# Kanoa Trace

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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).

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## 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.

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## Traceability and genealogy capabilities

| Feature | Description | Reference links |
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| **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. | <ul><li><a href="/configuration/lots/">Lots Configuration</a></li></ul> |
| **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.| <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-ops/lot-management/">Lot Management Concepts</a></li></ul> |
| **Genealogy / trace graphs** | Generate trace graphs to visualize product genealogy and material flow, supporting faster investigations and clear trace reporting. | <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-ops/lot-management#lot-traceability">Lot Traceability</a></li></ul> |
| **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. | <ul><li><a href="/kanoa-ops/lot-management#executing-lot-operations">Lot Manager</a></li></ul> |
| **Programmatic lot APIs** | Use `system.kanoa.lot` functions to create and manage lots, operations, and states from scripts, integrations, and custom workflows within Ignition. | <ul><li><a href="/systemFunctions/apiLotIntro">Lot System Functions</a></li></ul> |

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## 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?”