Utrace Hub

Utrace Hub is an L4 cloud solution for comprehensive product labeling management.

2024

Support for grocery labeling

Utrace has updated the Utrace HUB cloud platform to meet the needs of grocery manufacturers. Now suppliers of this category of goods will be able to use the platform to transfer information about marking codes to the state monitoring system "Honest Sign" (GIS MT). The developer announced this on July 1, 2024.

In the period from July 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Trade conducts an experiment on labeling certain types of groceries. As part of voluntary participation in the experiment, manufacturers, importers and sellers of such goods were invited.

The list of products to be labeled includes vegetable seasonings, vegetable spices and fragrances, sauces, vinegar, snacks, instant soups, bread, etc. Based on the results of the pilot, marking criteria will be developed, after which it will become mandatory for all participants in the industry.

Earlier, the management of excise-free food products of the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (CRPT) noted that the basis for the voluntary experiment was the growth of the illegal market for some grocery products. Digital labeling is designed to help in the fight against counterfeit goods entering the Russian food market, as well as limit the illegal circulation of food.

The Utrace HUB platform has proven itself as a reliable solution for automating the digital labeling process and ensuring product traceability. Our company has experience with the launch of labeling in many other industries. This will allow us to provide sellers and grocery suppliers with all the necessary consulting support, as well as help them with the preparation of the IT infrastructure and the organization of the process of transition to new regulatory requirements, "said Arif Hajiyev, Utrace Development Director.

Canning product labelling support

Utrace on March 27, 2024 announced the modernization of the Utrace HUB cloud platform to the needs of canned food manufacturers. Now suppliers of such products will be able to use the platform to transfer information about the Data Matrix marking codes to the state monitoring system Honest Sign (GIS MT).

By order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on February 12, 2024, a state experiment was launched on the labeling of certain types of canned products. The experiment affected the following categories of goods: canned meat and fish, canned vegetables, fruits, nuts, mushrooms, seafood, marmalade, fruit puree and jelly. The project does not involve canned food, which is produced for baby food under the age of 1 year.

According to data to the Research financial Institute, the Ministry of Finance Russia share of illegal trafficking in the canned food market for March 2024 is up to 40% (depending on the product). Digital labeling is designed to limit the illegal circulation of food, as well as help in the fight against penetration into the food market of counterfeit canned food. The experiment is planned to be completed on August 31, 2024, after which, presumably before the beginning of 2025, labeling of canned food will become mandatory for all market participants.

Before the start of the canning labeling experiment, Utrace adapted its flagship product, the Utrace HUB cloud labeling and traceability management system. The updated version of the software will allow manufacturers and importers of canned food to combine labeling data at the level of the entire company and transmit to the GIS MT "Honest Sign" information about the release and movement of labeled products in the required format and within the deadlines established by law.

Utrace HUB is designed to work in companies with a complex production and logistics structure and can be integrated both with software and hardware for marking codes, as well as accounting systems, warehouse management systems and other software. The capacity of the Utrace HUB is more than 20 billion Data Matrix codes per year per client, which gives any company, regardless of size, a multiple margin of stability and continuity of operation, both at the stage of registration of the release of marking codes and in the mode of sample accounting.

Utrace is ready to offer manufacturers and importers of cans an IT solution that has proven itself to automate the process of working with labeled products of many other product groups. We have experience that will allow businesses to painlessly switch to mandatory labeling and fulfill all the requirements of the regulator regarding the traceability of labeled products, - said Arif Hajiyev, Director of Development and Customer Services at Utrace.

Support for marking cosmetics and household chemicals

Utrace on January 15, 2024 announced its readiness to support suppliers of cosmetics and household chemicals in the transition to digital labeling of products.

According to a government decree, the experiment on digital labeling of these commodity groups will last from January 15, 2024 to February 28, 2025. It will affect suppliers of cosmetics, makeup products, shaving, skin care, hair, oral cavity, deodorants for premises, soap and detergents.

In accordance with the requirements of the regulator, after the expiration of the experiment, all Russian participants in the cosmetic products and household chemicals market must ensure the transfer of information on the digital labeling of their products that guarantee the authenticity and quality of the goods to the state system for monitoring and tracing of Honest Sign products (GIS MT). Otherwise, the company's products will not be allowed to sell, and business leaders can be fined.

