rfxcel Teams with ICRC for Compliance, Supply Chain Security

Posted on June 23, 2020December 2, 2020 by rfxadmin

Reno, Nevada, June 23, 2020. rfxcel, the global leader in digital supply chain traceability solutions, today announced that it has teamed with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to ensure it remains compliant with global pharmaceutical regulations and can secure all facets of its complex supply chain, including the safety of its staff.

The ICRC will deploy rfxcel’s Compliance Management (rCM) and Serialization Processing (rSP) solutions to comply with existing and upcoming pharmaceutical regulations in every country where it sends its humanitarian action and support. Specifically, the ICRC will focus rCM and rSP on its supply chains in Switzerland, Jordan, and Pakistan. Switzerland’s laws will align with the EU’s Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD); Pakistan and Jordan are anticipated to enact regulations in 2020 and 2025, respectively, though that timing may change.

Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the ICRC is an independent, neutral organization that provides humanitarian aid for victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. It responds to emergencies while promoting respect for international humanitarian law. It employs 20,000 professionals who work in approximately 100 countries.

rfxcel will also provide a six-month pilot of its innovative Integrated Monitoring (rIM) solution, which can track more than a dozen environmental variables in real time on land, sea, and air. rIM’s Cluster Mapping technology will help the ICRC with actionable data to reroute or recall shipments if a problem arises.

“Since the beginning of this project, we knew that humanitarian action has one of the most demanding supply chains in terms of resilience, adaptation, and security,” rfxcel Sales Director Anne-Marie Cehovic said. “It’s an honor for rfxcel to help ICRC achieve supply chain visibility and protect its brand reputation with our regulatory compliance and traceability solutions. We look forward to a rewarding partnership.”

Humanitarian action is a challenging undertaking, so the ICRC wants to go beyond regulatory compliance. rfxcel’s solutions will make its shipments more efficient and yield cost savings through optimized stock visibility. As supply chain visibility is crucial to the ICRC’s operations, rCM and rSP will also ensure that the right drugs, food, and other materials are delivered at the right time to the right place, ensuring data and platform integrity.

To learn more about rfxcel and its innovative track and trace solutions, contact Vice President of Marketing Herb Wong or visit rfxcel.com.

About rfxcel

Founded in 2003, rfxcel provides leading-edge software solutions to help companies manage every aspect of their supply chains, lower costs, and protect their products and brand reputations. Blue-chip organizations in the life sciences (pharmaceuticals and medical devices), food and beverage, worldwide government, and consumer goods industries trust rfxcel’s signature Traceability System (rTS) to power end-to-end supply chain solutions in key areas such as traceability, environmental monitoring, regulatory compliance, serialization, and visibility. The company is headquartered in the United States and has offices in the EU, Britain, Latin America, Russia, the Middle East, India, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Herb Wong
rfxcel Corporation
9258240300
hwong@rfxcel.com

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rfxcel Working to Reduce Supply Chain Issues

Posted on May 12, 2020December 2, 2020 by rfxadmin

Reno, Nevada, April 30, 2020, KTVN Channel 2 News. A Reno company is using its cloud-based technology to improve inefficiencies in the supply chain. As raw materials and goods make their way from one place to another, rfxcel Corporation uses Integrated Monitoring, or RIM, to track its delivery.

“It helps avoid counterfeits, helps to avoid out-of-stocks, and helps ensure that your ingredients and raw materials are going to be there at the plant when you need them,” Glenn Abood, Founder and CEO of rfxcel Corporation said.

The technology is similar to what people use to track online orders as they’re delivered. Each item has a serial number or lot code that gets scanned along its delivery route.

“We, today, deal with pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, wholesalers, dispensers, we also deal with food and beverage manufacturers,” Abood said.

Abood says the transportation industry is doing a good job of keeping up with demand but that there are other problems with the supply chain.

“The challenge has been that, in the supply chain, there are outages,” Abood said. “There are certain parts of the supply chain that aren’t functioning as well as they should.”

