Track & Trace

By enabling the monitoring and tracing of pharmaceutical products, Verizon Intelligent Track and Trace provides cloud-based near real-time monitoring, helping to address key pharmaceutical industry challenges, such as theft, channel diversion, counterfeiting and product safety. The scope of counterfeiting is daunting, as highlighted by the following.

By using the gene editing tool CRISPR to create unique genetic "barcodes," it's possible to track the lineage of cells in a living organism, a new study reveals. The development could accelerate our understanding of an array of cellular processes. While several different methods exist for tracking cell lineages, each has limitations. For example, dyes may be used to track the creation of daughter cells, but do not provide insights into the relationships between the descendent cells.

A lot of ink has been spilled regarding the impending tsunami of Internet Of Things (IOTs). It is certainly an interesting topic, and not just for geeks. As the next generation computing platform, IOT will see an explosion of connected device (wearables, intelligent refrigerators, smart thermostats, etc.), currently estimated to be at least 10X the ecosystem of smartphones (this tech generation’s ecosystem). With prices of a basic sensor-equipped computer already down to sub $5 level, it will reach the sub $1 level in couple of years than then – boom, ubiquity.

Every company across all industries requires a simple digital approach to build a pragmatic and executable vision of its digital supply chain strategy.

Older Americans are at the greatest risk of being scammed. Here's what you need to know

According to Turck, this partnership will allow it to provide customers with a custom Turck RFID app for their iOS, Android and Windows mobile devices to be used in conjunction with Turck’s BL ident® RFID system.

On November 27, 2013, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), began implementing the system to track and trace pharmaceuticals. This was part of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) and was designed to create a national program for all pharmaceutical companies to be able to monitor, track and track medications under consistent rules rather than state by state regulations.

New regulations ensuring the integrity of the pharma supply chain are nearing the finish line. While some companies have taken an early lead to compliance, others are late getting out of the gate. Which team are you on?

Today's small suppliers and retail stores have scores if not hundreds of Stock Keeping Units (SKU). Because of this large number, an automated approach to inventory tracking and reordering at the individual SKU level is particularly important to apparel distribution centers and retailers. Item level tagging using Radio Frequency ID (RFID) is an excellent way to achieve an automated inventory control system that is affordable and accurate.

When someone mentions item-level RFID tracking, historically they’ve been talking about retail applications. It’s becoming something of a Holy Grail in the retail industry as a cost-effective way to tag and scan every single product on a shelf.
But there are plenty of other applications in which item-level RFID tracking is already in place and providing plenty of benefits. In the healthcare industry, RFID helps hospitals, device manufacturers, and pharmaceutical companies reduce costs and improve visibility.