On the eve of the start of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's experiment on the labeling of cosmetic products and household chemicals, Utrace has adapted its Utrace HUB cloud traceability system. The updated version of the L4 level solution will allow large domestic manufacturers to transfer information on the labeling of cosmetic products and household chemicals to GIS MT in the required format and within the deadlines established by law.

Utrace experts are ready to advise the participants in the experiment on legislation related to the labeling of cosmetic products and household chemicals, as well as in the field of production, logistics and IT processes. The introduction of the Utrace Hub guarantees system users that labeling reports will be successfully processed and timely transmitted to the Honest Sign state monitoring system, regardless of the region of the company's presence, supply chain complexity, production volumes and the number of product groups produced, maintaining continuity of operations, - said Arif Hajiyev, Development Director of Utrace.

2023

Support for the labelling of veterinary and pet food products

Utrace has upgraded the L4 level Utrace HUB solution to meet the needs of veterinary and pet food manufacturers. Now suppliers will be able to transfer information about the digital labeling of such products to the state monitoring system "Honest Sign." The company announced this on December 27, 2023.

By order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, from December 21, 2023, an experiment was announced in Russia to transfer pet food to digital labeling, with the exception of those intended for agricultural purposes. In parallel with this, an experiment on digital labeling of veterinary drugs began.

In accordance with the requirements of the regulator and in agreement with, in Ministry of Agriculture RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2024, digital labeling of these groups of goods will become industries mandatory for all participants. In this regard, the sale of pet food and veterinary products without applying labeling codes in the Data Matrix format and transferring information about them to government systems will become impossible.

Participants in the experiment are advised to use the pilot period provided by the state to debug production business processes, as well as adapt their IT systems to work according to the new rules. Manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of such goods, in particular, should think about purchasing the necessary equipment that allows you to label different form factors (types of packaging), as well as the implementation of level L4 software (corporate traceability system), which transfers information about labeling to the state system of accounting for GIS MT "Honest Sign."

The L4 Utrace HUB is a digital labeling cloud solution with a wide range of ready-made functionality and modular architecture. On the eve of the experiment of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the developer adapted the system to the latest requirements of the regulator. The updated version of the solution will allow domestic producers of feed and veterinary products to check and transfer information about labeling to the state accounting system in the required format, correct sequence and within the deadlines established by law.

The transition to mandatory labeling of feed and veterinary products is not an easy process for business. However, consumers will receive benefits in the form of a guarantee of the authenticity of the product. This will help them make easier choices, as well as protect their pets from low-quality products. For their part, Utrace experts are ready to advise the participants of the experiment at all stages of the implementation and practical application of Utrace HUB, including on legislative issues, as well as in the field of production, logistics and IT processes. The introduction of Utrace HUB guarantees system users that labeling reports will be successfully processed and timely transmitted to MT GIS regardless of the region of the company's presence, production volume and quantity of goods, "said Arif Hajiyev, Director of Business Development at Utrace.

The Utrace HUB can be integrated into the existing IT infrastructure of large-size accounting of companies, as well as easily and flexibly integrate with software and hardware for applying Data Matrix codes. If necessary, any of the modules of the Utrace HUB system can be customized to the specific needs of the customer. The product is suitable for production of any scale and will allow domestic companies to set up future business processes in advance. The throughput of the system is more than 20 billion codes per year.

Preparation for the introduction of mandatory labelling of vegetable oils

Utrace, a developer of systems for serializing goods, has prepared the flagship product Utrace HUB for the introduction of mandatory labeling of vegetable oils. The IT solution will allow market participants to transfer product information to the regulator within the deadlines established by law and will protect companies from financial risks. Utrace announced this on December 26, 2023.

On December 21, 2023, an experiment was launched on the labeling of vegetable oils in consumer packaging. And from September 2024 it will become mandatory. Serialization, that is, the application of labeling codes or Data Matrix codes on consumer packaging and reporting on them, will affect sunflower, olive, rapeseed, coconut, soy, peanut and other oils of vegetable or microbiological origin, their fractions, as well as mixtures of fats and oils and finished products from them

Manufacturers, wholesale and retail organizations and importers will have to prepare for the new requirements of the law: companies will have to transmit to the regulator information about each serialized commodity unit and its movement. To do this, they will need specialized equipment, as well as special software - a corporate traceability system that allows them to take into account serialized products, their movement and report to the state GIS MT system ("Honest Sign").

