EPC RFID technology in the pharmaceutical industry
As indicated by the acronym, RFID is Radio Frequency Identification and is EPC Electronic Product Code.
RFID: Technology that uses radio waves to encode and store data in transponders.
EPC: Use a string of numbers to identify the manufacturer, product and a unique serial number for each unit item. This string of numbers is recorded on the chip of the RFID tag.
The use of EPC RFID in the pharmaceutical industry, the benefits users about unimagined today. Reduce product costs by giving us a detailed logistics control, it allows us to check for missing, if there expired products or in poor condition.
We also makes it possible to create an important database information at government level to control what is being sold, where and how much remains.
And much more.
This new technology can be used in any laboratory, but their use is effective and practical, it is very important to perform at the level of distribution channels, who will have the role of implementing the mandate to laboratories.
If you fail to understand the benefits of EPC RFID technology, and the same is applied to all mouths distribution, the amortization of system would be faster. Most importantly, the information could be obtained on the market and the movement of drugs to handle a rotation of stock and production, according to the different seasons.
We could also make direct marketing actions based on the information you provide us with pharmacies, doctors' surgeries users and developers.
As for the packaging, we should only consider leaving a free side for the placement of the label at the time of design. Thus, when the product passes through the production line, the label which is always placed in the same place is recorded with differential data, such as the EPC, lot, expiration, etc.
The cost of tags today, round the order of 0.30 cents. dollar, however, is analyzing different alternatives to drop to 0.02 cents on the dollar If we consider the value added information for consumers and the incalculable benefits for the producer, the cost of the tag is diluted in favor the benefits obtained from the new EPC RFID technology.
Summarizing, we can add that today we have the way to make a very detailed traceability of medicines, which is done to product level (unit case). We can only define up to where you want to trace the goods-that, until the output of the distribution center to entry into the pharmacy or to purchase by the patient. In managing the billing for each of these alternatives, there is a solution that can be determined according to each need.
For the scheme used in Argentina, we can define as steps traceability to the following stages:
1. When the product leaves the laboratory.
2. When you enter the distribution center.
3. At the time of the picking of goods, transmitting the order to a computer for making supporting documentation, Bill of Lading, Delivery Notes, Invoices, etc.
4. If involved a drug store, entry and exit would be another issue of traceability.
RFID: Technology that uses radio waves to encode and store data in transponders.
EPC: Use a string of numbers to identify the manufacturer, product and a unique serial number for each unit item. This string of numbers is recorded on the chip of the RFID tag.
Now, what do they do and what they are?
The use of EPC RFID in the pharmaceutical industry, the benefits users about unimagined today. Reduce product costs by giving us a detailed logistics control, it allows us to check for missing, if there expired products or in poor condition.
We also makes it possible to create an important database information at government level to control what is being sold, where and how much remains.
And much more.
This new technology can be used in any laboratory, but their use is effective and practical, it is very important to perform at the level of distribution channels, who will have the role of implementing the mandate to laboratories.
If you fail to understand the benefits of EPC RFID technology, and the same is applied to all mouths distribution, the amortization of system would be faster. Most importantly, the information could be obtained on the market and the movement of drugs to handle a rotation of stock and production, according to the different seasons.
We could also make direct marketing actions based on the information you provide us with pharmacies, doctors' surgeries users and developers.
As for the packaging, we should only consider leaving a free side for the placement of the label at the time of design. Thus, when the product passes through the production line, the label which is always placed in the same place is recorded with differential data, such as the EPC, lot, expiration, etc.
The cost of tags today, round the order of 0.30 cents. dollar, however, is analyzing different alternatives to drop to 0.02 cents on the dollar If we consider the value added information for consumers and the incalculable benefits for the producer, the cost of the tag is diluted in favor the benefits obtained from the new EPC RFID technology.
Summarizing, we can add that today we have the way to make a very detailed traceability of medicines, which is done to product level (unit case). We can only define up to where you want to trace the goods-that, until the output of the distribution center to entry into the pharmacy or to purchase by the patient. In managing the billing for each of these alternatives, there is a solution that can be determined according to each need.
For the scheme used in Argentina, we can define as steps traceability to the following stages:
1. When the product leaves the laboratory.
2. When you enter the distribution center.
3. At the time of the picking of goods, transmitting the order to a computer for making supporting documentation, Bill of Lading, Delivery Notes, Invoices, etc.
4. If involved a drug store, entry and exit would be another issue of traceability.
Entry and exit of goods to the pharmacy.
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