The company uses RIM to track finished goods as they go from the manufacturer to distribution centers and eventually to the market. For the past few months, the bigger focus has been on raw materials that travel from their origins to the manufacturers. He says that is even more important in a global market.

“They might know who they bought it from, directly, but where did that company get the product from?” Abood said. “Was it impacted by what’s going on in China? Was it impacted by other global shortages?”

He says the tracking helps everyone from start to finish. Manufacturers are better-equipped to handle inventory issues and they can make changes to who their suppliers are, if necessary. He says that can help prevent counterfeit products. That is something that can give consumers more confidence.

“If we go to a drug store and by the medicine that we need, that that medicine is in fact genuine,” Abood said.

rfxcel moved its headquarters to Reno in November, 2018. Part of the city’s appeal was the quality of life, proximity to the Bay Area and the University of Nevada. Since then, it has grown but Abood says that has slowed down since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The company has about 100 employees around the world, including more than a dozen in Reno. Many of those are homegrown.

“It’s always a challenge to find the right people and we’re very selective but we have found some great people in the Reno area and we’re really excited about being here,” Abood said.

The company and its employees are also adjusting to the emergency. Most of its workers are doing their jobs, remotely.

“Because we’re a cloud-based company anyway, our software, our applications, our customers use the product in the cloud and therefore, for us it’s not been too difficult to work from home,” Abood said.

rfxcel Becomes Official Partner with Russia’s CRPT

Posted on April 15, 2020December 2, 2020 by rfxadmin

Reno, Nevada, April 15, 2020. rfxcel, the global leader in digital supply chain traceability solutions, has been named an official integration, software, and tested solution partner with Russia’s Center for Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT). The CRPT is a public-private partnership that manages Russia’s National Track and Trace Digital System, known as Chestny ZNAK.

Members of rfxcel’s Moscow-based team met with CRPT to demonstrate its signature full-stack solution, rfxcel Traceability System, answer technical questions, and share examples of compliance reports. After an internal evaluation, CRPT notified rfxcel that it had validated its solution and designated the company as an official integration, software, and tested solution partner on its website.

rfxcel CEO Glenn Abood said the success with the CRPT was the culmination of a lot of hard work in Russia. “We decided quite some time ago to commit ourselves to leading in Russia,” he said. “Today, we’re one of a very few supply chain solution providers with active implementations in the country, and we’re working with more and more companies as our reputation for ironclad compliance and supply chain management grows. We’ve tripled the size of our team there over the last year, and I can’t say enough about what they’ve accomplished.”

Enacted by Federal Law No. 425-FZ on December 29, 2017, Chestny ZNAK was designed to protect consumers by keeping fake and substandard products out of the market. As envisioned, by 2024 it will transform the Russian supply chain and affect virtually every industry, from pharmaceuticals, footwear, and photography equipment to tires and tobacco. The CRPT has managed Chestny ZNAK since November 2018.

“It all comes down to the quality of our solutions, the companywide support we’re getting, and the knowledge and skill of our people here,” said Victoria Kozlova, rfxcel’s general director of Russian operations. “We speak the language. We know the regulations inside and out. We understand how to meet customers’ requirements while ensuring they’re fully compliant with Russia’s strict regulations.”

CEO Abood concluded by putting the accomplishment into context. “Though this is an exciting time for us in Russia, it comes at a time when ‘business as usual’ has been turned on its head due to COVID-19. All our teams are working to keep supply chains moving where they need to go, including hospitals, clinics, supermarkets, and other critical locations. And we recently joined the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition, donating our rfxcel Integrated Monitoring and Accurate Immunization Management solutions. We are working hard to be part of the solution.”

