A Simulation of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain to Provide Realistic Test Data

The amount of counterfeit pharmaceuticals in the European-pharmaceutical supply chain increased enormously in the past years. Thus, the European Commission introduced an amendment which will lead to new information systems. No realistic test data for these information systems is available yet which hinders the progress in designing and implementing appropriate information systems. We make a first step to close this gap by providing realistic test data which respects the upcoming legislative changes. For this purpose, we provide four different scenarios which differ in supply chain size and an aspect of the legal requirements which is still subject to consideration. The test data is available on the web, so researchers and software engineers can use it to evaluate their information systems.