Barcode labels, the best tool for product traceability

Traceability is a combination of Trace and Ability that translates into "traceability." Traceability refers to the process of tracking and tracing the origin, application, and location of a product through barcode labels Capabilities The definitions in different industries such as automobiles, electronic parts, foodstuffs, and medical products are also different. The basic meanings are as follows: From the procurement of raw materials and parts to the processing, assembly, distribution and sales of various processes, the record manufacturers and suppliers , Vendors and other information, so that it can track the history of the state.

The whole process of tracking

China's auto industry

However, according to the data released by China Automotive Recall Network, statistics show that from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017, due to quality problems, China A total of plans to start the implementation of the recall of more than 20 million vehicles, of which 68 involved in 686 brands, 68,527 commercial vehicles, the incident involved a large number of car brands, problems and almost cover the major auto parts.

Vehicle and parts distribution table

With the rapid increase of car ownership in our country, due to the poor quality control of some production enterprises and the defect of output, there are also rampant market channels leading to rampant fake and shoddy parts, all of which have seriously damaged the interests of enterprises and consumers .

On January 1, 2016, the Measures for the Implementation of Regulations on the Recall of Defective Automobile Products were put into effect and the auto parts enterprises were incorporated into the recall system. In fact, the automobile is an extremely complex product with complicated processes and tens of thousands of parts , And the volume of production lines, it is inevitable that individual parts will be a safety defect, once there are quality problems, to find a short term or several parts belonging to which manufacturers, operating difficulty can be imagined. So only responsible for the establishment of automobile companies Parts bar code traceability system can be a good solution to the above problems.

Chinese dairy industry

The safety of dairy products is related to the health of the next generation in China. The melamine incident made 70% of Chinese people dare not buy domestically produced milk powder. However, just eight years later, a major dairy safety event took place in Shanghai: Shanghai Jiawai International Trading Co., Ltd. sold 276 tonnes of New Zealand-made 'Fonterra' baked dairy products that had expired in stock throughout the country, while relevant departments seized 109.2 tons of the products involved but there were still 166.8 tons of expired products missing. Whereabouts unknown "166.8 tons of expired products have been sold to many companies as well as Jiangsu, Henan, Qinghai and other downstream distributors, wholesale and online stores and other means sold all over the country. Has posed a threat to the health of consumers, once again Hurt the consumer's confidence in the dairy industry.

Foreign meat industry

There was a serious dioxin pollution incident in Belgium in February 1999. Without a traceability system, it was not until four months after the Belgian government announced the discovery of the source of the pollution - Fogels, which led to the credibility of the Belgian government Decline, the economic loss of more than 1 billion euros.

Rousseau, Germany's leading meat and sausage processor, and Westfleisch, a beef slaughterhouse, were affected by the pollution incident, but the two companies used a bar code traceability system to affix UCC / EAN- 128 barcode labels, so as to realize the product tracking and traceability from livestock to delicious food.

Westfleisch affixed UCC / EAN-128 barcode labels on the entire slaughtered cow

Rasting checks the box number, item information, weight, and lot number via the product information email sent by Westfleisch, Inc., before it is accepted.

Westfleisch Rasting company to provide product information label

Unlike the previous two events, the Westfleisch plant and Rasting benefited from the successful application of bar code retrospective during this recall, which took only 36 hours compared to the Belgian government in four months Product recall factory, the company suffered economic losses and credit impact is very small.

Product traceability comes from the product quality and safety requirements in the product design, manufacture, etc., due to various factors, may result in product defects, the consumer group poses a threat in the ISO9000 standard section 7.5.3 The article states clearly that organizations should identify products using appropriate methods throughout the life of the product, and that organizations should identify the status of the product for monitoring and measurement requirements throughout the life of the product, and where traceability is required, the organization Should control the unique identity of the product, and keep records.

For enterprises, supply chain tracking is often very complicated.First, the intermediate part of the many involved, manufacturers, assemblers, packaging, transport and logistics companies and consumers will all participate in the management very difficult.Secondly, the materials and In order to ensure the control and inspection of the product characteristics, the products are widely distributed in various stages of the production process (raw material arrival, storage, storage, Production, warehousing, distribution and sales) can arrive at the right destination at the right time, and the complete traceability of materials and products is especially important for manufacturing enterprises.When the product has quality problems, the manufacturer must take effective measures quickly. Improper measures or the timing is too late, will seriously affect the trust of customers or consumers, which is an important means to protect the rights and interests of consumers.

The various stages of the production process

There are a variety of ways to classify traceability, broadly divided into external (product supply chain process traceability) and internal (product traceability).

External: Product Supply Chain Process Traceability

Supply chain traceability refers to the state of traceability from procurement of raw materials and parts to processing, distribution and sales history across different supply chains Businesses use the Internet technology and barcode labeling technology to uniquely identify each product Serial number), to achieve a "one thing and one yard" to provide product life cycle management, thereby ensuring product quality and enhance corporate brand credibility and product consumer stickiness, especially in the discovery of product problems, can help companies identify problems as soon as possible source.

Product Supply Chain Process Tracing

Internal: Product Production Process Traceability

Product traceability refers to the tracing of different process information such as the use of workpieces, personnel operations, information transfer, etc. within the limited scope of the enterprise For example, in an engine assembly shop, a camshaft, a piston and the like are purchased from a supplier The parts of the engine, when and where they are used, are responsible for assembling the parts and then taking over the next process.Managing and using information about the manufacturing history and inspection results of these products can be referred to as internal traceability.

Product production process traceability

After several decades of popularization and application, bar codes have become the indispensable identification symbols of commodities due to the advantages of fast input number, high reliability, large amount of collected information and high flexibility and practicability, which are widely recognized by enterprises and consumers.

Barcode labels solve the problem of where to come from and where to go

1, raw materials management (raw materials come from?): Including upstream suppliers of information, raw materials production, procurement, inspection, storage and other information.

2, production management (raw materials processed into what products?): Including the factory floor, responsible person, production plan, production instructions, production quality inspection and other information.

3, distribution management (where the product go?): Including dealer management, distribution area management, distribution channels to help enterprises achieve distribution management has flow management.

Barcode labels grasp the entire trend from raw materials to products

The traceability of internal processes helps improve the efficiency of production and management by accurately grasping product processing, personnel movements, tool usage, etc. Collecting and managing job information of manufacturing processes from the arrival of raw materials and parts to the delivery of products In the traceability of the manufacturing process, a serial number is added to a product or a lot, the work content, the inspection result, and the dimension information of each process are related, and it is used for the assembly work of a post process.

Manufacturing process traceability

GoodMES cloud tag that, with the help of the Internet and information technology, bar code has become the most basic and most important part of the supply chain management.Return to 'full coverage, the whole process, information technology' as the goal, the bar code is responsible for tracking products from Raw material procurement to the consumer's entire mission, not only in real-time product or process accurate positioning, but also improve the response speed in the supply chain, but also reduce operating costs, effectively avoid the process of human error, bar code labels have been Become the globally recognized best tool for product traceability.