Third Party Logistics (3PL) Use Cases

TraceLink Roles

TraceLink API Guides group messages by application. Each API Guide contains all messages available within that application. Your company's business type (e.g. CMO, Wholesale Distributor, 3PL) and role in the TraceLink Network (Owner or Partner1) determine which of these messages to develop (i.e. not all messages within this guide may fulfill your business or compliance needs).

See below to confirm which messages you should develop based on your role in the supply chain and/or the TraceLink Network.

Configure and exchange (send or receive) each message separately as a best practice.

Product Track Partners

Third-Party Logistics (3PLs) use the HDMA Extended ASN Sales Shipment message on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturer to send the full T3 information (the Transaction Information, Transaction History, and Transaction Statement) and trade partner business data to Repackagers, Wholesale Distributors, and Dispensers that purchase product, using the Extended HDMA EDI 856 ASN format.

3PLs use the Sales Shipment message on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturer to communicate contents of a sales delivery at the lot-level. This message initiates THs for manufactured product, and sends the THs to the Repackager, Wholesale Distributor, or Dispenser.

3PLs use the Sales Shipment message on behalf of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers to communicate contents of a sales delivery at the lot-level. This message initiates THs for manufactured product, and sends the THs to the Repackager, Wholesale Distributor, or Dispenser.

3PLs use the Sales Shipment message on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturer to communicate contents of a sales delivery at the lot-level. This message initiates THs for manufactured product, and sends the THs to the Repackager, Wholesale Distributor, or Dispenser.