Serialization in the Production of Medicinal Products

The Aenova Group operates production facilities in six European countries. Its products are sold on the global market, advertised as ‘Made in Germany’ or ‘Made in the EU.’ The Group aims to comply with various international requirements and the respectively applicable deadlines and regulations.

Aenova faced the following challenges in particular:

• Reconfiguring and adapting the existing production processes, taking the individual ecosystem into account
• Ensuring compliance with the various regulations for serialization around the world
• Reliable, secure transfer of serial numbers to various locations, business partners, and national verification systems
• Integrating a serialization solution into a heterogeneous system landscape and within an ongoing IT harmonization phase

The Arvato Corporate Serialization Database (Arvato CSDB for short) is designed to act as a link between the company’s ERP system, the systems that directly control production, and process-relevant external systems or organizations. It enables the management of production workflows with serialization and/or aggregation, including beyond company borders. Central communication with national verification systems and business partners is enabled via the Arvato CSDB gateway.

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