Print & Check for serialization
The Print & Check system for serialization in the beverage industry is a solution that ensures the inline printing and verification of serialized codes on each sales unit. This system represents the first step in creating a unique identity for each product, facilitating management and tracking throughout the entire supply chain, from production to distribution and control by regulatory agencies.
An integrated printer assigns a unique serial number to each bottle or container directly inline. This serialization allows for precise identification of every single sales unit, improving transparency and traceability at every stage of the production process. Alternatively, the serial number can be pre-printed on a label and then applied to the package, still ensuring the same reliability in monitoring.
An integrated camera verifies the correct readability of each printed serial number. Thanks to this automatic check, any errors or print defects are immediately identified and reported, ensuring that only properly serialized products continue through the production chain. The data collected is stored and saved, ready for subsequent steps, such as aggregation into secondary packaging (e.g., bundles, cartons, or pallets).
The Print & Check system not only improves production efficiency, reducing the risk of errors, but also offers greater protection against counterfeiting and grey markets. The ability to track each sales unit gives bottling companies a significant competitive advantage, increasing consumer trust and transparency throughout the supply chain.
- Assignment of a unique digital identity for each sales unit
- Integrity check of the serial number
- Serial number readability check
- Verification of serial code correctness and uniqueness
- Artificial vision system consisting of cameras and lighting system
- Optional UV filter and UV lamp implementation
- Data storage in a database
- Reworking management
- Ensures compliance with regulations and directives
- Fights counterfeiting
- Discourages parallel and grey markets
- Guarantees product quality and authenticity
- Increases customer engagement
- Enhances product recall operations
- Ensures supply chain transparency
- Facilitates sustainability
- Provides insights from the production line to optimize production and distribution efficiency
- Provides information on end customers and shelf-life
