It is an issue that plagues many of today’s most sensitive and highly-regulated industries: unauthorized product still makes its way into the supply chain in place of high-value, authentic products. In the latest edition of Supply Chain World, Tego CEO Tim Butler looks at how counterfeiters are affecting the pharmaceutical industry, and what the market can learn from measures put into place by aerospace to tackle the challenge.
In short, it comes down to digitization. Embedding progressive digital information onto products themselves is becoming a tried and true method to shore up supply chains, and help prevent counterfeiters from gaining a foothold.