Connect SAP business references with serialized pharmaceutical records.
SAME DATA. FURTHER GOOD.A pharmaceutical distributor uses SAP for commercial orders and delivery context. The traceability flow must relate those references to the unit-level product records available in Connect RX. An ERP delivery number helps locate the business transaction; the product identifier and serial locate the medicine.
Illustrative pharmaceutical integration flow. The selected interfaces and responsibilities are defined for your environment.
The order or delivery behind the movement.
The product identifier, lot and serial.
The operational activity and location.
The EPCIS document and expected response.
ILLUSTRATIVE WORKFLOW · THE IMPLEMENTATION FOLLOWS YOUR OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
Separate the commercial order from the product event. Agree which SAP reference identifies the shipment, which source provides serialized units and how the receiving or shipping location is represented. Then follow a sample unit from its business reference to the associated partner exchange.
| Information | Example of its purpose | Owner to identify |
|---|---|---|
| Product and unit identifiers | Locate the serialized medicine. | Product and serialization source. |
| Business reference | Relate the unit to the relevant operation. | ERP, warehouse or service system. |
| Event and location | Explain the activity represented in the record. | Operational source and location-data owner. |
| Partner payload | Make the information interpretable by the recipient. | Sending and receiving integration teams. |
Identify the system of record for the product, lot, serialized unit and location. Define which business reference ties the ERP or service record to the traceability task. The interface should preserve those relationships and make an unknown reference a specific issue to resolve.
Product and serial context, partner references and site identifiers.
The receiving, shipping or other activity represented in the data.
The source of each record and the team responsible for corrections.
SAP documents outbound purchase-order messaging and other application interfaces. Select the interface for the actual SAP product, edition and release; an S/4HANA Cloud deployment and an existing ERP installation may require different connection designs. The Connect RX implementation also agrees the event payload, partner specification and expected business response. Use a normal movement and an exception to validate the complete handoff.
Plan the path between your operational systems, serialized product records and the organizations you exchange data with.
Explore integrationsConnect product identifiers, event data and trading-partner requirements in a clearly scoped exchange.
Explore epcis integrationMove from a serial number to the product, lot, location and events associated with that item.
Explore serialized product recordsUse real workflows, representative data and clear acceptance criteria to shape the implementation conversation.
Explore implementationYour systems. Your partners. The task you need to complete.
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