V5 for Cannabis Compliance
Traceability, control, and inspection-ready evidence for THC, CBD, and infused manufacturing • Updated January 2026
V5 from SG Systems Global helps regulated cannabis and hemp-derived product manufacturers run an operation that’s built on proof—proof of identity, proof of execution, and proof of release decisions. Whether you’re producing oils, gummies, tinctures, vapes, topicals, capsules, or medical-use formats, V5 turns your workflows into controlled, timestamped evidence using Electronic Batch Records (EBR), enforceable execution logic (see MES), and end-to-end lot genealogy.
Cannabis compliance is rarely “one rule.” It’s a moving target across state programs, retailer requirements, export-market expectations, and adjacent FDA-regulated categories. The common denominator is always the same: regulators and auditors don’t reward intent—they reward evidence. If your operation still relies on spreadsheets, shared drives, and “we can pull it together,” you don’t have control. You have optimism.
“Compliance isn’t about promising you did the right thing. It’s about proving you did the right thing—fast.”
— Operations leader, regulated manufacturing
What “cannabis compliance” actually demands
High-performing cannabis operations treat compliance like an execution discipline, not a documentation exercise. The expectations show up as repeatable control patterns—regardless of whether your program is state-led, medical-led, or export-led:
Batch enforcement with V5 MES + EBR
Cannabis manufacturing is a sequence of identity-sensitive steps: receiving, staging, decarb, extraction, winterization, distillation, infusion, mixing, filling, packaging, labeling, and ship. The compliance question is simple: can you prove every critical step was executed correctly, by trained personnel, using the right materials, on qualified equipment?
V5 supports this with the V5 MES (see the underlying concept: Manufacturing Execution System) and controlled Electronic Batch Records that make execution auditable, not reconstructive.
- Identity enforcement: scan-based confirmation using barcode validation and lot capture (materials, packaging, intermediates).
- Weigh/dispense discipline: guided execution patterns like weigh/dispense sequencing, tolerance checks, and consumption evidence.
- Step-level control: critical steps run as hard-gated execution so you can’t “skip and fix later.”
- Yield and loss visibility: structured batch yield review and variance signals (loss, rework, scrap).
- Packaging control: practical guardrails like label reconciliation and line clearance verification.
- Exception capture in context: deviations and rechecks are routed through an exception handling workflow instead of free-text notes.
- Faster review: configure Batch Review by Exception (BRBE) so QA reviews what matters most.
If operators can close a batch without capturing identity and exceptions at the moment they occur, your records will drift toward fiction. V5 is built to prevent “fiction by workflow.”
“We stopped arguing about what happened in a batch. The record tells the truth—timestamps, identities, exceptions, and approvals.”
— QA Lead, licensed THC processor
Explore more
- V5 MES – Manufacturing Execution (glossary: MES)
- V5 QMS – Quality Management (glossary: QMS)
- V5 WMS – Warehouse Management (glossary: WMS)
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