For more information on how rfxcel can help your company comply with Russian regulations or to learn more about rfxcel’s track and trace and compliance solutions generally, contact Vice President of Marketing Herb Wong or visit rfxcel.com. Mr. Wong can also answer questions about our response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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rfxcel Joins the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition

Posted on April 7, 2020December 2, 2020 by rfxadmin

Washington, D.C., April 6, 2020. rfxcel, the global leader in digital supply chain traceability solutions, today announced that it has joined the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition, a collaborative private-industry response to novel coronavirus that brings together leading organizations in healthcare, technology, academia, the nonprofit sector, and government.

The coalition’s goal is to save lives through data analytics. Gathering real-time data is key to learning about COVID-19 and how to best deliver healthcare to protect public health.

The coalition operates according to five guiding principles:

- All members participate for the benefit of the country only. No organization will be given preferential advantage.
- All members cooperate and openly share their plans.
- Members will not be paid for working with the coalition. Each member brings its own resources; no money is exchanged.
- Verbal agreements will suffice to get the coalition’s work started.
- If an organization agrees to these terms and conditions, it can join the coalition.

rfxcel has been developing industry-leading track and trace software since 2003, longer than any company serving the life sciences and the business of government. Keeping with the coalition’s wish for members to bring their unique assets to support industry stakeholders, front-line responders, and federal, state, and local government organizations in the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is offering two of its cutting-edge supply chain solutions, rfxcel Integrated Monitoring (rIM) and Accurate Immunization Management (AIM), as part of its contribution to the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition.

rfxcel Integrated Monitoring (rIM)

rIM uses Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor the environmental condition of products in real time as they move through supply chains on land, sea, and air. It is widely used in pharmaceutical cold chains to monitor high-value medical supplies, including vaccines. rIM communicates with small IoT-enabled devices embedded with products and sends updates and alerts about more than a dozen environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, light, orientation (tilt), and shock. It also monitors location, so it can alert users about route diversions and ensure logistics providers remain in compliance with delivery agreements. It can monitor at both the top level (e.g., case, pallet, truck) and the item level (e.g., syringe, packet, bottle), yielding true supply chain traceability and transparency.

Accurate Immunization Management (AIM)

AIM is an automated, cloud-based solution that tracks the dispensing of vaccines — including potential vaccines for COVID-19 — in the supply chain and seamlessly integrates with critical healthcare applications such as Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Immunization Information Systems (IIS). It empowers healthcare practitioners to view patients’ immunization records in real time, manage accurate administering, monitor inventory, and safely dispense the right vaccines to the right patient at the right time. AIM utilizes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rules and guidance for vaccine combinations, special populations, and required intervals between vaccines, and adheres to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules for dispensing. Because it is automated, users can be up and running with virtually no training, ensuring quick implementation in mission-critical locations.

Greg Moulthrop, vice president of rfxcel’s Worldwide Government Group, and his Washington, D.C.-based team of government and supply chain experts are leading the company’s efforts to bring rIM and AIM to the coalition’s fight against COVID-19. rfxcel will support the Supply Chain Working Group, facilitated by MITRE Corporation, to bring its technology to coalition members. Working across government and in partnership with industry, MITRE and its public-private partnerships and federally funded R&D centers tackle challenges to the safety, stability, and well-being of the country.

“We are proud to be a member of the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition and donate our time and resources to addressing this public health crisis,” Moulthrop said. “rfxcel’s Worldwide Government Group is focused on mission readiness and develops tools to protect the supply chain against disruptions for the most vulnerable products. We care about protecting the public; in this case, we must protect the health and well-being of people across the country — across the world — against COVID-19, which is revealing how much we rely on robust, secure supply chains. With rIM and AIM, rfxcel can do its part to safeguard people and, we hope, hasten both the end of COVID-19 and the recovery of our communities and economy.”

rfxcel CEO Glenn Abood said the company was honored to join the coalition and was eager to get to work. “We had been considering how we could do more to help defeat COVID-19,” he said. “We feel that our everyday work is helping by keeping supply chains moving in the pharma, food and beverage, and consumer goods industries, but we felt we could do more. When Greg told us about the coalition, we were all in.

