1000 Possibilities: Lean FMD's Data Structure

medAspis not only provides the aggregation system, but also the associated aggregation codes.

Pure code or sticker for direct labelling of cartons, pallets or other packaging units? The choice is yours.

Parallel to the actual requirements, serial numbers can be hierarchically aggregated. This means, for example, that pharmaceutical packs can be aggregated into cartons and cartons in turn into pallets.

If only the top code is read, the hierarchy of aggregations below can be triggered automatically. In other words, all packs included can be verified, deregistered or exported at once. This means much less manpower in your FMD processes.

Use the hierarchical medAspis system to structure your own data according to known data (e.g. according to GS1) or to set up your own system of keys.

And this is what it looks like in practice

All data sets are, of course, only visible to you. However, you can make your aggregations – also hierarchically – available for use by external parties. If you set your data to export status, your customers can benefit from your aggregations as well.

You make your customers’ lives easier when you relieve them of the tedious scanning in goods receipt.

• Example 1: A supplier (manufacturer, logistics specialist, wholesaler) delivers aggregated goods to a hospital. Now all it takes is reading in the code on the delivery box – and all the goods are cleared on behalf of the hospital.
• Example 2: An exporter verifies complete boxes in goods receipt and at the same time aggregates them. For the prescribed change of status to export for this carton, it is enough to scan the aggregation code applied to the carton. Immediately, all contained packs are set to export without any further scanning process.
• Example 3: A pharmaceutical distributor buys large tranches of medicines. If wholesalers buy directly from the manufacturer instead of from him, they do not need to scan – they do, however, if they buy from the distributor. To increase competitiveness, the pharmaceutical retailer aggregates all deliveries. For customers, it no longer makes a difference whether they buy from manufacturer or retailer. In both cases, there is no need for scanning.
• Example 4: A parallel trader operating throughout Europe ships goods from one warehouse to the next. Since both warehouses are located in different countries, the goods must be verified at the recipient’s place. To make this work easier, goods are aggregated when they are sent and verified by aggregation code upon receipt.