Overcome Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Hurdles With Machine Vision

How fixed industrial scanning and machine mission technologies can improve pharmaceutical tracking and tracing and inspection processes.

When it comes to pharmaceuticals, it’s not just about manufacturing and shipping a medication — but the right data along with it. This data can take the form of serial numbers, expiration dates, 2D barcodes and lot codes, all of which are designed to protect the quality, authenticity and efficacy of the medications coming off production lines.

Incorporating the right data into your pharmaceutical products is required in order to comply with strict industry regulations, particularly the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), which is increasingly instituting stiff penalties for non-compliant operations. It also legitimizes drugs, pills, medications and other treatments, protecting countless lives from the ill effects of the multi-billion dollar global counterfeit drug market.

Taken together, these issues are increasing the demand for automated fixed industrial scanners and machine vision smart cameras across the pharmaceutical supply chain, especially as many operations face personnel shortages. In addition to helping you be more compliant in an increasingly regulated industry, these technologies can help you overcome many of the typical challenges associated with implementing an automated manufacturing operation.

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