Jointown uses RFID electronic tag technology to keep the cold chain logistics of medicines from “broken”
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Due to technical limitations, some logistics companies currently use manual confirmation of temperature for temperature management, but this method is limited to measurement at the time of shipment and purchase, and lacks continuous temperature control data for the transportation link. How to achieve real-time temperature monitoring and control throughout the entire process is one of the key points and difficulties that pharmaceutical companies highlight when conducting cold chain management.
The entire cold chain is an important guarantee for the quality and safety of vaccines and other refrigerated drugs. Cold chain guarantees are required for production, delivery, transportation, storage, and terminals. Not to “broken the chain” is the most basic principle of cold chain logistics, otherwise it may cause the vaccine to fail and affect the lives of the people.
“Pharmaceuticals have quality problems in the circulation field, and it is very difficult to trace the source.” Liu Weizhan, secretary general of the Cold Chain Logistics Subcommittee of the National Logistics Standardization Technical Committee, is deeply worried about the loopholes in the current pharmaceutical cold chain logistics. Due to the lack of uniform drug cold chain implementation standards in my country, the cold chain process control level of various drug business enterprises is uneven. At this stage, not all companies engaged in cold chain logistics can provide temperature monitoring and control records, and there are still problems such as poor temperature control in the cold chain transportation process. Because there is no temperature control record, once a certain logistics link “brokens”, it is difficult to investigate which link has the problem.
At present, the whole process of cold chain and real-time temperature control is a difficult problem that needs to be solved urgently in front of pharmaceutical companies, cold chain logistics companies and regulatory authorities. The development of the cold chain logistics industry also urgently needs to establish unified logistics specifications and operating standards as support.
Enterprises use informatization to carry out real-time temperature control throughout the process
It is understood that due to technical limitations, some logistics companies currently use manual confirmation of temperature for temperature management, but this method is limited to measurement at the time of shipment and purchase, and lacks continuous temperature control data for the transportation link. How to achieve real-time temperature monitoring and control throughout the entire process is one of the key points and difficulties that pharmaceutical companies highlight when conducting cold chain management.
At the end of last year, Jointown Pharmaceutical Group invested 300 million yuan to establish the Shanghai Jointown Modern Pharmaceutical Logistics Center. This new logistics center has introduced a number of modern logistics information management technologies, including the application of NEC’s RFID (commonly known as NEC). Electronic label) technology for temperature management of the entire cold chain management system.
Li Hua, deputy general manager of the Manufacturing and Device Solutions Division of NEC China IT Service Division, told reporters that in the cold chain logistics, RFID technology is mostly used in the management of high value-added logistics systems such as food and medicine. By placing an RFID tag with a temperature sensor in the refrigerator when the medicine is out of the warehouse, the information of the goods including the temperature of the medicine is stored in the RFID chip in real time. After the goods arrive, the goods and temperature information can be read in batches through the handheld reader, which can realize the instantaneous acquisition of temperature information throughout the process, reducing labor costs and error rates.
The person in charge of Jointown Logistics Management Headquarters stated that the company has achieved reliable temperature management through continuous temperature tracking throughout the entire process. Next, Jointown will gradually promote the RFID temperature tracking system to the entire company and will continue to expand according to actual applications. Demand.
It is understood that in addition to pharmaceutical companies, some third-party logistics companies are also applying FRID technology to achieve professional management of cold chain logistics.
“Traditional temperature recorders are wired to related equipment and read the corresponding temperature data. However, the application of RFID temperature tags does not need to open the cold chain turnover box. The external reader can automatically read the cold chain box through radio frequency. According to Sun Lijun, general manager of Beijing Songleng Cold Chain Logistics Co., Ltd., the cold chain will not be broken, and the temperature of the product in transit can be known at any time.
The cold chain box affixed with RFID tags is like having an electronic “identity card”. “ID card” can record all the information of the goods, including the real-time temperature information of the goods. “When a batch of cold chain turnover boxes is out of the warehouse, the reader can read all the information of the RFID temperature tags in the batch of cold chain incubators at one time. This enables the entry and exit of the cold chain turnover boxes. Automation shortens the time and also ensures the accuracy of the inbound and outbound information. When the amount of goods is large, the automatic reading of the inbound and outbound information can solve the bottleneck problem in the logistics operation link.” Sun Lijun said.
It is reported that Songleng and NEC are currently exploring the integration of multiple technologies, integrating RFID temperature tag technology with GPS technology and cold chain information system. The temperature record data of the goods during transportation will be automatically uploaded to the temperature control data after being read. On the information platform, customers can download the corresponding recorded data online at any time, so as to realize cargo in transit information query, real-time temperature monitoring and geographic location tracking, which will fill the gap in temperature control in cold chain transportation.
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