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Meet Your Speakers

Dana DowningDir., Products & Partnerships

TraceGains

Ruben GalbraithSales Engineer

TraceGains


Managing specifications is a daunting task for brand owners,

retailers, and suppliers.


“There is a lot of benefit in the

data that is plugged into

TraceGains that is useful for many departments. It creates

collaboration because it is not just

one person forcing data back on

a department. It creates buy-in so

that all departments have a voice

in what is important.”

- Andi Gillett, Purchasing Manager,

KanPak


“We used to manually do this.

It is insanity!”

“TraceGains automatically checks COAs against ingredient

specs and alerts us if something is out-of-spec.”


R&DPurchasing Quality / Regulatory

Specification Creation is Not a One Person Job


Purchasing Quality / Regulatory

External Collaboration

R&D

Supplier A

Supplier B


Purchasing

Quality / Regulatory

External Collaboration

R&D

Supplier A

Supplier B


Systems of Record Don’t “Talk” to Suppliers

ERP Systems

ERP

PLM Systems

PLM


Specification Management Before TraceGains

Manufacturer



Manufacturer

ORGANIC

MOISTURE

PROTEIN CONTENT

SHELF LIFE

GLUTEN CONTENT

COLOR

ODOR

FLAVOR

CONSISTENCY

KCAL

COLIFORMSCARBS

SODIUM GLYCEMIC

INDEX

HAGBERG

FAT

FIBER


Supplier A


Manufacturer

ORGANIC

MOISTURE

PROTEIN CONTENT

SHELF LIFE

GLUTEN CONTENT

COLOR

ODOR

FLAVOR

CONSISTENCY

KCAL

COLIFORMSCARBS

SODIUM GLYCEMIC

INDEX

HAGBERG

FAT

FIBER


With TraceGains

MOISTURE

PROTEIN CONTENT

SHELF LIFE

GLUTEN CONTENT

COLOR

ODOR

FLAVOR

CONSISTENCY

KCAL

COLIFORMSCARBS

SODIUM GLYCEMIC

INDEX

HAGBERG

FAT

FIBER

ORGANIC

Manufacturer


Specification

Management

How It Works

Supplier

Management

Supplier A

CONSISTENCY

MOISTURE

ORGANIC

COLORODOR

SPECIFICATION FORMS

Manufacturer


Specification

Management

How It Works

Supplier

Management

Supplier A

1

SPECIFICATION FORMS

SPECIFICATION FORMS

Manufacturer

1

SPECIFICATION FORMS


Manufacturing

Facility

How It Works

Supplier

Management

Supplier A

Specification

Management

Supplier

Compliance

Manufacturer


NPD powered

by TraceGains

Network

Monitor

Compliance

Sourcing

Collect Data &

Approve

Suppliers &

Items

Collaborate on

specs – internal

and external

Publish

Specifications


Specification Management Features

SINGLE PLATFORMCentralizes specification

management and version control with a single

platform

AUTHOR SPECSIncorporates multiple

data points to provide a baseline for creating

specifications

COLLABORATEFacilitates stakeholder

collaboration while digitally tracking all

correspondence in a single platform

SUPPLIER CONFIRMATIONAlerts stakeholders instantly

when specifications change and requires suppliers to acknowledge updates

NETWORK CONNECTEDTaps into a network of more than

one million supplier-provided documents to accelerate

specification creation

AUTOPOPULATE FORMSLeverage data from customer

requirements, internal input and judgment, and practical supplier capabilities to act as a baseline

for specification creation

WORKFLOW CAPABILITIESVersion control, audit trails,

supplier approvals, exporting and printing specifications, and

internal and external stakeholder comment threads

ERP & PLMPass specification data from

your ERP or PLM system to TraceGains to automate supplier collaboration or

manage it all in TraceGains


On average, how long does it take you to create, approve and publish a specification?

13

2

10

3

12

9

Time Required

A few hours One work day A couple days

One week A few weeks to a month More than a month


“We bought the TraceGains Specification Management module to help us streamline how we author and collaborate with suppliers on specifications. In our legacy system it would take an entire day to set up a single specification—and often times the system wouldn’t allow us the level of customization needed. Uploading our spec data into the configurable templates in TraceGains will help us improve efficiency when creating and collaborating over new specs, since we won’t have to start from scratch every time.”

- Director, Quality Assurance, Large Retailer


Specifications Management Demo

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