QAD 2017 Enterprise Edition > User Guides > Serialization > Serialization Overview > Introduction > Benefits
  
Benefits
QAD EE Serialization features provide the following:
Enhanced product safety and integrity
Increased tracking and traceability at both packaging level and item level
Increased speed and reduced cost of product recall process
Detection and elimination of counterfeiting
Support for important aspects of customer and regulatory requirements, trading partners, or the California ePedigree Act (2015)
Improved inventory accuracy, shipping performance, and business relationships
More accurate order fulfillment
Improved efficiency and data quality in the warehouse or on the shop floor
Improved inventory visibility, both upstream and downstream
Improved reverse logistics processes (returns)
Improved supply chain synergies and efficiencies, including:
Receiving and shipping accuracy
Increased operational productivity or granularity in query responses from audits
Brand protection