Operational Challenges Advanced

New Traceability Challenge (One Shipment, Double Reporting)

Article discuss the new operational challenge that appear after momentum of traceability announcements regionally

Ahmed Dawood January 04, 2026 Updated Jan 14, 2026 31 views

As more countries roll out national pharmaceutical traceability programs, a new challenge is emerging…


Manufacturers exporting to multiple markets with different traceability hubs must perform double reporting for the same shipment.


One report to their local hub, and another to the importing country’s hub.


Example:

A manufacturer in Egypt exporting to the UAE must report the same shipment to both the Egyptian Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) track and trace platform and the UAE’s Tatmeen platform.


But the real game-changer is the quality of the business requirements the manufacturer prepares before onboarding a vendor. That preparation determines whether the system becomes an enabler… or a bottleneck.


and this comes from real understanding to the track and trace principles, challenges and different hubs models.