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Batch traceability records which materials, machines, settings and people produced each batch or part - and where it went - so a question from an auditor or customer is answered from the system, not from files.
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Batch traceability

What It Is

Traceability works in both directions. Backwards: which supplier lots and process conditions made this batch? Forwards: which customers received product made with this lot? Both need data captured at the moment it happens - scans at receipt, weighing and dispensing, process values from the PLC, checks at packing.

In regulated sectors the record itself must be trustworthy: who did what and when, with audit trails and electronic signatures, so that the electronic batch record can replace the paper one.

How It Works

The system from the sensor to the people who act on it. Every project is sized to the site, but the layers stay the same.

  1. Capture

    Scans & scales

    Barcode or RFID scans at receipt, dispensing and packing; weights straight from the scale.

  2. Control

    Process data

    Set points, actual values and alarms per batch read from PLCs and SCADA.

  3. Record

    Batch record

    An electronic batch record ties materials, steps, checks and signatures together.

  4. Link

    ERP & MES

    Lots, orders and shipments linked to the business system for forward tracing.

  5. Answer

    Genealogy

    Search any lot or serial to see where it came from and where it went.

Key Technologies

The protocols, standards and components we work with on this use case.

Standards

  • ISA-88 batch
  • ISA-95
  • GS1-128
  • GS1 DataMatrix
  • Lot genealogy

Data integrity

  • 21 CFR Part 11
  • EU GMP Annex 11
  • ALCOA+
  • Audit trails
  • Electronic signatures

Food safety

  • HACCP
  • FSSAI
  • Allergen control
  • Mock recalls

Capture

  • Barcode scanners
  • UHF RFID
  • Weighing scale integration
  • OPC UA

Typical Deliverables

What a project usually hands over. We agree the exact scope with you before work starts.

  • Mapping of the material and data flow, step by step
  • Scan and weigh stations on the floor
  • Electronic batch record templates per product
  • PLC and ERP integration
  • Genealogy search and recall reports
  • Validation documents where the sector requires them
The practice behind it: Technology Services

Where It Applies

Industries where this use case answers a problem we see often. Each links back to the sector page.

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