All traceability information and procedures have been well-documented, and a risk committee with defined roles and responsibilities is now in-place, in case of an emergency. An accurate and updated production circuit analysis was conducted. The company now has a standardised identification system for all of it products. With the unique identification of products, places and logisitics units, the company could now scan barcodes to capture data about products as they travelled from production plants to supermarkets. GS1 Global Location Numbers (GLNs) were assigned to identify each Aguas Misioneras’ location such as wells and production facilities.
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Another GS1 identifier-the Serial Shipping Container Code or SSCC -is encoded in a GS1-128 barcode and applied on each logistics unit so that shipped individual pallets of water can be tracked and traced throughout the supply chain.
The product’s GTIN, batch number and expiration date are all encoded in a GS1-128 barcode, applied on the product’s package. The company was to improve its traceability system to implement standards-based identification for its products, in case of a recall.Īguas Misioneras assigned each of its products a unique identifier-a GS1 Global Trade Item Number® (GTIN®). With a focus on consumer safety and satisfaction, the company wanted to develop a traceability system to track the production, packing, storage and distribution of its bottled water-from well to supermarkets-and then trace, if needed, delivered water back to the well where it originated. Aguas Misioneras’ mission is to not only package and distribute quality drinking water for its consumers, but also preserve water as a natural resource.