Glossary · Manufacturing
What Is Batch Traceability?
Batch traceability is the ability to follow a finished unit backwards to its production batch and forward to where that batch was shipped. Good manufacturing practice achieves it by linking raw material lots, the production batch and the shipment record, so a quality question is resolved by lot number rather than by recollection.
Why it matters when you source
Traceability converts a complaint into a bounded fact: which lot, which materials, which shipments. It is also what regulators and large retailers ask for in writing, so confirm the factory can trace a shipped unit back to a raw material lot before you scale.
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