Barcode & RFID track & trace for the pharmaceutical industry
Proven track and trace solutions that span the Pharmaceutical supply chain, helping manufacturers, wholesalers and 3PLs achieve real-time visibility, security and compliance.
Pharmaceutical track & trace at a glance
Who it’s for: Pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers, and logistics providers.
What you can get: Real-time visibility of items and assets with secure, audit-ready event data.
Outcomes: Higher inventory accuracy, faster receiving and dispatch, reduced theft and loss, fewer expiry errors, and improved asset utilisation.
Typical deployment: Barcode labels/RFID tags, fixed read points, middleware, installation & support.
Challenges for the pharmaceutical industry ...
Compliance and regulation
Pharmaceutical supply chains must maintain full traceability, accurate records and audit-ready data to prove compliance, identify non-conformance early and avoid recalls, penalties and patient risk.
Expiry date management
Effective expiry management ensures correct stock rotation, provides early warnings as products near their end of life, and significantly reduces waste, write-offs and unnecessary disposal costs.
Supply chain visibility
Real-time visibility across the supply chain enables automated control, faster decisions and exception alerts, reducing delays, errors and disruptions across manufacturing, logistics and distribution.
Loss prevention & delivery proof
High-value products require secure tracking to prevent loss, diversion and disputes, providing verifiable proof of movement and delivery from warehouse through to final destination.
Cost & revenue control
Improved identification and tracking reduce wastage, prove deliveries and optimise operations, giving organisations tighter cost control, stronger margins and more predictable revenue outcomes.
Drivers for technology adoption ...
Growing online pharmacy & e-commerce market
The continued growth of online pharmacies and direct-to-patient delivery models is increasing the complexity of last-mile pharmaceutical logistics and traceability. This shift is placing greater pressure on supply chain visibility, secure handling, and compliant tracking of medicines outside traditional wholesale channels.
Sustained demand for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
ATMPs, including cell and gene therapies, require highly controlled, traceable, and time-critical supply chains due to their high value and sensitivity. As adoption increases, pharma and logistics providers must invest in advanced tracking, cold chain assurance, and end-to-end chain-of-custody visibility.
Rapid digitalisation of prescription fulfilment
The NHS is accelerating digital prescription services and centralised fulfilment models, increasing the volume and speed of pharmaceutical distribution across complex networks. This digital shift demands more robust data integration, tracking systems, and scalable logistics infrastructure to maintain accuracy and compliance.
NHS personalised-medicine initiatives
The move towards personalised medicine is fragmenting traditional batch-based supply chains into smaller, patient-specific flows. This requires significantly higher levels of identification, traceability, and coordination across manufacturers and logistics providers.
Increasing demand for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals
Speciality medicines are driving sustained growth in temperature-controlled supply chains, where compliance and product integrity are critical. This underscores the need for real-time monitoring and reliable asset tracking across the supply chain.
Expansion of the biopharmaceuticals and vaccines sector
Growth in the biopharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing base is increasing the scale and complexity of upstream and downstream supply chains. As production expands, there is a corresponding need for more sophisticated logistics, compliance tracking, and secure movement of high-value, highly-regulated products.
From the manufacturer through warehousing to the end user, we design, deploy, and support scalable track-and-trace solutions that span the pharmaceutical supply chain. Utilising a combination of technologies, we provide you with visibility into the location and hisotyr of your returnable assets (totes, pallets, cages, etc.) and the products they contain.
Make all your assets intelligent ...
Using GS1 and EPC-based identifiers, corielTHINGS programs the durable barcodes, QR codes, and RFID/IoT tags attached to every item across your supply chain. A unique digital link connects the physical asset to its cloud record. From that point, you can:
- Track the precise location across the supply chain
- Associate contents with the asset for item-level tracking
- Manage asset maintenace and cleaning
- Monitor partner usage of assets
- Better utilise your entire asset pool
Complete regulatory compliance ...
Accurate monitoring of assets, and therefore the contents, makes adhering to pharma regulations and compliance simple. Serialisation, batch monitoring, storage, temperature control, and complete history are all managed in a single platform.
- GxP (Good Practice family)
- EU GDP (Good Distribution Practice) – 2013/C 343/01
- UK Human Medicines Regulations 2012
- DA 21 CFR Part 11
- FDA DSCSA – Drug Supply Chain Security Act IATA CEIV Pharma
- ISO 9001 – Quality Management Systems
- EPCIS 1.2 / EPCIS 2.0
Know where your product/assets are ...
Once your assets are tagged, they can be read at scale and over long distances using a variety of equipment, from handhelds to fully automated conveyor and dock-door systems. The asset’s location and content are immediately updated in your existing ERP/WMS via our platform connector.
- Hands-free/operator free identification of every asset
- Immediate updates to your backend systems
- Know the precise location of every asset
- Micro-location: where is the asset within a site?
- Macro-location: where is the asset within the whole supply chain?
100% accurate proof of delivery ...
corielTHINGS maintains a complete history of asset movement and contents association, providing an auditable trail of where the asset is right now, where it’s being and what is currently contained. This provides you and your partners with guaranteed proof of packing, movement and delivery.
- Real-time, last seen status
- Auditable trail of movements
- Current and previous asset contents
- Confirm packing, movement, dispatch, and receipt
- Guaranteed proof of delivery at every step
What else can you do with corielTHINGS?
Visualise your supply chain
Simple reports and dashboards give you a ‘birds-eye’ view of what’s happening across your supply chain.
Live sync with your ERP
corielTHINGS is a completely connected platform, allowing you to integrate your ERP, WMS or bespoke systems via simple web calls.
Visual workflows
Powerful workflows can be created based on events across your supply chain, making integration and data processing simple.
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