“rIM is an award-winning environmental monitoring solution that’s proved itself over and over in the pharma industry,” Abood continued, “so it was a logical choice to share with the coalition. And AIM, which we released late last month, was a no-brainer. We had been working on it for a while and successfully tested it with some of our major customers. We were excited about releasing it, but we couldn’t have imagined the timing would coincide with COVID-19. We hope deploying it to the coalition will make a difference.”

To learn more about rfxcel’s work with the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition or what rfxcel offers the government, contact Greg Moulthrop, vice president of rfxcel’s Worldwide Government Group, at publicservices@rfxcel.com or visit rfxgov.com.

To learn more about rfxcel and its supply chain solutions, contact Vice President of Marketing Herb Wong at 925-824-0300 or hwong@rfxcel.com and visit rfxcel.com.

About rfxcel

rfxcel Announces Accurate Immunization Management Solution to Aid in the Fight Against COVID-19

Posted on March 23, 2020December 2, 2020 by rfxadmin

Reno, Nevada, March 23, 2020. rfxcel, the longest-tenured track and trace solutions provider in the life sciences industry, today announced the launch of Accurate Immunization Management (AIM), an automated, cloud-based solution that tracks the dispensing of vaccines in the supply chain and seamlessly integrates with critical healthcare applications such as Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Immunization Information Systems (IIS).

“AIM ensures that the right patient gets the right vaccine at the right time,” rfxcel CEO Glenn Abood said. “It can track any vaccine, including potential vaccines for COVID-19, in any supply chain, monitor inventory, and facilitate safe, timely delivery to any location. At a time when the world is depending on supply chains to function at peak performance, AIM is a tool to get vaccines properly delivered and dispensed.”

Abood, who founded rfxcel in 2003 with Chief Strategy Officer Jack Tarkoff, emphasized that AIM utilizes a configurable rules engine and automated inventory reordering to ensure that vaccines are always on hand and are delivered as intended.

“We designed AIM to be compliant, fast, and flexible in any country,” Abood said, adding that it will comply with laws in the European Union, China, Russia, Asia, India, and the Middle East. “It will never run counter to what regulations tell us we need to do to safeguard people and the worldwide vaccine supply chain,” he said.

The announcement of AIM comes as rfxcel is marking its 17th year of developing leading-edge supply chain software solutions. Last month, it released the latest version of its rfxcel Traceability System (rTS) software platform. rTS 7.0 continues the award-winning legacy of the company’s signature full-stack solution, enabling true end-to-end supply chain traceability, environmental monitoring, and analytics from anywhere in the world. Highlights of 2019 included conducting major pharma pilots for the FDA and the Brazilian government, enhancing its powerful Integrated Monitoring (rIM) solution, launching a MobileTraceability solution, tripling the size of its team in Russia, increasing its presence in the Middle East, and entering the consumer goods industry.

“We’ve been working on AIM for a while and have successfully tested it with some of our major customers,” Abood said. “We’ve been excited about releasing it, but we couldn’t imagine the timing would coincide with COVID-19 and a ‘new normal’ for businesses everywhere. In these new circumstances, and with the situation changing hour to hour, we think AIM will strengthen rfxcel’s commitment to being a responsible and proactive member of the global business community.”

Abood concluded by saying that rfxcel was operating at full capacity and was in constant contact with its employees and customers. “We are keeping supply chains moving in critical industries, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, worldwide government, and consumer goods,” he said.

To learn more about rfxcel’s Accurate Immunization Management solution and the company’s other track and trace and environmental monitoring solutions for the life sciences industry, contact Vice President of Marketing Herb Wong and visit rfxcel.com.

Herb Wong, VP of Marketing

hwong@rfxcel.com

925-824-0300

About rfxcel

rfxcel Releases Latest Version of Its rTS Platform

Posted on February 18, 2020July 25, 2023 by rfxadmin

Reno, Nevada, Feb. 18, 2020. rfxcel, the global leader in digital supply chain traceability solutions, today announced that it will release the latest version of its rfxcel Traceability System (rTS) software platform on February 18, 2020. rTS 7.0 continues the award-winning legacy of rfxcel’s signature full-stack solution, enabling true end-to-end supply chain traceability, environmental monitoring, and analytics from anywhere in the world.

