Traceability and visibility may be solutions for compliance, but they also benefit your customers and bring value to your business.
Global Standards Set Foundation for Supply Chain Visibility
The theme of this year’s Summit, “Traceability Across Industries” was chosen to highlight the importance of supply chain traceability, especially within the context of the the current stabilization period for trading partner compliance with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCA) and upcoming implementation deadlines for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Over two-half days, it became clear that while compliance is a priority, the benefits of visibility, common standards and real-time data benefit customers and protect your brand.
Day 1 Overview
Monday, Oct. 21, 2024
Demystifying Supply Chain Visibility with GS1
Educational Session
Andrew Meyer, Director of Global Standards for GS1 US, gave an overview of GS1; and how, as a standards organization, they have more than 1.5 million companies using GS1 standards using barcodes and GTINs. GS1 has one common language and runs on three essential pillars: identify, capture and share as the foundation for the technologies and information used across industries. Meyer explains how enhanced supply chain visibility drives greater sales, improves process efficiency, and increases consumer trust.
A New Era – GS1 Standards for Modern Visibility Systems
Educational Session
Ned Mears, Senior Director of Global Standards for GS1 US, presented a deeper dive into standards facilitating interoperability, using AIDC technologies and EPCIS, and how the data is successfully exchanged between parties in a standardized and secure way.
Day 2 Overview
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024
Day Two kicked off with our keynote speaker, Frank Yiannas, food safety executive and Former Deputy Commissioner, Food Policy & Response, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Throughout his presentation, “Why Better Food Traceability Can’t Wait and What we CAN Do About It,” Yiannas walked through the Achilles heel of the food system- food contamination and recalls and the benefits of food traceability.
“Better food traceability can’t wait.”
— Frank Yiannas, food safety executive and
Former Deputy Commissioner, Food Policy & Response,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Parallel Paths for Food and Pharma
Beyond Mandates — the Benefits of Traceability Panel Discussion
Immediately following Frank Yiannas’ opening keynote presentation about the need for better food traceability, Summit attendees heard about parallel paths between traceability between pharmaceutical and quick service restaurants. The Beyond Mandates — the Benefits of Traceability Panel Discussion with panelists Angie Lindsey, vice president and director of marketing at Fresenius Kabi and Renata Monteiro, director of packaging for Americas & EDSC, HAVI Company shared their perspectives on the importance of protecting the health and safety of patients and consumers, respectively, as the most important benefit of traceability. However, both highlighted challenges with data interoperability and data management. The panel was facilitated by Annick Antcil, associate professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, MSU.End-to-End RFID GS1 Pilot Phase II Panel Discussion
The last session of the Summit was “End-to-End RFID GS1 Pilot Phase II,” a panel presentation about the at-scale pilot of the efficiencies and feasibility of using RFID for visibility and traceability of pharmaceuticals through the pharmaceutical supply chain to comply with DSCSA requirements. Themes of interoperability, accuracy, process efficiencies and global standards were discussed.
The panel was facilitated by Bahar Aliakbarian, Ph.D., Sr. Director of Research and Development, Research Associate Professor, The Axia Institute. Pilot participants were: John DiPalo, Chief Strategy Officer, ACSIS/Antares Vision Group; Sean Murphy, DSCSA & Serialization SME, Cencora; Aaron Sundman, Business Development Leader CCL/eAgile.
Day 2 Overview Continued
October 22, 2024
e-Leaflet Initiative Overview and i-Rx Demo
Swaminathan “Swami” Subramanian provided an update on Axia’s Digital Labeling/e-Leaflet Initiative and demonstrated “iRX.” “iRx” is a web application that provides access to pharmaceutical prescription information by scanning the UPC code on the prescription bottle or packaging, or by entering the 12-digit NDC barcode. The web application is part of a three-year, phased solution to make prescription drug information available anytime, anywhere to improve the health outcomes of patients.
Solutions Showcase
5-minute presentations by Axia’s solution providers
