1. Secure marking, authentication and tracking & tracing to combat illicit trade
J Prodger
BAT Track and Trace Data Manager
6th October 2014

2. Digital Tax Verification Product Authentication
Who we are
Formal Association, registered in Zurich
Produce 75% of the world’s tobacco products (ex China)
Raise over US$150 billion in taxes annually
Digital Tax Verification
Drive for the adoption of standards (and approved solutions) to fight illicit trade in excisable products.
Track & Trace
Product Authentication

3. Separate problems & Solutions
Smuggling
Counterfeit
Tax Evasion
SOLUTIONS
Track & Trace
Authentication
Volume/Tax Verification
Regulatory Response:
EU Tobacco Products Directive
FCTC Illicit Trade Protocol

4. Regulatory Requirements
Stick
Pack
TPD
Security Feature (Overt/Covert
Authentication)
FCTC Protocol
Carton
EU Cooperation
Agreement
TPD
(Beyond
1st Customer)
Master
Case
Pallet
Full tracking and tracing of cartons (normally containing 200 cigarettes), closed master cases (normally containing 10,000 cigarettes) and pallets (normally containing 500,000 cigarettes)
Enabling every carton to be tied to a closed master case and every master case to be tied to a pallet
In the event of the seizure of a carton, master case or pallet BAT is able to report on the journey of the product through the supply chain from factory to the identified 1st external customer for that product
Manufacture
On site warehouse
Distribution Centre
External Distributors/ Wholesalers
Retail
Outlet
Consumer

5. External Distribution
Tracking & Tracing
Production
Internal Distribution
Pack
Outer
Mastercase
Pallet
Warehouse1
Warehouse 2, etc.
T&T AIT Portal & Database
1st Customer
External Distribution
2nd Customer .
T&T regulatory Queries .

6. The Need for Interoperabilty
Data Centre
BAT Warehouses
The Need for Interoperabilty
Manual Scanners
ERP
3rd Party Logistics Warehouses
3PL
WMS
Track & Trace
Global Database Repository
(SAP OER)
Factory
Factory Site System
Case Packer Line System
Palletising Line System
MES
Carton Scanners
Case
Scanners
Printers
Pallet
Solution
Integration Platform
(SAP PI)
Events
Access Gateway
Tracking ID
Tracing Information
XML Gateway
Customer Info
Movilizer Cloud
SKU & EAN
SAP Documnet

7. EPCIS Data capture Covering Manufacturing & Supply chain Events
DCTA has implemented
GS1 Identification Standards
GLN
SGTIN
SSCC
DCTA has implemented
GS1 Data Carriers for Carton,
Mastercase and Pallet
DataMatrix
GS1 128

8. EPCIS Data capture for All Manufacturing & Supply chain Events
DCTA has implemented EPCIS for interoperabilty across various partners, platforms and technology event data exchange.
EPCIS 1.0 with Extensions for Master Data

9. BAT Track and trace Deployment
7 Factories
170 Manufacturing Lines
83 Warehouses/Distribution Centres
5,000 Stock Keeping Units

10. BAT Track and trace Deployment Success based around GS1 standards
To Date
60 Million EPCIS Event Messages
1.7 Billion Unique Tracking ID’s (SGTIN)
Per Annum
32 Million EPCIS Event Messages
750 Million Unique Tracking ID’s
Daily
110,000 EPCIS Event Messages
2.5 Million Unique Tracking ID’s

11. Projected Volumes – Supported by Interoperabilty via EPCIS & StandarDs
Per Annum
320 Million EPCIS Event Messages
7.6 Billion Unique Tracking ID’s (SGTIN)
Daily
1.1 Million EPCIS Event Messages
25 Million Unique Tracking ID’s
ALL information is sent to single Track and Trace repository by Factories and Warehouse by BAT, partners and Third Party Logistics as EPCIS messages

12. Implementing Track and Trace Solutions Requires
Lessons Learned
Implementing Track and Trace Solutions Requires
Time, resources, commitment and persistance
Significant investment
Business process change
Adoption of standards across your business and the industry as a whole
…..
A lot of data