Systech has launched a pharmaceutical traceability platform combining serialization data with AI-assisted analytics to support supply chain investigations.

Platform adds intelligence layer to traceability data

Systech TraceIQ is designed to help pharmaceutical manufacturers identify traceability issues, investigate potential causes and respond to supply chain exceptions.

The platform combines enterprise traceability capabilities with analytics and AI-assisted investigation tools.

Systech said the system is intended to build on the serialization infrastructure already used by pharmaceutical manufacturers to track products through the supply chain.

Sreedhar Patnala, general manager at Systech, said: “Serialization created unprecedented visibility into pharmaceutical supply chains, but visibility alone does not solve operational issues.”

The platform is designed to allow teams to search and analyse traceability data and identify patterns that could indicate problems across manufacturing sites, contract organisations, logistics providers and other supply chain partners.

Focus on supply chain exceptions

TraceIQ includes validation tools intended to identify data problems before they result in downstream exceptions, rework or shipment delays.

Its investigation capabilities are designed to bring traceability information together so teams can examine what happened and identify potential causes of an exception.

Systech said the platform can also support collaboration between internal teams and external partners during investigations.

The company is positioning the system for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers at different stages of commercial operations, including organisations preparing products for commercial launch and larger manufacturers managing multiple supply chain partners.

Patnala said: “Organizations need to quickly understand what happened, why it happened and what action to take next.”

From compliance data to operational use

Pharmaceutical serialization systems were originally developed largely to meet regulatory requirements and exchange product data between trading partners.

Systech said the increasing complexity of pharmaceutical supply chains means manufacturers also need to use the resulting data to investigate operational problems and make decisions.

TraceIQ is intended to provide analytics and intelligent assistance alongside the underlying traceability record.

The platform forms part of Systech’s wider pharmaceutical serialization and traceability offering, with the company aiming to help manufacturers use existing supply chain data for purposes beyond regulatory compliance.