Utrace HUB will help companies ensure all Data Matrix accounting requirements for codes and their transmission to GIS MT in the format and within the time frame indicated by the regulator. This is a flexible cloud platform that allows you to quickly deploy the functionality necessary to organize volume and varietal accounting in production of any scale. System throughput - more than 20 billion codes annually. It can be integrated with IT solutions for warehouse and production accounting. Thus, thanks to the connection to the Utrace HUB, participants in the vegetable oil market will be able to control the labeling of all product items and prepare in advance for full traceability of products.

Every year, more and more product groups are subject to serialization, followed by complete duplicate traceability. In order for the change process to be as fast and painless as possible, it is important for companies to start preparing for labeling processes in advance. We already see a growing demand for corporate traceability systems from producers and distributors of vegetable oils - and are ready to satisfy this need, "said Arif Hajiyev, Development Director of Utrace.

Ability to use soft drinks, juices and children's water labeling information to communicate

Utrace on August 24, 2023 announced an update to the L4 Utrace HUB cloud track & trace system. Now manufacturers of sweet soft drinks, juices and children's water will be able to use it to transfer information about product labeling to state accounting systems. This will allow the business to quickly adapt the IT infrastructure to the requirements of the legislation, which will come into force in 2023.

In 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Trade launched several experiments on digital labeling at once, under which popular products fell - children's water, sweet soda, juices, fruit drinks, kvass, compotes, as well as drinks based on soybeans, nuts, cereals and seeds. After the end of the experiments, manufacturers of such goods will be required to apply codes to special Data Matrix packages, as well as transfer information about labeled products to the Honest Sign state monitoring system.

This measure should significantly reduce the falsification of products. Thus, according to the estimates of the center of the industry economy of NIFI, the share of counterfeit goods only in the sweet water segment is about 20%. According to research by the Higher School of Economics, labeling will protect the rights of legal manufacturers and reduce sales of illegal products by at least 70%. This will contribute to an increase in the net profit of soft drink producers by 8.6 billion rubles a year, and juice producers - by 4.5 billion rubles. At the same time, budget revenues can grow by 4.3 billion rubles a year for the soft drinks market and by 2.5 billion rubles for the juice market.

Digital beverage labeling technologies have long been worked out in other product groups, among which there is already water, milk and beer. They use the same form factors, the same technologies for applying and transmitting codes to the regulator that the business has used before. Therefore, the transition to mandatory labeling of these product groups can be expected soon enough. The Utrace HUB will allow you to prepare for all changes in legislation in the field of serialization of goods and adapt business processes in advance to work in new conditions. Our team has deep expertise in this area and is ready to provide comprehensive support to Russian companies, "said Sergey Ignatkin, director of Utrace products.

Ensuring the marking of caviar, juices and sweet water

Utrace will help producers of caviar, juices and sweet water switch to mandatory labeling. Utrace HUB, a Level L4 cloud solution, will allow businesses to protect themselves from possible financial risks and gradually ensure full product traceability. The developer announced this on May 23, 2023.

In May 2023, experiments were launched to label black and red caviar, as well as certain types of soft drinks, including juices. The transition to mandatory labeling of caviar, sweet and soft drinks will take place in three stages. At the first, companies will select suppliers of solutions for serializing goods and begin to transmit information about the Data Matrix codes entered into circulation to the regulator. At the intermediate stage, the business will need to implement volume and varietal accounting of products with detailed data for each batch of product.

The third stage of the transition to mandatory labeling will be the full traceability of the movement of goods. The manufacturer will have to transmit to the CRPT all information about the shipment and actual sale of each commodity unit. This phase will entail major changes to the entire supply chain. Businesses will need digital solutions that will build relationships and hierarchies of nested product identification codes, take into account each product and transfer data to the regulator without unpacking pallets and boxes. The Utrace Hub can prepare in advance for the transition to full product traceability.

Utrace has extensive track & trace experience and is ready to support the business involved in the experiment, starting from the earliest stages of the transition to digital labeling. The introduction of a complete traceability of the movement of caviar, juices and sweet water is expected no earlier than 2025. This is a sufficient time to prepare in advance for work in the new conditions. To guarantee consumers 100% product quality and increase revenue by displacing counterfeit goods from the market, manufacturers should think about deploying specialized software, "said Sergey Ignatkin, Director of Utrace Products.

Automation of labeling data exchange with EAEU countries

The company, a Utrace developer of solutions for serialization of goods, will help customers submit data cross-border shipment of labeled products in. countries EEU The solution automatically sends reports to, the Russian MT GIS from where they are automatically sent to state the system of the importing country. Utrace announced this on May 17, 2023.

