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Love it. Fear it. Don't ignore it. AI isn't waiting for anyone's permission — and it's already finding its way into Serialization and Track & Trace. But what's actually changing? Are chatbots available in T&T already? Agentic AI? If you are a manufacturer, MAH or 3PL - join an online session to learn from firsthand experience and ask questions to practitioners. Click any poster to register. Guest speaker: SAP. ⚡ Pandora’s Box of Serialization Online — The AI Edition. Thu, 12 November · 11:00 CET · 90 minutes

KVINTA Simplifier. ☑ Business wants: “More 3PL flexibility”. ☑ Compliance wants: “Standardized processes”. ☑ IT wants: “Fewer integrations”. ☑ Operations wants: “Reliable execution”. Kvinta is a SaaS serialization layer between your 3PL partners and your central serialization repository — helping pharma manufacturers keep logistics flexible while keeping serialization standardized and controlled. ✅Keep a single serialization layer across all 3PL partners to massively reduce complexity and ensure compliance!

🥊 Serialization is the backbone of a great brand protection solution. Otherwise, brand protection stays a packaging feature. 🫥 Holograms get copied. 🫥 QR codes get cloned. 🫥 Tamper labels get replaced. ✅ Follow our page for future updates and materials on Serialization. Real protection stacks layers: ☑️ Physical: holograms, color-shifting inks, tamper seals, microtext, taggants, forensic markers. ☑️ Digital: QR, Data Matrix, NFC, RFID, watermarks, GS1 Digital Link, verification portals. ☑️ Online: marketplace monitoring, image matching, seller detection, takedowns. ☑️ Serialization & Track & Trace: unique IDs, aggregation, EPCIS events, partner scans, exception detection. Each solves a different problem. Physical shows “looks real.” Digital checks “can be verified.” Online finds abuse outside the supply chain. 🥊 Serialization uniquely makes every unit accountable—giving it a trackable ID + scan history that reveals fakes via: • duplicate/invalid codes • wrong-country scans • post-dispense/export/recall activity • broken supply chain logic That’s why it becomes the backbone of a great brand protection solution.

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On March 19, the EU published a methodology to define data requirements for the Digital Product Passport under the ESPR framework. This is a relevant step forward. But it does not mean companies are ready to implement DPP. ✅ Follow our page for future updates and materials on Serialization. The methodology introduces a structured approach to determine which data should be included in a DPP: • A step-by-step process to identify and prioritize data points • Criteria based on regulatory relevance, circularity impact, and feasibility • Early distinction between essential and optional data • A clear focus on what is realistically collectible 💪 In short, it defines how to think about DPP data. What is still missing: • No product-specific data requirements • No final data model or technical standard • No implementation guidance • No binding obligations 🤌 Companies now have a method, but not the rules. The current gap between regulation and reality. The EU’s recent methodology for Digital Product Passports (DPP) provides a framework for prioritizing data, but still lacks product-specific rules or technical standards. Waiting for final regulatory clarity is a major business risk because the actual bottleneck isn’t the law—it’s supply chain visibility, specifically unstructured data and blind spots beyond Tier 1 suppliers. To avoid competing with larger players for the limited pool of compliant suppliers later, businesses must treat DPP as a structural data transformation now. 🏎️ The immediate priorities are auditing data availability across all supplier tiers, migrating existing compliance records out of PDFs into structured formats, and launching pilot projects to test end-to-end data flows.

📣 3Keys and SAP invite you to a webinar on SAP ATTP on S4/Hana Foundation conversion. In this webinar, the experts break down the strategic drivers, practical prerequisites, realistic timelines, and risk mitigation strategies that differentiate project stress from project success. Ask your questions on the Expert Q&A Session, or just absorb as much information as needed from experts. No sales pitches, we promise. 🤚