How Coop benefited from standardizing their labeling process · At the end of this webinar, you...
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How Coop benefited from standardizing their labeling process Ken Moir, VP Marketing, NiceLabel Peter Meier, Product Manager, Collamat
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How Coop benefited from standardizing their labeling process
Ken Moir, VP Marketing, NiceLabel
Peter Meier, Product Manager, Collamat
Today’s objectives
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At the end of this webinar, you will find out how standardization:
• Improves label accuracy and consistency
• Reduces the IT burden and overall IT system footprint
• Simplifies end-user training
• Creates the best platform for future growth and expansion
• Enables food & beverage manufacturers to meet regulatory and regional label requirements
What we’ll cover
A quick introduction to
NiceLabel and Collamat
The case study: How Coop
standardized their labeling
for success
Key takeaways Where to learn more Questions
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Peter Meier
Product & Sales Manager
Collamat
Ken Moir
VP Marketing
NiceLabel
About NiceLabel
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About Collamat
Switzerland HQ
Systems integrator of
hardware
and software
60 years experience
Manufacture labeling
solutions
Label printers, applicators
and direct marking solutions
Manufacturing –
cross industry focus
F&B, Pharma, Chemical,
Cosmetic, Medical….etc.
The case study
Who is Coop?
The name Coop refers
to „cooperative“
EUR 25 billion ($29 billion)
turnover in 2017
No. 2 Swiss retailer with 86,000
employees
Business areas:Retail (2,300 sales points) in Switzerland
Wholesale / Production in Europe
Predominantly production labeling
About the environment
• 600 label printers and direct marking (CIJ) in the production sites
• 7 different software solutions to print labels (Pagowin, Bartender,
Codesoft, etc.)
• Printed directly from SAP using SAPscript and SmartForms
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The previous situation
Labeling requirements
Article labels placed on products
• Contains price, weight, allergen, ingredient and nutrition information
Packaging labels
• Contain article no., description and best before date information
Pallet labels
• SSCC etc.
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Challenges
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• No consistency in label formatting
• Had to create multiple versions of the same label to
accommodate different systems and printers
• Heavy IT burden
• User training time-consuming
• No digital production logs
• No digital versioning
• No central storage
• No digital approval workflows
The vision
• Universal, portable label templates
• Consistent formatting regardless of printer make or resolution
• Support for multiple languages and regional-specific information
• Support for label and marking (CIJ) printers
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A standardized label printing solution
Poll question #1
Yes No
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Are your direct marking printers
integrated with your MES systems?
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Manual data entry of
LOT and expiration
date etc. via HMI
How Coop standardized their
labeling with NiceLabel
The solution in practical use
3. Quantity of labels
The NiceLabel + SAP environment
The solution
• Material and order data stored in SAP
• Data sent from SAP ECC (ERP) to SAP MII
• Label templates stored centrally in the NiceLabel Document
Management System
• Change and Transport System (CTS) synchronizes central and de-
centralized (production) systems
• Labels printed using Honeywell hand terminals running both Windows
and Android software
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One label platform across all SAP systems
The platform
Ken MoirVP Marketing
NiceLabel
The solution: the platform
Traceability
Printer managementDocument version
control
Users & roles
Digital label catalog
MANAGE
PRINT Easily deploy web
printing applications
Integrate printing from existing
business systems (many apps.)
DESIGNDesign dynamic label layouts (material,
product, Site/customer specific)
Label request and
approval workflows
Configure printing forms (GUI/mask) to
streamline manual printing processes
QA &
Traceability
Accuracy
Agility
The solution: the platform
Traceability
Devices controlDocument version
control
Users & roles
Digital label catalog
MANAGE
PRINT Easily deploy web
printing applications
Integrate printing from existing
business systems (many apps.)
DESIGNDesign dynamic label layouts (material,
product, Site/customer specific)
Label request and
approval workflows
Configure printing forms (GUI/mask) to
streamline manual printing processes
QA &
Traceability
Accuracy
Agility
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The solution: the designer
The solution: the platform
Traceability
Devices controlDocument version
control
Users & roles
Digital label catalog
MANAGE
PRINT Easily deploy web
printing applications
Integrate printing from existing
business systems (many apps.)
DESIGNDesign dynamic label layouts (material,
product, Site/customer specific)
Label request and
approval workflows
Configure printing forms (GUI/mask) to
streamline manual printing processes
QA &
Traceability
Accuracy
Agility
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The solution: document management system
The solution: the platform
Traceability
Devices controlDocument version
control
Users & roles
Digital label catalog
MANAGE
PRINT Easily deploy web
printing applications
Integrate printing from existing
business systems (many apps.)
DESIGNDesign dynamic label layouts (material,
product, Site/customer specific)
Label request and
approval workflows
Configure printing forms (GUI/mask) to
streamline manual printing processes
QA &
Traceability
Accuracy
Agility
The solution: the integration system
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The solution: the web printing system
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Results
The business impact
Faster production time and less product reworking
• Accurate, consistent labels
• Universal templates across printer types and resolutions
Reduced IT costs
• Standardized solution
Fewer errors
• Built-in approval workflows
• Label print preview
Fully-compliant labels
• Easily manage allergen and nutrition information in multiple languages
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Results
Poll question #2
Yes No
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Would you consider a single
solution for label and marking printers?
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Before we had 7 different interfaces to different
printing solutions. Now we have one system,
one single point of contact and one interface
with NiceLabel.
- Didier Gremaud, Head of IT Processes ERP Production Companies, Coop
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7 key takeaways
Digitally transform your labeling to:
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Unite all your label and marking printers
with one label management system
Comply with national and regional
labeling requirements
Free up IT resources and empower
business users
Create a fully transparent label process
Automate quality control
Increase agility and get faster
time-to-market
Synchronize centrally for
visibility and traceability
Where to learn more – nicelabel.com
White Paper: “How Food
and Beverage Companies
Can Digitally Transform Labeling
to Accelerate Growth”
Read More
Article: “Advances in
Food Labeling Systems”
by Janez Sodja
Read More
What Is The Future
of Food Labeling
Systems?
Read More
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NiceLabel Food and Beverage micro-site
www.nicelabel.com/food-beverage
Q & AQuestions?
www.nicelabel.com/food-beverage
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