OpenText Content Storage Service - OpenText Product Traceability Integration and Automation

Common Integration Use Cases Between OpenText Content Storage Service and OpenText Product Traceability

OpenText Content Storage Service provides secure, scalable cloud object storage for enterprise content, while OpenText Product Traceability manages product genealogy, lot and serial traceability, and compliance-related product records. Together, they can support regulated operations by linking traceability events with durable content retention, audit evidence, and controlled document access.

1. Store batch, lot, and serial traceability evidence in cloud object storage

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Product Traceability can send supporting records such as certificates of analysis, inspection images, shipping manifests, and quality sign-off documents to Content Storage Service for long-term retention. This gives operations and quality teams a centralized, durable repository for traceability evidence tied to each product, batch, or serial number.

• Reduces reliance on local file shares and manual archiving
• Improves retrieval of compliance evidence during audits or recalls
• Supports retention policies for regulated industries such as life sciences, food and beverage, and manufacturing

2. Link traceability records to controlled product documentation

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Approved documents stored in Content Storage Service, such as specifications, work instructions, packaging artwork, and test procedures, can be referenced by Product Traceability during production and inspection workflows. This ensures teams use the correct version of supporting documentation for each product run or serialized item.

• Improves document control across production and quality teams
• Reduces errors caused by outdated or unapproved documents
• Creates a clear connection between product events and the governing documentation

3. Preserve recall and investigation evidence in a single compliance archive

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When a recall, deviation, or customer complaint occurs, Product Traceability can export the full event trail, including affected lots, supplier inputs, production steps, and distribution history, into Content Storage Service. The archive can also include investigation notes, root cause analysis files, and corrective action evidence.

• Speeds up regulatory response and internal investigations
• Provides a defensible audit trail for legal and compliance teams
• Supports consistent retention of recall-related records across business units

4. Attach supplier quality and inbound material records to traceability events

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Supplier certificates, inbound inspection reports, and material declarations stored in Content Storage Service can be linked to the corresponding material lots or receiving events in Product Traceability. Procurement, quality, and manufacturing teams can then verify source material compliance before release to production.

• Improves supplier accountability and inbound quality control
• Helps prevent nonconforming materials from entering production
• Creates a complete chain of custody from supplier to finished goods

5. Archive production and serialization reports for long-term retention

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Product Traceability can generate production summaries, serialization reports, genealogy exports, and distribution history files that are automatically stored in Content Storage Service. This is useful for organizations that must retain traceability records for years after product release.

• Automates retention of high-volume operational reports
• Reduces database load in the traceability application by offloading historical files
• Supports enterprise records management and lifecycle policies

6. Enable cross-functional audit review with centralized evidence access

Data flow: Bi-directional

Auditors, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and operations teams can use Product Traceability to identify the relevant product history and then access related evidence stored in Content Storage Service. In return, approved audit findings, corrective action documents, and signed review forms can be stored back in Content Storage Service and linked to the traceability case.

• Shortens audit preparation time
• Improves collaboration between quality, compliance, and operations teams
• Creates a complete digital audit package for each product event

7. Support cloud migration of legacy traceability attachments and records

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Organizations modernizing from legacy file servers or on-premises archives can migrate historical traceability attachments, batch records, and compliance documents into Content Storage Service and then reference them from Product Traceability. This allows older records to remain accessible without keeping legacy storage infrastructure in place.

• Reduces infrastructure and maintenance costs
• Improves access to historical product records during investigations
• Supports phased modernization without disrupting traceability operations

8. Maintain secure, policy-based retention for regulated product records

Data flow: Bi-directional

Product Traceability can classify records by product line, market, or regulatory requirement, while Content Storage Service applies retention, legal hold, and lifecycle policies to the associated content. This ensures that traceability data and supporting documents are retained, archived, or disposed of according to business and compliance rules.

• Helps enforce retention schedules consistently across record types
• Reduces compliance risk from premature deletion or uncontrolled retention
• Supports governance for global operations with different regulatory requirements