In view of new government regulations requiring the different stakeholders of the supply
chain in the healthcare sector to develop traceability systems for medications, Colombian
organisations have been left with the need to find the least disruptive solution possible to
adapt current processes.

This solution needs to be functional and adaptable by the different types of organisations. GS1 Colombia designed CABASnet STL (Online Traceability System), a tool based on the GS1 System of Standards that enables organisations to find product flow and information online and in real time. Cafam and Wyeth Consumer Healthcare (now Pfizer Consumer Healthcare), two of the main organisation’s in the Colombian healthcare sector, have lead the implementation of this solution by undertaking a pilot. In mid-2010, it is anticipated that all other suppliers will be invited to begin using the solution.