What Are Coding & Verification Solutions?

The manufacturing, logistics and compliance functions of pharmaceutical producers benefit from the presence of identifying mark(s) on their products’ packaging.  However, the complexity of shapes, sizes, forms and packaging, as well as the options for both marking directly onto the product packaging or via an applied label, means that every coding and identification challenge is unique.

Why Are They Needed?

In addition to meeting regulatory necessities in GMP environments, there are several additional advantages to having a coded and traceable product. These include the ability to limit recalls to specific batches, tracking products through production processes, anti-counterfeiting, and the ability to store inventory and then later identify it for re-integration into the production or logistics process.

Why Crest Solutions?

Crest Solutions provide customers with the coding solution that best fits their requirement through our partnerships with several leading industrial coding and marking equipment suppliers, both for direct part marking and label printing/ application. For identification and inspection Crest Solutions partner with the world’s leading suppliers of machine vision solutions. Our installations have helped eliminate human error in inspection; increase automation and throughput speeds; and provide compliant, traceable solutions for customers.

Code Marking & Management

Specific marks are applied to the product using 1D barcodes, 2D datamatrix, laser etching, RFID tags or human readable text.

These allow vision technology applications developed by Crest Solutions to identify, verify and track the product internally through the production process and onwards into the warehousing cycle.

Bright Stock Solutions

[Pharmaceutical applications only] Visible or invisible UV marks are applied to unbranded product as it is produced in bulk for placement into inventory before being reintroduced later for final packaging.  The mark allows the product to be verified using vision technology such that the right product is reintroduced.  Please refer to our section on Bright Stock Solutions for more information here.