The announcement comes as the company marks its 17th year of developing leading-edge supply chain software solutions. With rTS 7.0, rfxcel anticipates building on the successes it enjoyed in 2019, which included entering the consumer goods industry, conducting major pharma pilots for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Brazilian government, enhancing its powerful Integrated Monitoring (rIM) solution, launching a MobileTraceability solution, tripling the size of its team in Russia, increasing its presence in the Middle East, and hosting its annual User Group in Reno, Nevada.

rTS 7.0 can comprise up to eight discrete solutions that work in concert to harmonize, optimize, automate, and monitor virtually every aspect of supply chain operations. Though rfxcel currently provides its solutions to four industries — life sciences (pharmaceutical and medical devices), food and beverage, worldwide government, and consumer goods — the fully customizable, interoperable, and scalable nature of rTS makes it suitable for supply chain visibility and security in any industry. rTS solutions include rfxcel Integrated Monitoring for real-time cold chain traceability, Serialization Processing, Compliance Management, Raw Materials Traceability, Finished Goods Traceability, Data Analytics and Blockchain Enabler. The solutions are available in a variety of languages, which speeds implementation and boosts ease of use because people can work in their native language.

CEO Glenn Abood, who founded rfxcel in 2003 with Chief Strategy Officer Jack Tarkoff, said rTS 7.0 was the culmination of a year-long effort to make the platform more powerful and user-friendly than ever before.

“As we begin 2020 and celebrate 17 years of innovating supply chain technology and working with our customers to keep them at the forefront of their industries, we want people to know that rTS has never been better,” he said. “It has more features and capabilities than ever before, yet it’s intuitive and very easy to use. It centralizes complete supply chain control in one platform, can be accessed and controlled from virtually anywhere on Earth, and ensures companies remain informed, nimble, and compliant no matter where they do business.”

Mr. Abood added that the improved rTS 7.0 will be a boon to rfxcel as it continues its expansion into new industries and markets. “We had some major successes in the pharmaceutical industry and the government sector last year,” he said, “particularly in Russia and the Middle East, where we’ll be working with large brands and regulatory organizations. rTS 7.0 will help us solidify our position in markets around the world; in addition to Russia and the Middle East, we are leading in other key markets, such as Brazil and India.

“As we roll out rTS 7.0 and put it through its paces, we’ll be able to demonstrate what rfxcel brings to the table. Jack and I were compelled to start rfxcel when we realized that it was impossible for consumers to check the authenticity of their prescription drugs. We were born out of the desire to protect people from potentially harmful pharmaceutical products. Today, so many years later, rTS 7.0 shows why we’re one of the best supply chain traceability solution providers for companies in any industry.

rTS 7.0 will debut officially on February 18, 2020. To learn more about what it can do, contact Vice President of Marketing Herb Wong and visit rfxcel.com.

Herb Wong, VP of Marketing

hwong@rfxcel.com

925-824-0300

About rfxcel

Founded in 2003, rfxcel provides leading-edge software solutions to help companies manage every aspect of their supply chains, lower costs, and protect their products and brand reputations. Blue-chip organizations in the life sciences/pharmaceutical, food and beverage, worldwide government, and consumer goods industries trust rfxcel’s signature Traceability System (rTS) to power end-to-end supply chain solutions in key areas such as traceability, environmental monitoring, regulatory compliance, serialization, and visibility. The company is headquartered in the United States and has offices in the EU, Latin America, Russia, the Middle East, India, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific region.

rfxcel to Speak at Pharma Logistics Conference in Sao Paulo

Posted on October 21, 2019December 2, 2020 by rfxadmin

Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oct. 21, 2019. Vinicius Bagnarolli, rfxcel’s director of operations for Latin America, will speak about serialization best practices, preparing for Brazil’s National Medicine Control System (SNCM), and Supply Chain 4.0 at the Enterprise Business Development and Information (ebdi) Pharma Logistics & Cold Chain 2019 Conference October 23-24 in Sao Paulo.

rfxcel, the leader in digital traceability solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, has prioritized helping Brazilian companies prepare for SNCM, a medicine traceability system designed to establish mechanisms and procedures for tracking and tracing drugs in Brazil. The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) has been working on the regulations since 2009; they are scheduled to take effect in May 2022.

