According to estimates, some 10% of the medicines in circulation worldwide are counterfeit. This type of fraud is only possible where there are gaps in the logistics chain. That’s why we ensure 100% traceability of your articles from goods receipt at our location to the wholesaler or end customers.
Data movements, documentation and archiving
We comprehensively capture data related to your shipments and store the key documents in our electronic archives. Every activity is tagged with a precise date and the exact time. The data flow on your pharmaceutical and healthcare products can be viewed and accessed by you around the clock.
Serial Shipping Container Code SSCC
The SSCC – also called the shipping unit number – is a globally unique and one-of-a-kind 18-digit number used to identify a shipping unit such as a container, pallet or parcel. In order to issue SSCCs, we have a corresponding licence from GS1 Switzerland.
Pallet identification PID
Upon goods receipt, we record every delivery with a mobile data recording device. Every pallet found to be correct receives a storage label, the so-called pallet identification or PID. We assign this to all storage-specific data such as the lot number, expiry date, quantity and SSCC.
Serialisation and aggregation
In pharmaceutical logistics, normal traceability to lots or the pallet level is generally not sufficient. Products are assigned serial numbers down to the consumer unit. To enable a clear overview of the logistics process in spite of the massive amounts of data, we aggregate all the units on the next-higher level. If we detect a deviation between our serialisation and your ERP data, the goods are automatically blocked until the matter is resolved. So the entire supply chain remains maximally transparent for you.
Traceability tests
We conduct a traceability test at all warehouse locations with food or pharmaceutical products once a year. In the process, we comprehensively and strictly check whether we are still keeping our promise.