Manufacturing Traceability Software
Manufacturing traceability software for lot and serial number tracking, full genealogy roll-up, forward and backward trace, and recall-ready reporting. Built for FDA, ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100, and FSMA compliance.
A supplier flags a bad resin lot and you have two hours to bound the recall. WorkCell gives quality engineers live lot and serial genealogy, so one query ties raw material back to every finished unit and ship-to customer. That is manufacturing traceability built for FDA and ISO 13485 audits.
Spreadsheet Lot Logs Nobody Trusts
Lot traceability runs on a shared Excel file where the receiving clerk keys the vendor lot into the wrong row and auditors wait four hours for a reconstructed genealogy.
Manual Serial Number Recording
Serial number tracking only works if every operator captures every serial on every unit, and the moment one shift skips a step forward trace breaks on the finished goods.
Recall Scope Nobody Can Bound
Without live lot tracking across work orders and shipments, the quality team recalls ten times more than necessary because the data to narrow scope is not there.
Lot Capture at Receipt
Scan the vendor lot and CoC at the receiving dock and it ties to the PO line, bin location, and incoming inspection record before the pallet leaves, with no retyping and no missing batch tracking on the inventory record.
Genealogy Roll-Up Across BOM Levels
Every work order consumption logs against the raw material lot, sub-assemblies inherit component lot history, and finished goods carry the full genealogy tree back to the original vendor CoC.
Serial Number Tracking on Finished Goods
Generate, scan, or import serial numbers and link each one to the work order, operator, test results, and ship-to customer, so serial number tracking runs from first operation through warranty claim on one identifier.
Forward and Backward Trace in One Click
Enter a raw material lot to see every work order and customer downstream, or enter a finished goods serial to walk backward through every component lot, with both queries running against live data.
average direct cost of a food product recall, before brand damage and lost sales
FDA / GMA Food Product Recall Cost Study
of manufacturing and consumer-products executives say recalls are a significant financial concern
Deloitte Product Recall Survey
target recall response window set by GS1 global traceability standards for finished goods
GS1 Global Traceability Standard
Inventory
Lot and serial capture at receipt, bin-level stock, and the genealogy backbone every traceability query reads from.
Quality
Incoming inspection, NCRs, and 8D investigations link to the lot or serial they were recorded against, so the quality record is part of the genealogy instead of a separate binder.
Shop Floor
Operators scan lots consumed and serials produced at the machine, so lot tracking stays live instead of getting reconstructed from paper travelers at end of shift.
What is the difference between lot tracking and serial number tracking?
Lot tracking groups units together, such as a batch of resin or a reel of capacitors, and traces them as one lot through production. Serial number tracking identifies each individual unit with a unique ID, and most manufacturers need both: lot traceability on raw materials and serial capture on finished goods under warranty or regulatory submission.
What is forward vs backward traceability?
Backward traceability starts at a finished good and walks down the BOM to every component lot, which you run when a customer complaint lands and an 8D investigation needs to know what went into the unit. Forward traceability starts at a raw material lot and walks up to every finished good and ship-to customer, which you run when a supplier notifies you of a bad lot.
Can we bound a recall in under two hours?
Yes. GS1 sets two hours as the global target, and with live manufacturing traceability a forward trace from a raw material lot to every impacted serial and ship-to customer runs in seconds. The export to FDA, USDA, or your customer's recall portal is a canned report instead of a week of spreadsheet forensics.
Manufacturing Traceability Software
See manufacturing traceability that bounds a recall in two hours instead of two weeks.