The conference, titled “Innovation and Regulation Together for the Growth of the Pharmaceutical Ecosystem,” will be held at Sau Paulo’s Villa Bisutti Casa do Ator hotel. It will feature panel discussions, lectures, plenary sessions, and networking events. Over two days, attendees will learn about regulatory affairs, how and where to invest in supply chain logistics technology, process management and integration, and experts’ predictions for Brazil’s supply chain.

Bagnarolli will speak on Day 1, stressing the importance of following supply chain best practices to prepare for SNCM, which requires unit-level serialization, tracking/tracing and monitoring products environmental conditions, and submitting detailed transaction data to the government. He will also review the processes, technologies, and machinery that will help companies be ready for the future, including Supply Chain 4.0 and blockchain. Discussing the benefits of track and trace solutions, he will highlight rfxcel’s industry-leading technology, including our signature rfxcel Traceability Solution (rTS) platform and rfxcel Integrated Monitoring (rIM), which can track more than a dozen environmental factors in real time.

“I’m happy to have the opportunity to speak directly to the industry,” Bagnarolli said. “SNCM is 30 months away; this may seem like a long time, but companies have to act now to be ready to comply. I want people to know the value track and trace technology brings to the supply chain, and what other steps they can take to add value to their operations. The changes may seem complex, but implementing best practices now will ensure you’re ready for the future — for SNCM, Supply Chain 4.0, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and beyond — and can bring immediate value to your bottom line.”

Bagnarolli, who grew up in Porto Alegre, added, “I really want to emphasize that Brazil must embrace Supply Chain 4.0 now. rfxcel is ready to provide guidance on how to best approach the changes that are coming. The unique software capabilities we have developed over the past 15 years have helped companies around the world meet stringent compliance requirements, safeguard their supply chains, and expand their markets. I’m looking forward to talking about best practices, how to prepare for SNCM, and the future of our supply chain.”

To learn more about rfxcel’s innovative track and trace products, contact Vice President of Marketing Herb Wong or visit rfxcel.com.

Herb Wong, VP of Marketing

hwong@rfxcel.com

925-824-0300

About rfxcel

rfxcel is a track and trace software provider with leading-edge solutions to help organizations track their entire supply chain, meet regulatory compliance requirements, and protect products and brand reputations. For the last 15 years, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and dispensers have trusted rfxcel to provide complete compliance and traceability solutions. rfxcel’s integrated track and trace software suite delivers better business outcomes and lowers supply chain costs. The company is headquartered in the United States and has offices in the EU, Latin America, India, Russia, the Middle East, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific region.

rfxcel to Exhibit, Discuss DSCSA VRS at HDA Seminar in Washington, D.C.

Posted on October 16, 2019April 15, 2022 by rfxadmin

Reno, Nevada (October 16, 2019). rfxcel, the global leader in supply chain track and trace solutions and the pharma industry’s thought leader in the Verification Router Service (VRS), will exhibit at the Healthcare Distribution Alliance’s (HDA’s) 2019 Traceability Seminar October 21-23 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The HDA is a sponsor of the seminar, an annual event that brings together healthcare supply chain leaders to learn more about implementation milestones of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) — as well as innovative approaches and lessons learned — as distributors, manufacturers, and dispensers implement serialization and traceability technologies to further preserve the safety and security of the healthcare supply chain.

