Track and Trace is the process of tracking products through the supply chain and tracing the products back to any point in the supply chain. Tracking products throughout the supply chain can be daunting task. Tracing products back to through the supply chain is even more complex.
Maintaining profit margins is critical to the health of any business. One bad experience with mass recalls, lawsuits, or missing products can negate all profits in even the most robust company. Theft, counterfeiting and diversion cost companies in excess of $1.7 trillion each year.
Vu360 Solutions’ intelligent applications simplify the tracking process and allows for easy and automatic track and trace, everywhere in the supply chain, at any point in time.
Codes are stored in Vu360 Solutions’ secure database and can be associated with any defined parameters. If a code is scanned and the parameters are not met, the system will alert authorized personal. Pallets, cases, packaging and items are all marked with different codes.
Vu360 Solutions associates and stores the codes for total product security. Once the product is scanned by the end user, the system will associate all levels of packaging codes and will immediately know whether the product is authentic and if the product is in its designated geographical location.
Vu360 Solutions tells you where your products are, where they are going, what their temperature is, and when they will arrive at their destination.
Standard ERP and WMS systems keep track of materials used and products produced but Vu360 Solutions can see where those materials and products are located in the entire supply chain. The system can also tell you where the materials and products have been, at what time they were in any given location and what characteristics the products possess.
Vu360 Cold Chain Solutions integrate thermal imaging into the track and trace solutions for real time, active temperature monitoring. If a product falls out of a defined temperature parameter, the Vu360 system alerts immediately to any designated computer or device.
Vu360 tracks any temperature variances and records all data for easy reporting of the exact time and location of any temperature deviation. Humidity, ethylene any other required sensor recordable data can be monitored in real time.
Vu360 Solutions allows shippers and manufacturers know instantly if their products are subject to counterfeiting, theft, and diversion. Theft, counterfeiting, and diversion are rampant in today’s marketplace whether it be food or pharmaceuticals.
Vu360 Solutions has the ability to mark products at the item level with billions of proprietary codes utilizing non-sequential mass serialization and association virtually eliminating a counterfeiter’s ability to go unnoticed.
Vu360 saves time and profits in the event that a product is recalled. Product details are stored in the codes, a faulty component can be traced immediaty back to the manufacturing line, including the time and date that is was produced.
A problem with produce, within minutes, can be traced back to the exact plant and date of harvest, including all conditions surrounding that plant such as rainfall totals, fertilizer and pest control measures. A problem with meat or poultry can be traced back to the farm. Animal feed habits and medical care can be stored in the codes recalled in seconds.
