Serialisation, Aggregation, Track & Trace

Serialisation, Aggregation, Track & Trace

Serialisation, Aggregation and Track &Trace

Many manufacturers of certain products including medicines, cigarettes and cosmetics

are required by national and international legislations to uniquely code their products

by printing these with unique serial numbers.

These manufacturers need the ability to accurately track and locate their products

as these move through the supply chain from their factories to the end users.

The ability to uniquely identify , track and trace

these products in the supply chain is required:

• In the event of a product recall

• For the management of expiry dates

• For the prevention of counterfeit products such as medicines

• For health and safety

• For brand protection

Serialisation

Serialisation

Serialisation means the printing

on each product item a code that is:

• Random

• Unique

• Non repeatable

• Numeric or alphanumeric

This Unique Item Id (UIID) is normally

coded in a 2D barcode together with

other GS1 Application Identifiers (AI’s)

Serialisation & Aggregation For Track & Trace

Serialisation & Aggregation For Track & Trace

Serialisation & Aggregation For Track &Trace

Serialisation & Aggregation For Track &Trace

Serialisation & Aggregation

Online CartonSerialization

PalletAggregation

Online CartonAggregation

Serialisation implementation: UIID database

The implementation of product item

serialisation involves the following steps:

• Generation of unique, random serial numeric or

alphanumeric codes

• These codes can be linked to other parameters such

as manufacturer, batch number, date stamps etc..

• These then form a database that is stored

locally or centrally

This Unique Item Id (UIID) is normally

coded in a 2D barcode together with

other GS1 Application Identifiers (AI’s)

Serialisation implementation: Product ItemCoding

• In a factory, on line, the printer, normally TIJ,

is connected to the central database or

it has the database stored locally in its

printer controller

• The printer then prints dynamically and in real

time each database row on each product item

• Each printed product item is then tracked by

the Sellenis printer software as it travels along

the conveyor belt until it arrives at the

verification station

• The verification station is a Cognex camera

Serialisation implementation: Codeverification

Serialisation implementation: Codeverification

• When the printed product item arrives under the Cognex camera, the printersoftware triggers the camera to read the UIID code

• The Cognex camera reading is then compared to the entry in the database. Thereare 3 possible results. These are:

• READ - code correctly reads and matches database entry

• NOMATCH - code reads but does not match database entry

• NO READ - there is no code on the product or the expected product is missing

• A database of Read, No Match and No Read is progressively created saved locally ortransmitted to and stored in a central database

• All of the above data creation, collection, storing and transmitting are created andmanaged by the Sellenis Software

Aggregation

Aggregation

Aggregation means the printing on each

carton box/case and on each pallet a

unique label incorporating a code that is:

• Random

• Unique

• Non repeatable

• Numeric or alphanumeric

• Each Unique label printed on the case must be linked to the product items packed

inside that carton box/case

• Each Unique label printed on or affixed to the pallet must be linked to the cases

packed on that pallet

• Hence there is no need to open carton boxes/cases or pallets to know what is inside

each of those respectively.

Implementation of SerialisationAggregation

Aggregation on an

automated factory line

Aggregation on a semi-

automated factory line

Offline

aggregation

There are 3 methods

of implementing

serialisation aggregation

Aggregation means the printing on each carton box/case and

on each pallet a unique label incorporating a code that is:

• Random

• Unique

• Non repeatable

• Numeric or alphanumeric

Online CartonSerialization

PalletAggregation

Online CartonAggregation

Aggregation

Serialisation, Aggregation: Code, Read, Verify, Transmit

Aggregation implementation

The implementation of Aggregation involves the

following steps:

• Scanning and packing of X number of serialised product items

one at the time into the case

• When X number of product items have been scanned and

packed generate a unique label incorporating a unique serial

number that is linked to the serial numbers of the X number

of packed product items

• Verify that the barcode of the label on the case reads and

matches the serial numbers of the X number of product items

Therefore, in aggregation, a unique label is generated for the case, and the unique

serial numbers of the product items within the case are aggregated to that label.

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