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Industry Insights on Traceability
This section gathers all our sector-specific articles on traceability. Each industry faces unique challenges in transparency, compliance, and digital transformation — from pharmaceuticals to fashion, food to automotive. Read More
From Tax Stamps to Illicit Vapes: How Criminal Networks Adapt as Tobacco Markets Change
As cigarette consumption declines and vaping gains traction, criminal organizations are reshaping illicit tobacco supply chains, exploiting regulatory gaps, tax evasion schemes, and emerging demand for unauthorized vaping products.
Bangladesh’s Digital Tobacco Traceability Strategy: Building a National Track & Trace Ecosystem Against Illicit Trade
How Bangladesh plans to integrate AI-powered production monitoring, digital product identification, tax enforcement, and public participation into a national tobacco traceability ecosystem.
Why Working Directly with the Technology Owner Matters in National Track & Trace Programs
How direct technology ownership strengthens governance, security, innovation, and long-term continuity in national pharmaceutical traceability.
Beyond Drug Theft: Why Traceability Is Becoming Critical for High-Risk Medications
How digital traceability helps healthcare organizations move beyond physical security to improve visibility, prevent diversion, and safeguard controlled substances.
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: Critical Challenges and Standards for the Global Healthcare Sector
The pharmaceutical supply chain relies on end-to-end traceability, international standards, and resilient collaboration to ensure patient safety, regulatory compliance, and product integrity across global healthcare networks.
Addressing Pharmaceutical Threats: Why Serialization and Traceability Are Critical to National Health and Security
How track & trace systems help prevent counterfeit medicines, strengthen regulatory oversight, and protect public health through end-to-end pharmaceutical supply chain visibility.
Beyond Quality and Traceability: The Social Impact Behind Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Learn how integrating S-LCA and food traceability in extra virgin olive oil supply chains can improve worker safety, ESG reporting, and community resilience.
Heat-Transfer Stamps Come to Guam After a Decade-Long Wait
After nearly a decade of legislative delay, Guam’s new heat-transfer tobacco tax stamp programme introduces advanced authentication technology to improve compliance, enforcement, and supply chain visibility in a small-market context.
From Serial Numbers to Digital Identity: The Evolution of Variable Identifiers on Tax Stamps
How small codes on tax stamps became strategic gateways to digital traceability, product-level identity, and smarter excise enforcement.
How Digital Traceability Is Reshaping Italy’s Tobacco Supply Chain
A new partnership between BAT Italia and Deltafina highlights the growing role of digital traceability in creating a more transparent, connected and resilient tobacco value chain, supporting local producers and strengthening supply chain collaboration across Italy.
DSCSA Compliance in Practice: Managing Interoperable Traceability
A practical guide to DSCSA interoperability, EPCIS data exchange, partner readiness, and real-world traceability execution.
Unlocking Logistics Efficiency: Rethinking Slot Booking for Smarter Transport
How real-time visibility and dynamic delivery scheduling can help retailers, suppliers, and carriers overcome congestion, reduce waiting times, and improve transport efficiency.
When Recycling Becomes the Only Option: Why Sorting Needs Better Data
When garments reach end-of-life, recycling depends on knowing exactly what they're made of. Without trusted product data, even recyclable textiles can end up as waste. The EU Digital Product Passport provides the information needed for accurate, automated sorting and higher-quality recycling.
Resale Platforms as Enablers of Circular Fashion: The Role of Vinted and Vestiaire Collective
Explore how Vinted and Vestiaire Collective are transforming fashion resale, their different approaches to circularity, and why Digital Product Passports, product intelligence, and repair ecosystems are essential to move beyond resale and build a truly circular fashion industry.
What You’ll Find Here
Here you’ll find targeted insights on how regulations, technology, and best practices apply in different industries. These articles are designed for professionals who want to see how traceability frameworks translate into their sector’s reality.
Expect content covering:
- Pharma & healthcare traceability: serialization, UDI, hospital logistics.
- Food & beverage traceability: food safety, recalls, and supply chain transparency.
- Fashion & apparel traceability: digital product passports, sustainability, and consumer trust.
- Electronics & technology traceability: anti-counterfeiting and e-waste traceability.
- Automotive & manufacturing traceability: parts traceability, recalls, and Industry 4.0 integration.
- Tobacco & chemicals traceability: regulatory compliance and risk management.
Browse the most recent industry-focused traceability articles. This section updates automatically as new content is published.
