Tobacco
The tobacco industry is the second largest industry in the world that has Serialization and Track&Trace regulations. The reason for this is the high prevalence of counterfeit goods circulating in the market. The illegal turnover of goods has a significant impact on the state’s losses in taxes and excise, as well as on the health and safety of consumers. Compliance with these regulations is complex and requires close attention to detail. The tobacco industry faces extremely high production speeds and volumes, which set very challenging demands for both hardware and software solutions to ensure seamless manufacturing and logistics processes.
Here we show you diagrams of the work processes and regulations in the various countries with which our solution complies. You can open each regulation and see a detailed description of all processes.
EU
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MANUFACTURER
| As a manufacturer, your company has to request unique identifiers (UIs), receive them, and apply them individually to every product you produce. This is called serialization. Kvinta requests, provides, and stores these unique identifiers and communicates with the respective regulator. All UIs can be aggregated and disaggregated according to the different packaging levels applicable to your industry. Kvinta also serves your need for transparent reporting functionalities and analytics to gain additional benefits. |
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Standard processes
- Manufacture products
- Package and label product units
- Pack product units into pack hierarchies for logistical handling
- Ship to finished goods to market
Serialization and T&T processes
- Generating/ordering/receiving unique identification numbers
- Serialization of goods at the item level and record applied codes
- Serialization at the packaging level
- Recording aggregation/disaggregation activities at different packaging levels
- Reporting the serialization data to authorities
- Data exchange with supply chain partners via interfaces
- Unique identification numbers management
DISTRIBUTOR/3PL
| To be able to track and trace your products, your company needs to detect all inbound/outbound activities in your internal supply chain by scanning products. Aggregated and disaggregated data will be automatically submitted into the respective data cloud by Kvinta. In the unlikely event of product returns from the market, Kvinta will also manage the respective data flow. Kvinta’s comprehensive reporting functionalities will ensure your company’s transparency regarding the compliant flow of products through the supply chain. |
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Standard processes
- Receive goods
- Repackage goods for distribution
- Ship to finished goods to market
Serialization and T&T processes
- Outbound/inbound scanning
- Recording aggregation/disaggregation activities at different packaging levels
- Reporting the serialization data to Authorities (if required)
- Data exchange with manufacturers or other partners via interfaces
- Return/Damage/Sample management
DISPENSER/RETAILER
| The Track & Trace processes include the point of sales as the last point of tracking. Your company can use Kvinta to take advantage of the seamless and fast flow of information concerning the last point of the secured supply chain. In the unlikely event of product returns from the market, Kvinta will also manage the respective data flow. |
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Standard processes
- Receive goods
- Sell goods to consumer/patient
Serialization and T&T processes
- Inbound scanning
- Reporting the serialization data to Authorities
- Data exchange with supply chain partners via interfaces
- Recording aggregation/disaggregation activities at different packaging levels
- Return/Damage/Sample management
CONSUMER
| One of the main stakeholders in the whole process of traceability is the consumer. T&T enables consumers to authenticate the product, get service support, and precise product information to make a conscious decision. Traceability brings transparency, a precious benefit in the modern world of conscious consumption. This last mile of T&T generates long-term benefits for companies that invest in sustainable business practices, support environmental initiatives, and build a reliable customer base. Kvinta, as an enterprise-level software solution, orchestrates the data and connects unique serial numbers to the marketing\service information for consumers making the serial number a service getaway. |
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Standard processes
- Purchase of goods
- Return of goods
- Service request
Serialization and T&T processes
- Authentification
- Product information request
- Service request
- Recycle request
The EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) established mandatory serialization of products for manufacturers starting from 2019 and from May 2024, all other actors in the supply chain, including wholesalers, distributors, and retailers, must verify the authenticity of the unique identifier and report the movement of the tobacco products through the supply chain. The TPD requires the implementation of a unique identifier (UI) and tamper-evident packaging for all tobacco products sold in the EU. The UI is a code that enables the identification and authentication of individual packs of tobacco products, and it must comply with the GS1 standard. This information is then stored in a central repository maintained by each EU member state. However, this repository is not exclusively dedicated to tobacco products and may be used for other purposes as well. The regulation is complex and controls not only Tracking and Tracing but also cross-border sales within EU, advertising, promotion, etc.
Market specific features
Benefits
The ability to connect an unlimited number of partners from different countries within the same KVINTA platform.
