Rockwell anti-counterfeiting serialisation solution

Impending regulations across markets will require pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer packaged goods manufacturers to trace products down to the individual saleable unit across the supply chain.

The holistic serialisation solution, powered by Rockwell’s PharmaSuite MES software, is fully integrated across all four enterprise and control system levels of the ISA-95 data model. The solution leverages the Microsoft Azure cloud-computing platform and services, and seamlessly connects and shares data. Data is shared between the plant floor, the enterprise, supply-chain partners and the retail point of sale - and potentially, right to the customer. The common serialisation data thread, which provides real-time visibility to a company’s products and customers, can increase the efficiency and productivity of all departments in The Connected Enterprise, from manufacturing, quality and finance to supply chain, logistics and marketing.

As a standard solution, the system integrates into existing production lines to help minimise production interruptions and validation burdens. Additionally, Rockwell Automation offers remote-support capabilities, including real-time diagnostics monitoring and application-level support, to help minimise potential downtime for this mission-critical asset.

The holistic serialisation solution uses a GS1 Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS)-certified platform from Covectra Inc. The EPCIS-certified platform provides global serial number generation and supply chain event repository data management with business benefit applications that include downstream track-and-trace, consumer authentication, patient adherence and patient outcome monitoring.