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Track and Trace use case

The Track and Trace use case provides a base to implement the serialization and tracking of drugs through manufacturing, shipping, and receiving.

In addition to the prerequisite software that is required for the WebSphere® Premises Server 6.1 Feature Pack for Sensor Event Services, the Track and Trace use case also requires the ePedigree feature that is shipped with InfoSphere™ Traceability Server. For more information on ePedigree, including installation instructions, see the ePedigree feature for the InfoSphere Traceability Server.

The Track and Trace use case demonstrates the use of the Reusable Components in multiple scenarios that can be encountered in a pharmaceutical distribution center that is tracking products with serialized tags. These scenarios use the Reusable Components to communicate with an EPCIS system that contains information about the units, cases, and pallet serial numbers. The EPCIS system is pre-populated with commissioning, aggregation, transfer, and shipping events that represent typical records from a pharmaceutical manufacturer's product packaging line.

The scenarios in this use case can be implemented at a manufacturer's low volume distribution center, where receiving, shipping, and rework activities are performed using a handheld scanner. The handheld scanner contains a small computer display that shows Web pages created by the Track and Trace use case servlet. The scanned item can have an RFID tag, a linear barcode, or a 2D barcode of tags whose values follow the EPCglobal recommendations for EPC serial number encoding.

The Track and Trace use case demonstrates using Reusable Components to format and send EPCIS messages to an EPCIS system, as well as using Reusable Components to retrieve information from an EPCIS system.

An example of a scenario where events are transmitted to the EPCIS system is to use the Disaggregation and Aggregation Reusable Components to disassociate and reassociate a case as it moves from one pallet to another.

An example of a scenario where information is retrieved from an EPCIS system is to use the Info Reusable Component to receive information about the product that the serial tag represents. This information is then used to populate the Web page that is displayed to the user on the handheld.


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