KVINTA is able to process a large number of messages on produced and shipped goods
Allows you to work with data both in manual and automatic mode. Which can be applicable to production, print shops, and 3PL's.
KVINTA is an independent SaaS-solution that does not erload the company ERP system. If you have third-party partners, a system independent of the corporate ERP is needed. (In terms of data security).
24/7 availability
Supported global standards
Fully featured repository
Release Management
Russia
Choose your role to see how you can benefit from our solution
MANUFACTURER
| As a manufacturer, your company has to request unique identifiers (UIs), receive them, and apply them individually to every product you produce. This is called serialization. Kvinta requests, provides, and stores these unique identifiers and communicates with the respective regulator. All UIs can be aggregated and disaggregated according to the different packaging levels applicable to your industry. Kvinta also serves your need for transparent reporting functionalities and analytics to gain additional benefits. |
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Standard processes
- Manufacture products
- Package and label product units
- Pack product units into pack hierarchies for logistical handling
- Ship to finished goods to market
Serialization and T&T processes
- Generating/ordering/receiving unique identification numbers
- Serialization of goods at the item level and record applied codes
- Serialization at the packaging level
- Recording aggregation/disaggregation activities at different packaging levels
- Reporting the serialization data to authorities
- Data exchange with supply chain partners via interfaces
- Unique identification numbers management
DISTRIBUTOR/3PL
| To be able to track and trace your products, your company needs to detect all inbound/outbound activities in your internal supply chain by scanning products. Aggregated and disaggregated data will be automatically submitted into the respective data cloud by Kvinta. In the unlikely event of product returns from the market, Kvinta will also manage the respective data flow. Kvinta’s comprehensive reporting functionalities will ensure your company’s transparency regarding the compliant flow of products through the supply chain. |
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Standard processes
- Receive goods
- Repackage goods for distribution
- Ship to finished goods to market
Serialization and T&T processes
- Outbound/inbound scanning
- Recording aggregation/disaggregation activities at different packaging levels
- Reporting the serialization data to Authorities (if required)
- Data exchange with manufacturers or other partners via interfaces
- Return/Damage/Sample management
DISPENSER/RETAILER
| The Track & Trace processes include the point of sales as the last point of tracking. Your company can use Kvinta to take advantage of the seamless and fast flow of information concerning the last point of the secured supply chain. In the unlikely event of product returns from the market, Kvinta will also manage the respective data flow. |
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Standard processes
- Receive goods
- Sell goods to consumer/patient
Serialization and T&T processes
- Inbound scanning
- Reporting the serialization data to Authorities
- Data exchange with supply chain partners via interfaces
- Recording aggregation/disaggregation activities at different packaging levels
- Return/Damage/Sample management
CONSUMER
| One of the main stakeholders in the whole process of traceability is the consumer. T&T enables consumers to authenticate the product, get service support, and precise product information to make a conscious decision. Traceability brings transparency, a precious benefit in the modern world of conscious consumption. This last mile of T&T generates long-term benefits for companies that invest in sustainable business practices, support environmental initiatives, and build a reliable customer base. Kvinta, as an enterprise-level software solution, orchestrates the data and connects unique serial numbers to the marketing\service information for consumers making the serial number a service getaway. |
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Standard processes
- Purchase of goods
- Return of goods
- Service request
Serialization and T&T processes
- Authentification
- Product information request
- Service request
- Recycle request
Tobacco products were among the first to be serialized in Russia, covering all types including alternative tobacco products. The labeling requirements were introduced in 2019 and are currently in place for for cigarets, tabacco and alternative tabacco products. Regualtion is rather strict and complex and continues to update. The next phase involves bringing tobacco sticks and vaping liquids into scope. The labeling system in Russia is designed to ensure full traceability down to the pack level throughout the supply chain, with the aim of reducing the risk of counterfeit products entering the market. The system uses unique codes that are placed on each pack of cigarettes or other tobacco products, allowing them to be tracked and traced from the point of manufacture to the point of sale.
Market specific features
Benefits
The ability to connect an unlimited number of partners from different countries within the same KVINTA platform.
KVINTA is able to process a large number of messages on produced and shipped goods
Allows you to work with data both in manual and automatic mode. Which can be applicable to production, print shops, and 3PL's.
KVINTA is an independent SaaS-solution that does not erload the company ERP system. If you have third-party partners, a system independent of the corporate ERP is needed. (In terms of data security).
