Advanced Pharmaceutical Management Solutions for DSCSA Serialization, GMP Compliance, and Fast, Targeted Recalls
KnarrTek's pharmaceutical management solutions — BellHawk and MilramX — give manufacturers and distributors real-time lot and serial tracking, DSCSA-compliant serialization, and audit-ready traceability records built for FDA's CFR 21 Part 11, DSCSA, and GMP standards. Every scan feeds one record, so a recall stays as narrow as the problem that caused it, and consumer safety and brand reputation stay protected.
What KnarrTek actually does for pharmaceutical operations
BellHawk and MilramX, KnarrTek's pharmaceutical management solutions, aren't paperwork you assemble after the fact when an auditor or a recall shows up. They're the system that captures lot, serial, and component data the moment it moves, so a compliant traceability record is already built by the time anyone asks for it.
Real-Time Lot & Serial Tracking
Barcode and RFID scans update material, lot, and unit status the moment they move, so what's in the system matches what's actually on the line.
DSCSA-Compliant Serialization
Unit-level serial numbers and GS1 barcodes are generated automatically from the same record that tracks the product, so labeling always matches the history behind it.
Audit-Ready Traceability Records
Every scan writes to the record automatically, so documentation for FDA and DSCSA audits is assembled as work happens instead of reconstructed under deadline.
Rapid, Targeted Recalls
One-step-forward and one-step-back traceability lets you identify exactly which units are affected, instead of pulling an entire lot to be safe.
The traceability gaps pharmaceutical operations deal with today
These challenges show up across manufacturers, distributors, and multi-site operations alike — and they're the ones KnarrTek's platforms are built to close.
Recall Scope You Can't Control
Without lot- and serial-level traceability, a single defect can force a recall of an entire production run instead of the units actually affected.
Manual Serialization & Traceability Records
Assembling traceability records by hand from paper batch logs and separate spreadsheets eats staff time and leaves gaps that are hard to explain during an FDA inspection.
Fragmented Systems & Manual Records
When the ERP, quality system, and paper logs don't talk to each other, staff spend real time reconciling records instead of moving product through the line.
Rising Operational Costs
Manual data entry, rework from transcription errors, and duplicate systems all add hidden cost that's hard to see until it's added up over a year.
What BellHawk does for pharmaceutical operations
BellHawk is a robust Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Warehouse Management System (WMS) designed for pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors. It replaces paper forms and manual data entry with barcode scanning and mobile devices, supporting compliance with FDA's CFR 21 Part 11, DSCSA, and GMP standards. BellHawk's real-time tracking and traceability capabilities help organizations avoid costly recalls, protect brand reputation, and maintain consumer safety.
Materials Tracking
Monitor materials by lot and serial number, storage locations, expiration dates, quality control metrics, and hazardous material classifications.
Traceability Records
Capture data on ingredients used in products, enabling quick forward and backward traceability to pinpoint defect origins and reduce recall scope.
Quality Assurance
Document every production step, including quality assurance checks and test results, to comply with GMP and internal quality standards.
Label Automation
Generate GS1-compliant barcode labels tailored to products and customers, ensuring precision and regulatory adherence.
Live Data Insights
Offer a real-time overview of inventory, production progress, equipment usage, labor, quality checks, and order fulfillment.
From raw material receiving to a compliant traceability record, in real time
BellHawk supports a wide range of pharmaceutical operations, helping manufacturers and distributors improve traceability, inventory visibility, and production control across regulated environments. The platform provides real-time tracking for materials, inventory, assets, and production activity while supporting FDA compliance initiatives and lot-level traceability requirements. Whether managing inventory across multiple facilities, monitoring work-in-process, coordinating packaging and labeling operations, or improving recall readiness, BellHawk helps streamline workflows and reduce manual processes — integrating seamlessly with existing ERP and accounting platforms like QuickBooks or Oracle, without replacing current business systems.
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging, ensuring traceability and quality control.
- RFID asset management for multi-site operations, plus real-time product labeling and traceability.
- Multi-site operations, integrating tracking across geographically distributed plants and distribution centers.
- Integration with existing ERP or accounting systems like QuickBooks or Oracle, avoiding costly replacements.
