Serial Number Manager

TraceLink Serial Number Manager is a TraceLink Network application (app) that:

• Generates serial numbers for pharmaceutical products at the unit of sale, bundle, case, and pallet levels.
• Services requests from TraceLink Serial Number Exchange to provision serial numbers to requesting locations.
• Imports serial numbers from external serial number managers.
• Defines different pools of serial numbers for different manufacturing or packaging locations.
• Controls serial number formats by using templates.

The Serial Number Manager User Interface (UI) helps Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs), and Contract Packaging Operations (CPOs):

• Generate serial numbers for the products that they manufacture or package.
• Request replenishment of serial numbers from external Serial Number Managers.
• Import Serial numbers from external Serial Number Managers.
• Import templates from external sources into TraceLink to control the formats of serial numbers.
• View histories for the following events:
  • Serial numbers imports of from external sources into TraceLink.
  • Automatic replenishment of serial numbers from external Serial Number Managers into TraceLink.

All three of these apps support pharmaceutical manufacturing and work together closely. However, they each play a distinct role in the manufacturing process:

1. Serial Number Manager is the first step, where Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, CMOs, and Repackagers create templates that govern how serial numbers are generated (e.g. the characters and format used, the method for generating serial numbers) and then generate serial numbers or import serial numbers from external serialization managers. For more information on SNM, contact TraceLink Support.
2. Serial Number Exchange comes next, where manufacturing and packaging locations can request serial numbers and perform all other activities necessary on their manufacturing or packaging lines (e.g. commission, aggregation). For more information on SNX, contact TraceLink Support.
3. Finally, Serialized Operations Manager allows all warehouse locations for any business segment (e.g. Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, CMOs, 3PLs, Wholesale Distributors, large retail Pharmacies) to perform all the activities necessary in a warehouse that ships or receives product (e.g. status updates, aggregation, shipments, status queries). For more information on SOM, contact TraceLink Support.

Download one of the Quick Reference Guides to configure the company, its Partners, and its apps within the TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud:

• How a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer links a CMO that does not own any TraceLink apps
• How a CMO links a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer that does not own any TraceLink apps
• How a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and CMO that both own TraceLink apps establish a Link when the Pharmaceutical Manufacturer generates the serial numbers
• How a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and CMO that both own TraceLink apps establish a Link when the CMO generates the serial numbers
• How a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer, Virtual CMO, and CMO that all own TraceLink apps establish Links to each other
• How Product Track Owners send and receive serialized data with EPCIS messages
• How a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer links a 3PL that does not own any TraceLink apps

• View Serial Number Templates - View template information and export existing templates that control serial number parameters.
• Add Template - Create a serial number template to control the generation parameters of serial numbers for a specific product.
• Edit Template - Change the settings in existing serial number templates.
• Import List - Add serial numbers to the repository for a template's future use.
• View Import History - View the serial numbers imported into a specific template.
• View Replenishment History - See all of the automatic serial number replenishment events from external applications (if set).