Since the end of 2021, it has become mandatory to submit information on the cross-border shipment of labeled goods to the EAEU countries Armenia Belarus:,,,. Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Data is transferred to the state system of labeling of the importing country, after which the information must be accepted on the side of the recipient. Product labeling codes and GTINs are mutually recognized by EAEU member countries.

Earlier, due to the relatively small volume of operations, the exchange of information on the cross-border movement of goods with the GIS of the EAEU countries was carried out manually. Now information on shipments is automatically transmitted to the GIS MT and then sent to the state systems of the EAEU member countries. On the receiving country side, GTIN codes are checked: whether they are in the system, whether they really belonged to the counterparty who sends them. Then they can be accepted and used.

For May 2023, the functionality is available for companies shipping to Belarus. In the near future, companies operating in other EAEU markets will have similar opportunities.

Utrace decided to upgrade the Utrace HUB system in order to maximize the automation of routine business processes in cross-border data exchange. One of the difficulties along this path is the need to expect verification from the recipient. Usually, confirmation that the counterparty for its part has accepted the delivery takes several days. We have configured the Utrace HUB in such a way that as soon as the delivery is approved by the recipient, the system will immediately display the current status, manual control is not required. This will speed up business processes for companies operating in the EAEU markets, "said Sergey Ignatkin, Director of Utrace Products.

2022

Launch in Bahrain

Utrace in mid-November 2022 announced its entry into the Bahrain market. The Russian developer of product labeling technologies proposed a universal connector that made it possible to build a sequence and logic for transferring data on pharmaceutical products to be labeled to the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) regulatory system in two months.

The integration of the Utrace Hub with the state system of the Kingdom of Bahrain will allow international pharmaceutical companies operating or entering the region to accurately and on time transmit information about labeled products to the national operator National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA). Integration with NHRA allows you to build the business logic of data transfer using the Utrace HUB in accordance with the requirements of a specific regulator.

Russian developer of goods labeling technologies Utrace entered the Bahrain market

The correctness of the route when transferring data from the Utrace Hub to the national system of Bahrain is ensured by the so-called country router. It allows you to transfer data to the desired system in the correct format, regardless of whether a particular file contains item numbers of goods in the international GTIN classification, or only SSCC codes of pallets and boxes. The operation of the system was successfully tested: the NHRA system successfully accepted the file from the Utrace Hub and registered the information received.

When configuring the interaction between Utrace Hub and NHRA, Utrace took into account local specifics. In particular, Bahrain uses the global standard GS1 EPCIS 1.2 to exchange data between counterparties. EPCIS-format information messages simultaneously broadcast the full traceability chain of goods to be serialized in NHRA-MVC. The data package includes a message about the use of marking codes, data about the aggregation of primary packages into transport, as well as information about shipment to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Encryption and signing of documents is carried out through the use of the AS2 exchange protocol, which provides synchronous data transfer in real time with immediate delivery messages.

Utrace Hub Track & Trace solution upgrade for Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan markets

Utrace announced on October 20, 2022, an upgrade to the Track & Trace solution of the Utrace Hub. The system has introduced functionality that allows you to scale the product in a short time to work in other regions and integrate it with national labeling systems. The solution has already been adapted for the markets of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

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Utrace has developed connectors Utrace HUB for integration with various national marking systems: for example, IS MPT with for Kazakhstan and ASL Belgisi for. Uzbekistan They allow you to build the transfer process and logic data in accordance with the requirements of the regulator in a particular region. Thus, to bring products to the markets Russia , it is necessary to transfer state system data on more than 40 operations related to product labeling to the data. Kazakhstan In and such Uzbekistan operations are much less. Some steps also differ, the obligation of certain attributes. Connectors in the Utrace Hub allow you to take into account such differences in order to accurately and on time transfer the necessary data to national marking systems. The connectors are interchangeable and need not be further developed by the customer.

Another update is the country router routing system, which allows Utrace Hub to send reporting documents to the GIS of the desired country. The router is useful for international companies with several representative offices in different countries. Country router allows you to automatically process files from production sites, determine to the market of which country the product nomenclature number (GTIN) belongs, and transfer data in the correct format to the desired state labeling system: for example, to IS MPT, ASL Belgisi, FSIS MDLP, etc. Country router can determine the market, including for files that do not contain GTIN, but have only SSCC pallet and box codes. Thanks to this, regardless of the number of countries that the customer needs to connect, it is not necessary to adapt exchange formats on the side of production sites.