What happens to a lot as it moves through production
Each of these stages is a real sequence a BellHawk-enabled operation follows, and each one writes something to the record — so a traceability record builds itself, recalls stay narrow, and downstream systems stay current automatically instead of by hand.
Receive & Track
Raw materials are received and tracked with barcode scanning on arrival, ensuring accurate inventory and compliance from the first scan.
Produce & Verify
Production processes like mixing, compounding, and packaging are monitored in real time, with quality control checks and GS1 label printing automated along the way.
Distribute & Report
Picking, packing, and shipping run on real-time data integration, while detailed traceability records for FDA and DSCSA compliance stay ready for regulatory audits.
Serialization and DSCSA traceability, built as work happens
A DSCSA traceability record is only useful if it's complete and it's fast to pull. BellHawk assembles it automatically as raw materials are received, compounded, packaged, and serialized — so the full chain of custody for a unit is one lookup away, not a week of digging through paper batch records.
GS1 Serialization & Labeling
Unit-level serial numbers and GS1-compliant barcodes are generated directly from the production record, so the label on the package always matches the history behind it.
DSCSA Traceability Record Assembly
Every receipt, compounding step, packaging run, and quality check writes into the same record, assembling transaction history, information, and statement data automatically instead of by hand.
Suspect & Illegitimate Product Investigation
A suspect-product notice links directly back to the specific lot and materials involved, so investigations start with the record instead of a search.
Deployment flexibility for pharmaceutical environments
KnarrTek's platforms adapt to how and where operations actually run, supporting minimal disruption during implementation and long-term scalability as your site count and production volume grow.
Browser-Based Access
Cloud-hosted tracking for inventory, lots, and production status, visible the moment they're scanned, with no local server to maintain.
Rugged Mobile & Offline Capture
Mobile devices capture barcode and RFID scans on the line even with limited connectivity, synchronizing automatically once a connection is restored.
Multi-Site Networks
Data capture stays local at each site while centralized dashboards give leadership real-time visibility across every plant and distribution center.
Where MilramX extends BellHawk with automation
MilramX is a real-time, rules-based decision support platform that enhances supply chain coordination and data exchange. Built on the Microsoft stack (Visual Studio, IIS, SQL Server), MilramX provides intelligent, automated solutions for materials management, integrating seamlessly with BellHawk and other systems like ERP, QuickBooks, or Oracle — so managers receive actionable, real-time information to make informed decisions, reducing delays and improving efficiency.
Smart Automation
Employs an intelligent-agent framework to manage parallel tasks like data transfers and notifications, optimizing supply chain processes.
Data Integration
Collects and processes data from multiple systems, converting it into High Level Data Objects (HLDOs) for streamlined operations.
Operations Dashboard
Monitors purchase orders, work orders, move orders, and shipments in real time for enhanced oversight.
Error Management
Features automated error detection and correction for continuous operation, with alerts for IT support when needed.
Adaptable Integration
Connects with ERP, CRM, and other systems, supporting applications in pharmaceuticals and related industries like medical supply chains.
Why pharmaceutical operations choose KnarrTek
KnarrTek's solutions address the challenges of modern pharmaceutical manufacturing, from serialization to regulatory compliance — eliminating manual paperwork while MilramX enhances decision-making with real-time data integration.
Rapid Traceability
Enables instant one-step-backward and one-step-forward tracking to support FDA and DSCSA compliance, minimizing recall scope.
Cost Savings
Operations commonly report meaningful savings within the first six months through labor reduction, fewer errors, and less waste and spoilage, with results varying by operation size.
Enhanced Safety
Tracks materials and personnel to help mitigate risk, supporting consumer safety and regulatory compliance.
Operational Efficiency
Provides real-time visibility and automation, reducing manual processes and improving inventory and production management.
Scalability
Tailored for small to mid-sized producers and multi-site operations, with customizable solutions to fit unique business needs.
Audit-Ready Documentation
Traceability and serialization records are assembled automatically, ready the moment an inspector or auditor asks for them.
Two ways pharmaceutical management solutions are deployed
BellHawk and MilramX support a range of deployment shapes. These are representative patterns rather than a specific operation's results, described so you can recognize which one resembles your own.
DSCSA-compliant serialization tied to a single production record
Every lot gets compounded, packaged, and serialized against the same record — no separate spreadsheet tracking which units are already labeled.
