Kanoa Trace Training

This section is focused on Kanoa Trace: tracking lots of material as they're received, moved, transformed, inspected, packed and shipped, so you can answer "what went into this?" and "where did this go?".

Trace implementations vary much more than Ops or Quality. One plant receives material by hand and ships pallets; another creates lots automatically from PLC data and tracks totes on carts. So this course works in two parts:

1. Trace Fundamentals (required): learn the lot model, then prove it by building a complete genealogy by hand in Lot Manager, from raw aluminum to a shipped package.
2. Electives: pick the topics that match your projects: lot functions and custom screens, rules on lot operations, lot states, routes, and transports.

Reference Materials: Kanoa Trace - What Trace does and how it fits into Kanoa MES.

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 includes Lot-based traceability (the structures and transactions that record material flow) and 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.

is an add-on solution to KanoaOps

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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.	Lots Configuration
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.	Lot Management Concepts
Genealogy / trace graphs	Generate trace graphs to visualize product genealogy and material flow, supporting faster investigations and clear trace reporting.	Lot Traceability
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.	Lot Manager
Programmatic lot APIs	Use system.kanoa.lot functions to create and manage lots, operations, and states from scripts, integrations, and custom workflows within Ignition.	Lot System Functions

From Kanoa Trace →

Before you start

• Complete Kanoa Ops Training. Trace uses the CoreForge assets and items from that course.
• Your gateway needs a Kanoa Trace license (a trial license is fine).

Trace item and asset files

If your CoreForge model is missing anything the Trace lessons use, import these files.

• items-trace.json: all CoreForge items used in the course, from raw aluminum and coating ingredients to finished packages.
• machine-1-asset.json, mixer-1-asset.json, spray-line-1-asset.json, qa-station-asset.json and auto-pack-1-asset.json: the assets a lot passes through.

Questions to answer before any Trace implementation

Use these when you scope a real project. The rest of the course shows how Kanoa answers each one.

• What material identity do we track, and how are lots named?
• Which operations move material (transfers), and which change it into something new (transformations)?
• What are the inputs and outputs of each operation?
• How do quantity, location and state change at each step?
• Which backward and forward traces must we be able to answer?
• Is Lot Manager enough, or do operators need custom screens?
• Should operations be restricted to certain assets or items?
• Is there an expected route through the process?
• Do lots ride on carriers, such as totes, carts, forklifts or trailers?