Name: Healthcare Provider + Wholesale Distributor
Brand: TraceLink

Use a digital network and serialized product/transaction data to manage deliveries and inventory, ensure supply, and comply with DSCSA regulations

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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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.