Simply safe: lot tracking for biotechnology companies

The biotech industry works with sensitive substances that require precise documentation – both in research and production. Lot tracking plays a key role in ensuring this. It not only guarantees compliance with regulatory requirements such as GMP and FDA certification, but also delivers:

Safety

When handling sensitive products, even small mistakes can have serious consequences. If quality deviations occur, you must know exactly where the affected components of your products are. Lot tracking minimizes risks by providing complete transparency and enabling fast recall actions. This protects your customers and strengthens trust in your company.

Controlled quality

The quick identification of faulty batches enables precise and efficient quality assurance. By analyzing the data, potential weak points can be identified and resolved early – before they turn into problems and make recall actions necessary.

Efficiency

Digital and transparent lot traceability reduces effort and indirectly saves money. All relevant data is available at any time, eliminating complex search processes. This saves resources, keeps you responsive, and accelerates decision-making – even in critical situations.

Regulatory compliance

By simplifying clear documentation and traceability, lot tracking helps you meet legal requirements more easily. This allows biotech companies to avoid costly penalties, legal consequences, and reputational damage.

Competitive advantage

Biotechnology companies that rely on seamless traceability position themselves as responsible and trustworthy. Their products are of high quality and ensure maximum patient safety. This strengthens your market position, sets you apart from competitors, and secures satisfied customers who will gladly recommend you and your products.

Lot tracking may sound simple in theory: products are clearly labeled, their paths documented, and a complete overview emerges. But reality often tells a different story. Varying processes, numerous suppliers, and constantly changing requirements can quickly turn tracking into a major challenge for biotech companies – and it’s easy to lose track. Added to this are technical hurdles and human errors that make the process even more difficult.

Companies most frequently encounter the following challenges:

High error rate: Manual entries significantly increase the risk of errors.

Scattered data and compromised data integrity: Decentralized data storage means that essential information can get lost and users may work with inconsistent datasets. Incomplete or unreliable records reduce traceability.

Regulatory uncertainty: Changes in legal requirements jeopardize compliance and increase the risk of warnings and legal consequences.

Lack of transparency: Missing or poor documentation makes seamless lot tracking difficult and reduces your ability to provide information when it’s needed most.

Loss of time and resources: Laborious lot tracking ties up valuable team capacity that could be used more effectively elsewhere.

System disruptions: A lack of integration between systems and tools leads to inefficient, error-prone processes. You work with inconsistent data and don’t receive clear results.

Without the right support, these processes can become time- and resource-intensive for every department. Yet a standard ERP system is rarely enough to meet the specific requirements of the biotechnology industry. This is where the right industry-specific ERP solution comes in.
 

The key to transparent processes – even in complex industries – is an ERP system. With Business Central, software giant Microsoft offers one of the world’s best and fastest-growing ERP solutions for SMEs. We build on this success story as the foundation for our proven industry-specific ERP solution.

Regulatory compliance and validation in the public cloud

Our industry-specific ERP solution is developed in accordance with GAMP5 guidelines, meets the strict requirements of regulated environments, and is suitable for computer system validation – even in the public cloud. Thanks to an efficient methodology, extensive validation documentation, and comprehensive records, you save valuable time during the validated implementation of your ERP system and keep it permanently validated.

100% transparency and documentation

From raw material to finished product – with our industry-specific ERP solution, you can track all data of a batch centrally. Every step and every process are documented, giving you seamless traceability and a complete overview at all times – whether for internal inquiries or quality audits.

Fewer errors, more transparency

Automation minimizes human error and optimizes efficiency. The industry-specific ERP for biotechnology automatically generates all essential documentation steps, giving you more time for the value-creating aspects of your business.

Quality control included

For maximum safety and flawless products, our industry-specific ERP solution includes detailed quality control. It monitors every step from warehouse receiving to finished product and supports you in achieving impeccable manufacturing results.

Powered by Microsoft

Microsoft stands for more than just software – it’s built on a global community. This network and the widespread adoption of its solutions mean that almost everyone is familiar with the typical Microsoft look and feel – including in Business Central. Naturally, our industry-specific ERP solution continues this intuitive user experience. The system is not only powerful but also user-friendly. Thanks to its clear interface, users can view and edit data quickly and easily.

More than 850 success stories

Our industry-specific ERP solution has been in use for many years and already supports over 850 companies worldwide in producing top-quality products, growing successfully, and achieving excellence. The insights gained from these projects flow directly into future implementations. Our solution combines the trusted collaboration and honest feedback of our customers – integrating all this expertise and know-how into your company as well.

Effective lot tracking is an essential component for modern biotech companies that strive to deliver the highest quality, ensure product safety, and achieve long-term success. With Yaveon 365 at your side, this central process becomes not only easier but far more efficient.