29 – 1Sep
EventPOWTECH TECHNOPHARM
Nuremberg, Germany
From the plant to the dock. And every handover in between.
GlobeRanger maintains a continuous traceability record for medicines, laboratory equipment, and controlled stock, including location, custody, and condition throughout the journey. Tracking resumes even when connectivity is unavailable.
Traceability goes beyond the cold chain.
Pharmaceutical operations manage assets that are valuable, regulated, and difficult to track consistently:
- Batches whose value sits in a single pallet
- Laboratory equipment and samples that have to be traceable for audit
- Controlled substances that need a custody record down to the unit
- Shipments that can fall into tracking gaps between sites
Temperature monitoring tells you what happened to a shipment while a logger was attached. It does not necessarily tell you which pallet went onto which truck, when custody changed, or who received it.
GlobeRanger reads the tags on each item and maintains a continuous record of its location, custody, and condition. That history makes it possible to see not only where an item is now, but what happened to it along the way, information that can be critical when deciding whether a batch can be released.
The same record follows the item across production, storage, and transport, turning each handover into a recorded event rather than a gap in visibility.
Because GlobeRanger runs at the edge, tracking can continue in cold stores, production areas, and other locations without a live network connection. The data can then be integrated with the systems already in use.
H.D. Smith: the first EPC pedigree for controlled substances.
H.D. Smith, a United States pharmaceutical wholesaler, had to prove the chain of custody for controlled substances moving through its distribution centre, down to the individual bottle.
Working with the integrator Franwell, the company built an EPC-compliant RFID system on GlobeRanger's platform. It was the first wholesaler installation of its kind and it enabled electronic pedigree tracking at serialized bottle level.
The deployment dates back to 2004, when pharmaceutical serialisation was still in its early stages. The technology has evolved significantly since then, but the underlying challenge remains highly relevant: maintaining a reliable, auditable chain of custody at item level.
The next dates for Pharma
Trade fairs, deadlines and standards that matter for this industry.
6 – 8Oct
EventCPHI Europe
Milan, Italy
23 – 24Nov
EventPharma TRACKTS, serialization and track and trace
Frankfurt, Germany
The same capability, a different floor.
Two cases from other industries that solve the problem a pharmaceutical site knows well.
Spirits and Premium Beverage
Jim Beam: tracking around one million barrels a year.
At Jim Beam in Kentucky, each barrel is tagged and automatically validated throughout production and maturation, providing consistent visibility across warehouses and distilleries. For pharma, the relevant point is scale: maintaining an accurate record across hundreds of thousands of units without relying on manual counts.
Defence
Tracking inventory inside bunkers without network connectivity.
A German defence manufacturer stores ammunition and explosives in former bunkers. Each bunker operates independently, and inventory is verified by scanning even without an external network connection. This provides an auditable stock record without relying on manual counts.
The customer has asked not to be named.
How a pharma programme starts.
The four stages are the same everywhere. What differs in pharma is what has to be validated before anything goes live.
Demo call
13 or 26 minutesA video call with the GlobeRanger team. One question: does GlobeRanger fit your operation?
Bootcamp
1 to 3 daysCreditedOne to three days on site. We work out which assets carry the risk, whether it starts in the cold store, the laboratory, or the controlled store, and what a pilot would cover.
Pilot
6 to 12 weeksA trial run on your own use case, in one store, one laboratory, or on one class of asset. GlobeRanger proves that it works in your operation, not on a slide.
Performance Mode
ongoingThe rollout across sites, laboratories, and storage, scoped and priced on what boot camp and pilot made concrete.
The first step costs 13 minutes.
