In the markets of many states and regions, pharmaceutical manufacturers are required to comply with anti-counterfeiting guidelines, especially for the packaging and distribution process. The aim is to protect the population from counterfeits. In addition to manufacturers (including contract manufacturers), parallel importers as well as wholesalers and logistics service providers are also affected.

To implement the anti-counterfeiting guidelines, the secondary packaging is provided with an individual code. If the pre-tracing and backtracking of goods flows in the retail chain is to be checked, additional packaging aggregates such as outer cartons and pallets must be marked and linked to the codes of the secondary packaging concerned. To manage all the required processes and data, powerful software is needed that has a variety of interfaces to the outside world (e.g. for higher-level, central databases or order manufacturers).