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TraceLink benefits

Ensure resilient, compliance supply with wholesale distributors

The TraceLink network platform and integrated suite of supply chain orchestration and compliance solutions help healthcare providers, from the largest healthcare systems and hospital groups to the smallest clinics, collaborate with wholesale distributors.

Whether you receive chronic condition medicines, specialty pharmaceuticals, or other medical products, we give you the product/transaction data, the collaborative process support, and the supply intelligence you need to serve your patients.

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Comprehensive DSCSA compliance (EPCIS data exchange, serialized product operations, verification, etc.)

Intelligence on and operational support for drug shortages, recalls, returns, and other supply issues.

Digitalized visibility and collaboration across procure-to-pay transactions with all distribution suppliers

Solutions to your challenges

Discover the ways TraceLink products can ensure supply resiliency in a constantly evolving operational and compliance environment with your distribution suppliers

DSCSA compliance & stabilization

Order collaboration, fulfillment, procure to pay

Product availability & drug shortages

Returns & recalls management

Analytics
  • Ensure product is serialized and critical product events are captured for all shipments to central fulfillment locations, individual hospitals/clinics, and other locations
  • Receive DSCSA compliance information (TI, TS) via EPCIS, web portal, or other methods to support pharmacy receiving and operations
  • Manage drop shipment, 340B relationships, and other special distribution issues
  • Automate verification requests for suspect/illegitimate products or other status checking
  • Identify, investigate, and close compliance exceptions quickly and efficiently
Analytics
  • Improve supply and inventory planning through real-time exchange and confirmation of forecasts, PO quantities, shipment due dates, and order adjustments
  • Improve receiving processes and inventory management planning through exchange of ASNs, shipment exceptions, and other data to drive predictable on-time, in-full deliveries
  • Tighten and speed the procure-to-pay loop by automating invoice submission linked to precise product and inventory data
  • Increase speed and accuracy in adjusting to errors through electronic credit/debit adjustment submissions
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  • Speed response to emerging product shortages through collective supply chain intelligence into evolving supply chain issues threatening product availability
  • Efficiently coordinate special drop shipments direct from the manufacturer in coordination with the distributor to mitigate drug shortage risk
Pharmacy
  • Prepare and submit digital return authorizations with all suppliers
  • Create and digitally exchange matching product and transaction data for returned products to ensure accurate and efficient returned product claim processing
  • Digitally capture recall notifications from FDA sites and TraceLink network communications, using track and trace data to quickly identify affected locations and inventory
  • Establish a collaborative workflow across healthcare sites and pharmacy operations to quarantine and return recalled products

Products for your business

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Product U.S. Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA)
Product Product Availability Intelligence
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The power of orchestration

TraceLink gives you deep product and supply chain transaction data for the medicines you receive and dispense to your patients. See the power of orchestration between healthcare providers and wholesale distributors.

TraceLink enables you to integrate and exchange critical transactions with 100% of your contract manufacturers through the world’s largest life sciences and healthcare network. See the power of orchestration between life sciences companies with manufacturing partners.

1M+

DSCSA EPCIS transactions processed monthly

165M+

ASNs processed in the TraceLink network

900+

Wholesale distributors in the TraceLink network

500K+

Patients protected from drug shortages in 2023

Hear what the network is saying

See how companies have leveraged our network platform and solutions to meet critical challenges facing retail pharmacies and their life sciences suppliers.

See how companies have leveraged our network platform and solutions to meet critical challenges facing life sciences companies and contract manufacturers.

Brazil Pharmaceuticals

Case study

Predict Drug Shortages up to 90 Days in Advance

Learn how Product Availability Intelligence helps pharmacies, hospitals, and their life sciences company suppliers predict drug shortages before they impact patients, resulting in the protection of over 500,000 patients from drug shortages in 2023.

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Case Study

DSCSA is Complex - TraceLink Makes Compliance Easy

 Listen to Tyler Martinson, Pharmacy Manager at Sentara Health, discuss why Sentara Health chose TraceLink for DSCSA compliance.

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Healthcare Provider + Wholesale Distributor resources

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MINT
DSCSA Exceptions: Expert Strategies for Troubleshooting and Resolution

Understand a new approach for managing exceptions across the end-to-end supply chain that can speed up resolution times by 64%.

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MINT
Streamline the Product Recalls Process with TraceLink Digital Recalls

Increase focus on patient safety by managing drug recalls with greater speed and efficiency through real-time recall notifications and collaborative workflows enabled across the pharmacy network.

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SPI
TraceLink Product Information Manager (PIM) Ensures DSCSA Drop Shipment Compliance

Drop shipment notice capabilities help life science companies comply with DSCSA drop shipment requirements for the secure, electronic, and interoperable exchange of compliance data.

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TraceLink University

From self-paced courses to administrative certification, TLU provides your team with the tools you need to navigate the changing compliance and supply chain landscape.

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Community

Members of the TraceLink community from life sciences companies to pharmacies and hospitals collaborate on industry-related initiatives, network capabilities, and more.

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Newsroom

Our experts and thought leaders provide the latest information and insights on supply chain digitalization, supply chain issues such as drug shortages, and emerging DSCSA and other track and trace compliance requirements.

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