A single-site manufacturer deploys BellHawk to log raw materials at receiving, track compounding and packaging in real time, and generate GS1 labels and traceability records automatically. MilramX synchronizes results with the operation's ERP, so quality holds and releases stay consistent no matter who's reviewing them.
Faster traceability record assembly, narrower recall scope if one is ever needed, and less manual reconciliation between the line and quality.
Consistent serialization and traceability across every facility
One dashboard shows quality leadership what's happening at every site, instead of waiting on a status call from each plant manager.
A multi-site manufacturer or distributor deploys BellHawk at each location to capture receiving, compounding, and shipping activity, with mobile devices supporting offline capture where connectivity is limited. MilramX consolidates lot status, inventory, and quality data across sites into dashboards for leadership, without requiring every site to run on the same network.
One consolidated view across sites, faster identification of which location needs support, and consistent serialization wherever product ships from.
These are representative application patterns, not guaranteed outcomes. Actual results depend on operation scope, production volume, network availability, process design, implementation scope, data quality, integrations, procedures, training, and user adoption.
Three ways to run pharmaceutical management software
BellHawk and MilramX are the pharmaceutical management software underneath KnarrTek's product line, delivered as three packaged options. Which one fits depends on how much of your operation runs through the system, how you need to deploy it, and how much automation you want around exceptions.
BellHawk Online
Browser-based real-time tracking for inventory, lots, barcode scans, and production activity, without replacing your ERP platform. Receipts, job status, and shipments are visible the moment they're scanned, with no local server to maintain.
WIPtracker
In-facility WMS control covering receiving, compounding, packaging, and secondary operations, plus barcode and RFID data capture — the deeper on-site foundation manufacturers use for full traceability control.
SmartOps24x7
ERP integration and smart operations monitoring built around KnarrTek's MilramX agents, adding rules-based alerts, continuous system oversight, and automated data exchange across connected systems and sites.
Pharmaceutical tracking is one part of a larger record
BellHawk's pharmaceutical management software works alongside the other ways KnarrTek collects data at the point of work. Most deployments combine two or three of these.
Real-Time WIP Tracking
Real-time visibility into your work-in-process operations, across all sites.
WIP trackingInventory & Asset Tracking
Accurately track inventory and assets across your facility with barcode and RFID scanning.
Inventory trackingRFID Inventory System
Streamline and automate inventory tracking with RFID technology where scanning alone is impractical.
RFID trackingTrack & Trace Materials
Track and trace materials from receiving to shipping, the record every transaction posts into.
Materials traceabilityMaterials Flow & Job Tracking
Monitor material flow and job progress throughout production with real-time inventory tracking.
Job trackingKnarrTek has solutions built around more specific requirements too
This page covers prescription pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution specifically — DSCSA serialization, GS1 labeling, and drug-specific quality standards. If your operation fits one of these more specific descriptions, these pages go deeper on exactly that.
Medical Devices & Medical Supplies
UDI labeling, Device History Records, and device-focused quality standards built specifically for medical device and supply manufacturers.
Medical traceability solutionsBiotech & Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
Lot and batch genealogy, sample and reagent tracking, and cGMP-aligned traceability built for biotech, CDMO, and CRO operations.
Biotech traceability solutionsGeneral Laboratory Testing
Sample intake, cold-chain tracking, and chain-of-custody built for analytical, QC, clinical, and environmental testing labs.
Laboratory traceability solutionsCommon questions about running an operation on KnarrTek
Practical answers about KnarrTek's pharmaceutical management solutions — BellHawk, MilramX, and what actually changes on the line once an operation starts using them.
Does this cover medical devices or UDI labeling?
Is this different from KnarrTek's Biotech Traceability Solutions page?
What if I only run a single site?
How does DSCSA serialization actually work?
Does this support GMP compliance?
Does BellHawk work on the line without a live connection?
Can this integrate with our ERP or accounting system?
What deployment options are available?
What's the difference between BellHawk and MilramX?
How does this help if a recall does happen?
Do we have to choose between barcode and RFID?
Can this scale from a single facility to multiple sites?
Turn manual traceability records into a system that builds them for you
Start with the gap causing you the most exposure — serialization, traceability record assembly, or system integration. KnarrTek's pharmaceutical management solutions team can help map what to track first and how to deploy it, on-premise, in the cloud, or across multiple sites.
