Chartwell Pharmaceuticals has implemented software from Adents a provider of deployable serialization and track-and-trace software solutions for compliance with current and future track & trace deadlines. Adents Seriza software has been incorporated to serialize products from several bottling lines all serialized products at Chartwell’s Congers, NY facility.
Following the decision to purchase a new NJM bottle labeling machine, Chartwell sought a serialization solution that could be implemented quickly, was hardware-agnostic, and would meet the upcoming November DSCSA requirements while being upgradeable for future mandates.
Chartwell’s line processed bottles with widely differing specifications, varying in size from 25-count to 2000-count at speeds of up to 150 bottles per minute. The new labeler, an NJM Trotter model TRW-126, was outfitted with a Cognex In-Sight series camera, and integrated with a VideoJet thermal transfer printer.
“The flexibility, ease of use, and reasonable cost of Adents Seriza all factored into Chartwell’s decision,” Eric Farkas, Chartwell’s Head of Corporate Engineering said. “We especially liked that Adents is totally equipment-agnostic, with a high level of interoperability for our existing hardware.”
At the site level, Adents Seriza employs a centralized configuration and process software called Adents Supervisor, which enables interface with ERP and EPCIS systems, multi-line configuration and serialization parameters management for country-specific requirements. At the line level, process execution software called Adents Pilot connects to site-level software and operates with a variety of line equipment to provide unit serialization, multi-level aggregation and rework.
To minimize impact to production schedules, Adents Seriza was incorporated into the labeler at NJM’s factory, where it underwent its Factory Acceptance Test. This required Adents to be onsite at NJM for two weeks of integration and one week of support to ensure critical milestones were met.
Multiple product labeling and vision formats were implemented, spanning Chartwell’s customer base. New split formats and 90° label formats were added to the system, eliminating the previous requirement of rotating and aligning equipment to accommodate those formats.