Implementation in the industry
Digital management of obsolescence notifications with smartPCN format

However, as with all standards, there is an introductory phase during which companies adopt the standard step by step.

Each company in a supply chain has the flexibility to develop policies, processes and software solutions that match its own trade-off between level of investment and desired level of automation.

It takes time for all supply chain participants in a particular sector to adopt the smartPCN standard, but the benefits to a company are real and depend on its role within the supply chain.

For example, table 1 describes the benefits that can be achieved by all the players in a supply chain. All these players should benefit from the automation of smartPCN processing.