Man
Which operator, on which shift.
Module 03 · Track & Trace
MAPP TRAIL — know exactly what went into every part.
MAPP TRAIL enables full traceability across products, materials, people and processes. Complete genealogy gives manufacturers confidence, control and responsiveness throughout the production lifecycle.
The problem
A recall you cannot bound becomes a recall of everything.
When a defect is found in the field, the question is always the same: which other units are affected? Without genealogy the honest answer is "we don't know" — and the commercial response is to quarantine far more than necessary.
Traceability is insurance you buy before you need it. It also happens to be a customer requirement in most automotive, aerospace and FMCG supply agreements.
4M
4M
Machine
Which asset and tool, in which condition.
4M
Material
Which batch, from which supplier.
4M
Method
Which program revision and parameter set.
Key capabilities
What MAPP TRAIL does.
Product & process genealogy
End-to-end record of every operation, material and parameter applied to a serialised unit.
Real-time WIP tracking
Live position of work in progress across the line, including buffers and rework loops.
4M traceability
Man, machine, material and method recorded against every unit produced.
Backward & forward tracing
From a suspect batch to every affected finished unit, and back from a field failure to its inputs.
Process parameter recording
Torque, temperature, pressure, cycle time and any other critical parameter stored per unit.
Barcode, QR & RFID
Identification methods chosen to suit the part, the environment and the existing infrastructure.
Supplier-to-customer mapping
Material flow linked from goods receipt through to dispatch and customer delivery note.
Compliance-ready reports
Traceability reports formatted for customer and regulatory submission without manual assembly.
Benefits
What it is worth.
- Containment bounded to the units genuinely affected
- Field failures traced to root cause in hours rather than weeks
- Customer traceability requirements met without manual record-keeping
- Supplier quality issues attributed with evidence
- Warranty claims defended with per-unit process data
- Audit readiness maintained continuously rather than prepared for
Where it matters most: automotive and FMCG supply chains where a customer can demand full genealogy for a specific serial number at short notice.
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Could you bound a recall today?
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