Kanoa Trace
Kanoa Trace is the Kanoa MES Solution for end-to-end traceability and genealogy—tracking raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods throughout the manufacturing lifecycle, and generating trace graphs to support fast root-cause analysis, compliance, and reporting.
Kanoa Trace is an add-on Solution and requires Kanoa Ops for consistent execution context (assets, materials, orders, shifts, and events).
What Kanoa Trace includes
Kanoa Trace includes:
1) Lot-based traceability (the structures and transactions that record material flow)
2) Genealogy & reporting (trace graphs and analysis views for understanding “what happened”)
Kanoa Trace is built around lot management and tracking—capturing inputs, outputs, and transformations so genealogy can be reconstructed and analyzed.
Traceability and genealogy capabilities
| Feature | Description | Reference links |
|---|---|---|
| Lot model & configuration | Define the building blocks used to represent traceable material: lot operations, lot states, and the event structures that describe how lots are received, transferred, processed, split, consumed, or produced. | |
| Lot operations & events | Track material movement and transformations via lot operations (e.g., receive, transfer, process), with each operation generating lot events that capture quantity, state, and where material came from / went to. | |
| Genealogy / trace graphs | Generate trace graphs to visualize product genealogy and material flow, supporting faster investigations and clear trace reporting. | |
| Compliance & reporting support | Provide traceability visibility needed for regulated industries, third-party reporting, and audit readiness—linking production outcomes back to upstream inputs and process history. | |
| Programmatic lot APIs | Use system.kanoa.lot functions to create and manage lots, operations, and states from scripts, integrations, and custom workflows within Ignition. |
How Trace works in Kanoa (high level)
At a high level, Kanoa Trace works by recording lot transformations and relationships as production happens:
- Configure lot concepts (operations, states, and rules) to match how your plant handles materials.
- Execute lot operations during receiving, transfers, processing steps, and production events to create a reliable history of material flow.
- Analyze genealogy using trace graphs and reporting views to answer questions like:
- “Where did this finished lot come from?”
- “Which lots were affected by a specific incoming material lot?”
- “What operations and assets touched this material along the way?”