This year’s gathering occurs less than a month after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it did “not intend to take action against wholesale distributors” that do not meet the DSCSA Saleable Returns Verification Requirement before November 27, 2020. This is a 1-year extension of the original deadline for wholesale distributors to verify a product identifier before further distributing a returned product.

rfxcel is leading an FDA pilot to measure VRS readiness, and is looking forward to hosting a discussion about the state of the VRS and the effects of the FDA’s deadline extension. The company will share the interim pilot report it has prepared for the FDA, which presents findings of the tests it has conducted across the VRS network of providers.

Herb Wong, rfxcel’s executive sponsor of the FDA VRS pilot, said, “We’re excited to talk about VRS and share the findings of our pilot. We also want to talk about the deadline extension, which we believe is the right decision because it will allow the industry to test more production-like scenarios. When you’re at the Traceability Seminar, visit our team at Booth 9 to talk about all the latest developments. No matter what, companies should continue with their planned VRS implementation efforts so they’ll benefit from the continued testing.”

rfxcel began its FDA-approved VRS pilot in June. It is designed to quantify the readiness of the VRS network to meet the DSCSA’s Saleable Returns Verification Requirement. The pilot builds on the HDA’s VRS efforts and will systematically verify, measure, and report on the ability of the VRS network to meet the functional requirements of VRS.

A key and unique aspect of the pilot is that rfxcel has been sharing the details of its VRS test cases with all VRS providers to ensure they have a common detailed set of test cases. rfxcel will continue to work with the providers to verify the test conditions to enable maximum readiness of the VRS network across all VRS providers.

rfxcel CEO Glenn Abood said the company was honored to participate in the HDA seminar and would be prepared to field questions. “We’re the longest-tenured track and trace solution provider in the pharma industry and the thought leader in VRS,” he said. “We’re ready to share our expertise and discuss our VRS pilot to measure and ensure the seamless interoperability between VRS providers across a broad range of use cases. Recent developments don’t change the fact that complete and consistent verification of the use cases is critical to successfully meeting the DSCSA Saleable Returns Verification Requirement. Companies should remain on course and use the extra time to ensure they’re ready for 2020.”

To learn more about rfxcel’s FDA VRS pilot, its VRS solution, and other innovative track and trace products, visit the company at Booth 9, contact Herb Wong directly, or book a meeting at rfxcel.com.

Herb Wong, VP of Marketing

hwong@rfxcel.com

925-824-0300

About rfxcel

rfxcel to Demo Track & Trace Tech at PMA Fresh Summit

Posted on October 11, 2019July 27, 2020 by rfxadmin

October 9, 2019. Members of rfxcel’s Food and Beverage Team will be at the PMA Fresh Summit 2019 to talk about the changing landscape of food production, distribution, and marketing, and how companies that harness supply chain data will win the future.

The team will showcase rfxcel’s latest track and trace innovations, including its signature rfxcel Traceability System (rTS), an improved rfxcel MobileTraceability app, and the rfxcel Integrated Monitoring (rIM) solution. These products work together to yield real-time validated data at the unit, case, pallet, and lot levels. They harness mobile technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) for the most complete view of your production while ensuring you are always compliant with regulators and your customers.

“We have always enjoyed the PMA Fresh Summit 2019,” said rfxcel CEO Glenn Abood. “This year, we’re focusing on the power and importance of data, and we’re especially excited because we’ll be showing technology that’s tailor-made for the food and beverage industry. For example, our rIM solution yields an array of rich data, from cut-to-cool time to in-transit conditions on land, sea, and air. And our rfxcel MobileTraceability app enables any user to execute full supply chain visibility from the palm of their hand and from any location.”

rfxcel’s MobileTraceability app captures and reports data when and where it happens. Currently available for Android devices and most handheld mobile scanners, it lets users see everything, everywhere — in the field, at the dock, on the production floor. It can create new events such as quality inspection results so users can capture non-traditional traceability data or create/track the workflow that best suits their business needs. Expect an iOS version in the near future.

