The Intelligent Materials Tracking and Traceability Software (iMTATs) is an integrated set of software that enables manufacturers and distributors of food, pharmaceutical, medical and cosmetic products to be compliant with the regulations of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) without drowning in paperwork.
While it is generally simpler to run most of the iMTATs software on a single dedicated Windows server, this does leave operational data collection dependent on the Internet, which can go down or become overloaded and unreliable. There are also greater security risks.
For those organizations that require high reliability and speed of response to barcode scanning, as well as enhanced security, it is recommended that they run the iMTATs data collection software on a ruggedized Windows IOT Enterprise based industrial computer at each site. This will ensure that data collection and barcode label printing can be performed irrespective of external issues with the Internet.
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) computers at each site then communicate with an iMTATs data exchange server whenever an internet connection is available to exchange data with its ERD, as well as with other databases. If needed, this data exchange software can be run on a shared Windows Server, as rapid response to barcode scans are not required from this server.
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