GRAMONT COMPAS

A Product Compliance Solution for Process Industries

COMPAS provides solutions to the challenges faced by the process industry in an increasingly dynamic and evolving regulatory landscape

In today’s fast-paced consumer goods industry, regulatory standards are evolving rapidly, creating a complex landscape for recipe developers and regulatory experts to navigate. With constantly shifting requirements across regions and markets, staying compliant can be challenging—especially within a diverse international regulatory framework.

As the demand for rapid product development on a global scale grows, so does the need for early, comprehensive visibility into regulatory requirements to create compliant recipes and labels from the outset. Producers are increasingly seeking compliance software that not only manages complex, multi-regional regulations but also delivers a seamless, intuitive user experience that meets their high expectations

**Caroline Melzow**
*COMPAS Product Owner*

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Overview

Solution Overview

COMPAS is an SAP cloud application specifically designed for the process industry. It supports product developers and regulatory teams in managing compliance requirements and running compliance assessments efficiently. COMPAS ensures alignment with all legal requirements, company standards, industry norms, and third-party mandates. By consolidating these essential guidelines into one user-friendly platform, COMPAS allows teams to have a clear overview of relevant standards before product formulation or design even begins.

By integrating COMPAS early in the product development process, companies can establish a solid compliance framework right from the start. This approach enables the creation of products that are “compliant by design,” reducing the risk of costly compliance issues and accelerating time-to-market. With COMPAS, recipe developers and regulatory experts are empowered to stay ahead of regulatory changes and focus on innovation, knowing that they have the best tool to support compliance in their daily work and product quality throughout the development process.

Challenges

How can process industry companies rapidly and accurately develop products tailored to their target market, while ensuring compliance with complex internal standards and regulatory requirements?

Creation of a product can be time consuming and costly. But creating a product without knowing whether it complies with the internal regulations of the company and external regulations of the target market can cost even more. The later compliance becomes an aspect of the product development, the more cost it will mean due to work that needs to be redone.

Dynamic Regulatory Landscape: Guidelines and legal regulations are subject to frequent updates as government and international agencies introduce stricter controls. To manage these changes, COMPAS incorporates an alert system to proactively notify users of updates, helping maintain compliance despite a shifting regulatory environment.

Complex Data Conversion for Compliance Checks: Regulatory data often requires conversion and recalculation based on units and reference quantities specific to each company’s recipes. COMPAS tackles this challenge by recalculating restricted values in alignment with recipe specifications, ensuring accurate comparisons and reliable compliance checks across diverse data inputs.

Product labeling is an intrinsic part of the product definition process in the food industry. Typically three solutions / capabilities are required:
- labeling (connected to recipe development & including translation)
- artwork (graphics)
- compliance (local governments and international agencies have created stricter controls in order to protect consumers and regulate food companies)

Market Extension (Market Roll-Out): A product that is already available in several markets will be introduced in an additional market. Conduct a compliance assessment, including any additional requirements, to ensure the product meets regulatory standards in the new country.

Features & Functions

Features and Functions

Real-Time Compliance Check

COMPAS conducts a full compliance assessment during the product development process, ensuring adherence to all regulations and internal standards—from ingredients and packaging to recipes and labels.

Integration with External Data Providers

The application offers flexible integration with relevant regulatory data providers, supporting companies in complying with international and local regulatory requirements.

Change Impact Assessment & Automated Alerts

Proactive monitoring and analysis of upcoming regulatory changes that may impact products, with automatic alerts and detailed analysis.

Global Scalability and Flexibility

COMPAS provides a flexible framework adaptable to current and future regulatory revisions worldwide, ensuring global compliance.

Mapping and Standardization of Corporate Terminology

Management and alignment of internal standards and terminology to create a consistent and transparent compliance environment.

Compas as an Extension of SAP’s Standard Compliance Solution

Compas serves as a powerful addition to SAP’s core compliance offerings, extending functionality to meet specific needs in the process industry with a “Compliance by Design” approach.

Content Partnerships for Food, Cosmetics, and Packaging Compliance

Compas provides access to content partners specializing in regulatory data for food, cosmetics, and packaging, ensuring companies have up-to-date, industry-specific compliance information.

Benefits

Future Prospects

COMPAS is continuously evolving to enable advanced integrations with external content providers and to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. These enhancements aim to further automate and refine compliance checks, enabling even more efficient product development.

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