Maintaining Uninterrupted Supply During the Transition to Mandatory Pharmaceutical Serialization: An OTC Distribution Case from Kazakhstan

Nazin Vladislav

Citation: Nazin Vladislav, "Maintaining Uninterrupted Supply During the Transition to Mandatory Pharmaceutical Serialization: An OTC Distribution Case from Kazakhstan", Universal Library of Business and Economics, Volume 03, Issue 03.

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Abstract

Mandatory pharmaceutical serialization makes product movement dependent on both physical availability and a valid digital status. This article examines how a pharmaceutical distributor in Kazakhstan maintained supply continuity while preparing for mandatory medicine marking and serialization. The source base combines recent studies on pharmaceutical traceability, serialization, supply-chain resilience, interoperability, and Kazakhstan’s marking requirements with an operational case covering 30,000 packages and more than 20 SKUs. Comparative source analysis, conceptual synthesis, classification, and analytical generalization were applied. The resulting framework locates continuity risk at interfaces linking code readability, system recognition, warehouse handling, commercial release, and downstream acceptance. The case indicates that pilot verification and coordinated work across logistics, IT, and commercial operations can support go-live readiness while shipments continue. The proposed implementation logic organizes preparation around transaction mapping, pilot execution, exception ownership, cross-functional release decisions, and post-launch stabilization and can be adapted to comparable regulatory transitions in pharmaceutical distribution.


Keywords: Pharmaceutical Serialization, Data Matrix, OTC Distribution, Supply Continuity, Track And Trace, Regulatory Transition, Pharmaceutical Logistics, Kazakhstan, Interoperability, Business Continuity.

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