The Food and Beverage Team will be running a live demo of rfxcel’s powerful rIM solution. Using IoT-enabled sensors and the power of rTS, rIM captures critical data about more than a dozen environmental conditions (e.g., temperature, humidity, light, tilt) and sends real-time updates for 24/7 monitoring of perishable goods. rIM is more than cold-chain monitoring: It’s a sensor-agnostic solution that can be configured to solve the unique challenges of any supply chain.

Attendees can also request a demo of the rTS platform, which has been proven in the strict regulatory environment of the pharmaceutical industry, where bad data can threaten more than business — it can threaten lives. rTS features a best-in-class serialization solution and can track units, cases, pallets, and lots. The demo will show how rTS tracks all raw material lots as they travel from different farms to a central processing facility and are transformed into a new product for distribution.

“It’s an exciting time at rfxcel,” Abood said. “Our data capabilities are exciting; there is so much technology coming to food supply chains as companies realize the value of visibility. We unify all of those initiatives into a single platform. Be sure to stop by Booth 4829 to see what we can do.”

To learn more about rfxcel’s MobileTraceability app, rIM, rTS, and the company’s other innovative track and trace solutions, see us at the PMA Fresh Summit 2019 on October 17-19, contact Herb Wong, or visit rfxcel.com.

Herb Wong, VP of Marketing

hwong@rfxcel.com

925-824-0300

About rfxcel

rfxcel VP to Speak on Serialisation at PPMA Total Show 2019

Posted on September 24, 2019July 16, 2020 by rfxadmin

September 24, 2019 – rfxcel, the global leader in supply chain track and trace solutions, today announced that Vice President of International Business Mark Davison will participate in a panel discussion at PPMA Total Show 2019, the leading UK show for processing and packaging machinery. Mark will share his expertise in serialisation technology and the benefits environmental monitoring solutions can bring to companies with specific supply chain tracking needs.

Mark is responsible for rfxcel’s business activities outside the United States. An expert on anti-counterfeiting and traceability, he has 13 years’ experience with supply chain technology in multiple industries worldwide. Before joining rfxcel, Mark was an R&D biochemist for GSK and held commercial roles with consulting and biotech firms. He is the author of Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting: Combating the Real Danger from Fake Drugs.

PPMA Total Show 2019 will be held 1-3 October 2019 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham. Occurring every three years, it is the UK’s largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition. More than 400 exhibitors and 1,600 brands are expected from industries including food, beverage, pharmaceuticals, household products and toiletries, building materials and supplies, pet care, micro-brewery and distilleries, fast-moving consumer goods, and contract packers. Exhibitors will showcase the very latest products and solutions in processing and packaging machinery, robotics, and industrial vision systems.

During the panel discussion, Mark will explore topics such as why compliance with the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) isn’t the end of the journey for companies with serialisation requirements, and how these companies can make the most of real-time monitoring and traceability solutions. The panel will take place at 12pm on Tuesday 1st October as part of the show’s Enterprise Zone.

‘I’m excited for this opportunity to speak next month at PPMA Total Show 2019’, Mark said. ‘Serialisation and traceability are a key part of the packaging of many products, particularly in the pharmaceutical and food and beverage industries, so it’s important for companies to know exactly how they can maximise the utility of their track and trace solutions.’

About rfxcel

Founded in 2003, rfxcel is the first company to focus on safety of pharmaceutical supply chain and bring advanced track and trace software to manufacturers, repackagers, wholesalers, distributors, and dispensers. rfxcel’s mission is to be the thought leader in traceability technology, and to enable customers to better manage their business today and deliver value tomorrow. rfxcel’s integrated track and trace software suite delivers better business outcomes and lowers supply chain costs. rfxcel is headquartered in the USA and has offices in the EU, Latin America, India, Russia, the Middle East, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific region.

CONTACT

Herb Wong, VP of Marketing

hwong@rfxcel.com

+1 925-824-0300