceuticals ensures the visibility of drugs along with the supply chain right from the time of drug manufacturing till the drug is in the hands of a patient that helps to minimize the cost of compliance, manage a secure pharma supply chain, and improve patient safety.

Although the term proximity marketing has ‘marketing’ in it, businesses must adopt a c-centric approach. The priority and focus have now shifted towards enhancing in-store customer experience via QR code campaigns.
By curating a unique shopping experience for shoppers, stores can start attracting and engaging with more customers. Brands are now able to curate an exceptional shopping experience thus helping them attract and engage more with customers. And most importantly, QR codes have opened a mountain of possibilities for businesses to take advantage of.

Mobile Assist, a financial technology provider in the Bahamas, is working with Super Value to provide shoppers with a Bahamian QR code payments option for cashless transactions while buying their groceries.

The government's track and trace system has faced criticism over not being effective enough – a claim that has been renewed since the Prime Minister announced plans for another lockdown.
Data from the Department for Health and Social care shows 968 people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Telford and Wrekin were transferred to the Test and Trace service between May 28 and October 21.

New study confirms that a mere 20% of consumers place trust in the industry to ensure food and beverage safety. Learn more about the Track and Trace capabilities offered by Zebra.

The Centre on Tuesday advised states to proactively pursue “test-track-trace and treat” strategy as the festival season in India poses additional challenges. It said Manipur, Delhi, Kerala and West Bengal are among the states showing a rise in active cases in India.

The Australian state of Victoria has announced that it is developing its own QR code check-in system for venues. This will link with the state’s COVID-19 contact tracing system and will be launched “soon”.

Responding to the challenging scene of a myriad of health and safety protocols facing restaurants and other businesses, a Chicago startup has launched a platform that builds easy to use QR code menus and price lists that customers access and view on their personal devices.