New regulations and updated technologies in Serialization lead to changing jargon, abbreviations and terminology. A lot of them may be familiar because of common usage while some may be lesser known. In this 3 part article we’re looking at the first 20 out of a list of 60 abbreviated Serialization terminologies.
Third-Party Logistics Providers offer shipping services for pharmaceutical companies, digital pharmacies and Contract Manufacturing Organizations.
Third-Party Printer Organizations print serial numbers onto packaging products.
A wholesale distributor that distributes manufacturer’s products
Used as a notification for pending deliveries
A document that has details of shipments of products
A process to eliminate failures in product’s qualities
Commonly used vocabulary when exchanging data with partners
Organizations that provide services for manufacturing and packaging of products
Manufacturers who subcontract the packaging of products
A format for saving data used in data exchange
A warehouse to keep products meant to be distributed
A code used to fix errors and recover data
A format used to send data online to various computer systems
Commonly used in the supply chain, it’s a serial number for a specific product
This is meant to allow EPC related data to be shared across various networks
A software that manages a company’s back-office operations
Also known as EU FMD, it protects patients from counterfeit medicines
A globally unique code used to identify trade items like logistic units, locations, parties, and assets
Consists of a 13 digit number that allows tracking of location and reference of a product in the supply chain
Used in databases to check on products. The number can be searched via barcode scanners