{"id":2193,"date":"2017-08-02T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p417351.webspaceconfig.de\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2019-01-14T11:46:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T10:46:56","slug":"product-data-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specpage.com\/product-data-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Consistent Product Data Management in the Food and Beverages Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ensuring product quality is one of the most important activities that businesses need to engage in. The first step here is to ensure that consistent reporting of all processes and materials used has taken place. Data management<\/strong> is useful in keeping all product-related records up-to-date.<\/p>\n

Consistent data management is key to ensuring compliance<\/a>. This could mean compliance to organizational policies, procedures, and practices or to industry norms and government regulations. However, with so many regulations being brought forth and revised on such a regular basis, it becomes difficult to know what to report and how. As a best practice, organizations should collate and record all data right from raw material procurement to after-sale service. In the Food & Beverages industry, it is imperative to manage the information that goes on product labeling.<\/p>\n

Organizations generate tons of data on a daily basis and managing it can become quite challenging. By using various databases and software, organizations have finally found a way to collect, record, and track data.<\/p>\n

Data management and regulatory framework<\/h2>\n

The Food and Drug Administration Data Standards Council of the United States of America evaluates, develops, maintains, and adopts regulatory data standards to ensure that a common procedure is followed to document and manage data with regards to the manufacturing, packaging, transport, and sale of products. Having a data management system at the organizational level will help managers remain compliant.<\/p>\n

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has set up certain rules and regulations that seek to streamline data management. The new European Union Food Information Regulation states that consumers should have access to pertinent product information, which outlines the risks of consuming a particular product. The EFSA and EU are now working on having a common risk assessment strategy for all member states. The help of the Evidence Management Unit has been enlisted to enable thorough investigation and assessment. By using state-of-the art tools such as the SAP\u00ae GTIN-Connector, organizations can both provide and have access to important product information. Having an efficient and effective data management system makes following the labeling requirements set forth in the new regulation easier.<\/p>\n

The Swiss Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs (FSVO) allows only regulation-compliant food and beverages into the Swiss market. The New Food Law that the FSVO has released has regulations regarding the use of plastics, silicone, printing inks and other substances in the product. By using data management tools such as the SAP\u00ae GTIN-Connector, organizations will be able to access regulatory information that is available on the GDSN<\/a>. Through this, they will be able to ensure that they have followed all the rules established by regulatory bodies. Organizations can also provide the GS1 and other required regulatory-compliant information, ensuring that they will be able to release their products to different markets without facing any hurdles.<\/p>\n

The Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) follows the regulations provided under the Legislation Act, which stipulates various food safety codes. Organizations are expected to follow these codes and to record everything related to the production and sale of products. Data management software helps keep organizations informed of industry and regulatory requirements. This software can also help them provide mandatory information.<\/p>\n

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When it comes to state-of-the-art databases and SAP tools, most organizations use tools such as the SAP\u00ae GTIN-Connector to automate the GDSN publication. Developed by SpecPage, one of the world\u2019s leading vendors of innovative technology, the SAP\u00ae GTIN-Connector helps organizations record and maintain documents that are related to the manufacturing, packaging, transportation, stocking, and sale of products in the Food & Beverages industry. What makes SpecPage\u2019s products, including the SAP\u00ae GTIN-Connector, ideal for data management in the Food & Beverages industry is that SpecPage specializes in meeting the technological and data management requirements of food manufacturers as well as of their suppliers and retailers.<\/p>\n

The SAP\u00ae GTIN-Connector tool helps input data into the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN), which comprises of over 35,000 companies and 30 data pools, including the 1WorldSync, FSEnet or Contentis GloLIB pools.<\/p>\n

As per the regulatory framework of the Food & Beverages industry of respective countries, organizations must make certain data available for regulatory compliance. This data pertains to the entire chain of activities that takes place in the Food & Beverages industry. For example, information regarding the nature of the raw materials needs to be provided. If the materials used require certification from a Government Agency or a Certifying Authority, that certificate must be uploaded into the global database. The SAP\u00ae GTIN-Connector helps organizations export GS1-compliant data from their own internal SAP\u00ae ERP systems to the GDSN-certified data pools.<\/p>\n

Benefits of automated master data management<\/h2>\n