GRAMONT LabelNow
A Labeling Software Solution for Process Industries
LabelNow is the answer for the challenges process industries face in a global market
In recent years Customers have become more and more conscious about their purchasing decisions. Regulatory organizations in various countries or regions demand more and more detailed information on products. Producers are in a crunch from both sides to provide all these informations on their products’ printed labels and online presence, as purchasing decisions are increasingly taken in front of the screen.
While the markets are becoming a global playground, with items being purchased and shipped around the world in just a matter of days, all these demands are being matched with producers high expectations for Labeling Software that covers all these areas and offers a unique user experience by being easy to use and intuitive.
Erika Trungel
LabelNow Product Owner
Solution Overview
LabelNow is a scalable, cloud-based application on SAP’s Cloud Platform. As part of SAP’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) offering, LabelNow is the next generation SAP standard application for product label management.
It was developed by years of industry experience and in cooperation with SAP and the Recipe Developments user community, to deliver the best in breed business application for producing industry labeling needs. Following the latest SAP FIORI designs, the broadest integration with SAP’s business suites and most secure business cloud available today for global businesses.
This unmatched offering is deliverable for businesses working with Mono- and Multilanguage labels, facing Inter-Market Supply scenarios and different regulations around the globe.
Through our development process, Label now was developed with a focus on the end users inside the company. During repetitive validation and testing of the application design with real end users, LabelNow has achieved a highly reduced number of clicks (compared to previously existing business application for label creation), using high level automation and an exclusive ‘Smart Copy’ feature, that allows to re-use major parts and declarations of a label, while replacing the source object for creation.
Label templates allow definitions of all the necessary process control and output related information per country, language, product category and permit to achieve a very high level of automation with predefined ad-hoc or dictionary based phrases and texts or even servings or product preparation skeletons.
Challenges
How can food companies ensure they are providing all relevant product information attributes (including translation) with speed and accuracy while complying with labeling regulations?
Product labels are the primary method of communicating product information between companies and their consumers. Consumers rely on accurate food labels to make informed decisions.
During the process of labeling, raw information gets transferred and enriched into legal compliant product information and adapted to the desired marketing message to create artwork (graphical design) or to be shared on webpages or data hubs.
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)
Features and Functions
Manage, Create, Copy and Delete Labels
- Easy to use and quick label search
- New label creation based on source label, but new source recipe - SmartCopy
- Save filter variants
- Label result export
Manage Ingredient and Allergen statements
- Real time ingredient explosion preview – automatically applying regulatory requirements
- 3 different explosion type
- Group Management
- Allergen Overview
- Formatted Ingredient and Allergen Statements
Manage servings, generate nutritional panel and front panel declaration
Automatically generated information, such as:
- Back Panel Nutritional table
- Front Panel Declaration
- Nutritional Footnotes
- As sold & As consumed nutrient value calculation
- Integrated Rounding and Precision rule
- Integrated RDA calculation
Maintain further label data and external communication information
Automatically generated information, such as:
- eContent data maintenance
- Diet and Free From statements
- Preparation Instructions
- Feeding Instructions
Manage country specific translations
- Translator assignment and automatic mail generation
- Automatically generated translations based on previously maintained declared names and phrases
- Manual modifications allowed
- Preview of maintained label data both on source and target language
Manage Profiles, Phrases, Rounding and Precision Rules, RDA Profile
- Profile creation based on Regulatory requirements that automates label creation and highly reduces the number of clicks
- Country dependent and independent phrase and declared name creation and integration
- Country and regulatory dependent RDA Profile and Rounding and Precision rule creation and maintenance
Maintenance Events
Please get in contact for information on upcoming Maintenance Events
