IBM InfoSphere Software for Pharmaceutical Industry - Product and Supply Chain Optimization

Counterfeited, stolen or diverted goods cost businesses billions annually. The key to combating this scourge is information. IBM InfoSphere Software offers industry-leading capabilities to gather product and supply chain information in real-time, enabling analysis and reporting, and securing data sharing and collaboration among trading partners.

Serialization, or the unique identification of a single product, is fundamental to IBM’s offerings for the Pharmaceutical industry. Through the product IBM InfoSphere Traceability Server, product movement information becomes compliant with EPCglobal’s Electronic Product Code Information Services standard, generating good visibility into product movement. Delivering accurate tracking and ensuring that a product is valid and verifiable is the purpose of a pedigree. To combat counterfeited drugs, an electronic pedigree can be assembled on demand, reflecting information about product movement from manufacturer to distributor to retailer. IBM offers the means to produce the electronic pedigree and make it available to all authorized parties. This enables organizations to:

• Track and trace drugs from the manufacturer to the final sale
• Enable more effective ePedigree generation
• Share event data securely with trading partners in real time
• Automate shipment notification and receipt verification
• Gain visibility into inventory information
• Enable product authentication to quickly identify counterfeit medicines
• Perform as highly scalable and configurable with increasing events
• Work in an SOA environment with straight forward integration and enterprise applications