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Glossary

Traceability

Batch traceability, identifiability

The ability to reconstruct what a product was made from, which processes it went through and where it went.

Backward tracing goes from the product to the raw material and serves to settle a complaint. Forward tracing goes from the raw material to the product and serves to limit the scope of a recall.

What it looks like in the system

Smart Trace builds the batch genealogy at the workstation, from labels and tags. Quality inspection results are attached to the batch.

Batch W-2292: source batches, derived batches, genealogy tree in both directions and operation history
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