24/7 availability
Supported global standards
Fully featured repository
Release Management
Uzbekistan
Choose your role to see how you can benefit from our solution
MANUFACTURER
| As a manufacturer, your company has to request unique identifiers (UIs), receive them, and apply them individually to every product you produce. This is called serialization. Kvinta requests, provides, and stores these unique identifiers and communicates with the respective regulator. All UIs can be aggregated and disaggregated according to the different packaging levels applicable to your industry. Kvinta also serves your need for transparent reporting functionalities and analytics to gain additional benefits. |
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Standard processes
- Manufacture products
- Package and label product units
- Pack product units into pack hierarchies for logistical handling
- Ship to finished goods to market
Serialization and T&T processes
- Generating/ordering/receiving unique identification numbers
- Serialization of goods at the item level and record applied codes
- Serialization at the packaging level
- Recording aggregation/disaggregation activities at different packaging levels
- Reporting the serialization data to authorities
- Data exchange with supply chain partners via interfaces
- Unique identification numbers management
DISTRIBUTOR/3PL
| To be able to track and trace your products, your company needs to detect all inbound/outbound activities in your internal supply chain by scanning products. Aggregated and disaggregated data will be automatically submitted into the respective data cloud by Kvinta. In the unlikely event of product returns from the market, Kvinta will also manage the respective data flow. Kvinta’s comprehensive reporting functionalities will ensure your company’s transparency regarding the compliant flow of products through the supply chain. |
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Standard processes
- Receive goods
- Repackage goods for distribution
- Ship to finished goods to market
Serialization and T&T processes
- Outbound/inbound scanning
- Recording aggregation/disaggregation activities at different packaging levels
- Reporting the serialization data to Authorities (if required)
- Data exchange with manufacturers or other partners via interfaces
- Return/Damage/Sample management
DISPENSER/RETAILER
| The Track & Trace processes include the point of sales as the last point of tracking. Your company can use Kvinta to take advantage of the seamless and fast flow of information concerning the last point of the secured supply chain. In the unlikely event of product returns from the market, Kvinta will also manage the respective data flow. |
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Standard processes
- Receive goods
- Sell goods to consumer/patient
Serialization and T&T processes
- Inbound scanning
- Reporting the serialization data to Authorities
- Data exchange with supply chain partners via interfaces
- Recording aggregation/disaggregation activities at different packaging levels
- Return/Damage/Sample management
CONSUMER
| One of the main stakeholders in the whole process of traceability is the consumer. T&T enables consumers to authenticate the product, get service support, and precise product information to make a conscious decision. Traceability brings transparency, a precious benefit in the modern world of conscious consumption. This last mile of T&T generates long-term benefits for companies that invest in sustainable business practices, support environmental initiatives, and build a reliable customer base. Kvinta, as an enterprise-level software solution, orchestrates the data and connects unique serial numbers to the marketing\service information for consumers making the serial number a service getaway. |
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Standard processes
- Purchase of goods
- Return of goods
- Service request
Serialization and T&T processes
- Authentification
- Product information request
- Service request
- Recycle request
Traceability of goods in Uzbekistan is a part of Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) international project and the regulation of all its members is quite similar and rather strict for tobacco industry. Serialization of Tobacco products in Uzbekistan is mandatoiry from 1 January 2021 with a primary focus of the regulation on a large number of small businesses, including those that import illegally. The serialization program requires all types of tobacco products to be labeled, with the next phase planned to bring tobacco sticks and vaping liquids into scope.
The serialization program mandates the reporting of key traceability events to ASL Belgisi, including serialization reports, aggregations, importing notifications, invoicing code reporting, manufacturing process rejections, and withdrawals. The deadlines for compliance vary depending on the types of products. By 1 June 2023, reports on all certain events with serialized products, including changes of ownership and retail sales, must be provided to ASL Belgisi.
Market specific features
Benefits
The ability to connect an unlimited number of partners from different countries within the same KVINTA platform.
KVINTA is able to process a large number of messages on produced and shipped goods
Allows you to work with data both in manual and automatic mode. Which can be applicable to production, print shops, and 3PL's.
KVINTA is an independent SaaS-solution that does not erload the company ERP system. If you have third-party partners, a system independent of the corporate ERP is needed. (In terms of data security).
24/7 availability
Supported global standards
Fully featured repository
Release Management