What is batch traceability?
Recording where goods come from and where they go by production or purchase batch, so affected products and customers can be found quickly if a quality issue arises.
In detail
Batch traceability requires batch numbers to be recorded at receiving, production and shipping. This lets you trace “upstream” to the supplier and batch a raw material came from, and “downstream” to the customers a batch was sold to. It is a basic requirement in industries such as food and pharmaceuticals.
For example
A batch of raw material is found to have a quality issue; within minutes, the company identifies the 3 finished-goods batches that used it and the 18 customers who received those products.
How companies use it
Record batches from receiving onwards, and make sure the batch number is scanned at every stock movement in and out.
Common misconceptions
Recording batches at only some steps. If one link in the chain is missing, traceability cannot be completed.
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