Industries : Life Sciences and Healthcare

Loftware’s products integrate directly into your existing ERP and electronic Content Management [eCM] system to provide a controlled, compliant system for label output management. Combining the approval and validation workflow features of your existing eCM with the powerful label automation features of our ERP Connectors and Print Server (LPS) ensures you have the approved content on the right label at the right printer at the right time, every time.

 

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The Standard Healthcare Distribution Model

The standard distribution model for medical products often goes as follows:

1. The product is manufactured and labeled at manufacturing site
2. The product is delivered to the Regional Distribution Center supporting a regional area – North America, Canada, Brazil (South America), Brussels (Europe), Australia (Pacific) plus smaller distribution centers supporting smaller markets
3. The Regional Distribution Center assembles shippers made up of various company products and delivers the products to the customer

Business Problem

1. The point of manufacture has no insight into the final destination of their product
2. Each country has unique requirements for data on the label
   • Japan requires JAN number
   • China requires differing information for imports vs domestic goods
   • Turkey requires specific, unique data
   • European Union requires LOT/BATCH data
   • Canada requires SGTIN
   • Australia requires Global Location Numbers (GS1 Service)
3. While each country follows GS1 Organization standards, data is not uniform by GS1. For example:
   • “GS1 Japan” is Government owned
   • “GS1 China” is Government owned
   • “GS1 Switzerland” is Government owned
4. Different Countries require different package levels – each package level requires a unique GTIN
   • Many Asian Countries break open cartons and sell products as individual units
   • Individual units are not labeled by manufacturer

Business Solution

Loftware provides a solution available to each regional distribution center that:

1. Generates labels for warehoused products in compliance with customer demands “Pulls” data from Manufacturer ERP solution for Batch /Lot information and Packaging Level GTIN components (Mfg ID Number)
2. Adheres to any Corporate Marketing Standards – “Maintains Look & Feel”
3. Easy to use – Distribution centers have limited IT, label design, or data standards expertise. This knowledge is resident at Manufacturing site.
4. System is “compartmentalized” to mitigate the risks of a regulatory agency shutting down the entire distribution model due to one bad label.