Both connectors and router are add-ons over the Utrace HUB system that can be deployed in a short time without making changes to the basic Track & Trace modules of the solution. Thanks to this, the adaptation of the product to any market takes only 2-3 months.

When bringing the Utrace Hub to market, the company initially focused on building a modular architecture that allows you to combine system components with each other and provides for the option of sending certain labeling operations to the state system. This flexibility allows you to meet the most stringent customer and regulatory requirements. In 2022, the main customers are pharmaceutical companies that do business around the world. Their business processes take into account serialization and labeling, so the choice of a Track & Trace solution becomes business critical for them. The implementation of the Utrace Hub ensures that all reports are processed and accepted by the state information system regardless of the region of presence of the company or how many transactions have been carried out with the product, commented Sergey Ignatkin, Director of Utrace Products.

Expansion of drug labeling management functionality

Utrace on May 27, 2022 announced the update of the Utrace HUB labeling system.

The Track & Trace system has received a number of updates to manage drug labeling. The functionality related to the management and editing of messages for FGIS MDLP, labeling of goods in customs warehouses and parallel work of several legal entities has been expanded. In addition, updated dashboards have become available to users for monitoring deliveries, tracking shipments to counterparties and the timing of sending messages to the FSIS MDLP.

One of the key innovations in Utrace HUB is the ability to work in parallel in one system of several legal entities with the distinction of access rights. Each legal entity sees only its own processes and reports in the system according to the setup for items and events, as well as the balance of funds on the account for each marketing authorization holder. A large pharmaceutical company with several structural divisions can quickly deploy a single ecosystem for managing product labeling.

Also, Utrace HUB has expanded the functionality for working with messages for FGIS MDLP. Now you can manually edit the date of dissolution of tertiary (transport) packaging, as well as information about the shipment of medicines to the owner, if incorrect data comes from external systems . If FGIS MDLP is unavailable, accumulated messages are automatically sent to the state information system at the moment of its resumption.

The tool for intelligent processing of messages about warehouse transactions coming from 3PL operators has appeared. It allows you to sort and organize data on many parallel processes in warehouses, organize reports in chronological order and send them to the FSIS MDLP in the correct sequence. If only the final aggregation result is received from the warehouse system, the Utrace HUB analyzes the result and breaks it down into finished reports in the MDLP. Thanks to this, all reports will be successfully processed and accepted by the state information system, regardless of how many operations were carried out with the drug product.

Batch history helps you track shipments of batches. For example, if the delivery is divided into several shipments, it is difficult to track the entire batch during the stages of acceptance, customs clearance and putaway. In the Utrace HUB, the user can see the whole picture. Dashboard "Events 415" shows information on all shipments, allows you to instantly identify inaccuracies in reports and check whether this or that shipment is accepted by a business partner. Finally, the Reporting dates dashboard helps track the timing of sending data to the FGIS MDPL depending on the types of operations and avoid sanctions for violating them.

We try to make the labeling process as simple and automated as possible for manufacturing companies. The updated functionality of the Utrace HUB will allow them to process product data faster and more accurately, as well as strictly comply with the requirements of the legislation in the field of serialization of goods, "said Sergey Ignatkin, director of product at Utrace.

In the near future, the changes will be expanded to label goods in other industries.

2020: Functionality and Features

Utrace Hub functionality for February 2020:

• Integration with the state system of labeling of goods;
• Support of all processes according to the regulator's methodological recommendations;
• Validation of data sent to the state system for correctness, integrity and consistency;
• Complete logging of all system and user actions in the system;
• Integration with popular WMS, T&T and ERP systems: SAP, 1C, TraceLink, Itella, etc.;
• Quickly integrate new clients with standard File Exchange, REST, and SOAP connectivity schemes;
• Generation and distribution of codes with a unique number for each package;
• Reporting and e-mail alerts;
• Russian and English system interface.

Features of the system:

• The multi-stage data validation system eliminates errors in messages towards the regulator;
• Microservice architecture and multiple data centers to ensure system resiliency and reliability;
• Continuous updating of the system to the requirements of the regulator at the expense of the developer;
• Use of international standards GS1, EPCIS, GXP and GAMP 5 in the design and implementation of the system;
• Subscription payment - the cost depends on the turnover of unique marking codes per year.