Digitizing product and packaging specifications into a centralized system
Specification Management is the process of building and collecting DNA-level information, or specifications, for products and packaging into a centralized system. Specification Management is the key to making products and packaging efficiently while also mitigating risks.
Specright’s purpose-built platform solves 3 fundamental problems
A lack of common language around specifications
A lack of common language around specifications often results in miscommunication, errors, and SKU proliferation. Without a templated approach to spec creation, it’s challenging to work efficiently and get teams on the same page.
Incomplete data or a lack of critical components
Data is often owned by many different departments and suppliers. Without a central source of information that updates in real-time to all necessary stakeholders, teams must manually request and search for data across other departments and suppliers. When all necessary product and packaging data is not readily available, it’s difficult to manage Bills of Materials (BOMs) and slows speed-to-market.
The inability to share up to date information
Before Specification Management, sharing specs often occurred via static formats, from emails, to spreadsheets, and even pen and paper. This made it virtually impossible to collaborate across departments and supply chains, as well as inhibiting supply chain visibility and traceability.
Without Specright, specification data is typically housed in an array of static systems—whether it’s email, spreadsheets, legacy systems, or shared drives. These static systems often result in siloed data that lacks the accessibility and standardization needed to function as a source of truth for the supply chain, inhibiting collaboration.
The many-to-many relationship structure of the Specright platform enables companies to link together all the data related to making a product, from its packaging, quality, and manufacturing specifications and more.
Specification Management is the process of building and collecting DNA-level information for products and packaging into a centralized system. When you digitize and link specifications together, you create visibility and traceability across your supply chain. This makes it easy to layer on workflows, approvals, and processes. It’s not enough to simply digitize specifications; they need to be mapped and interconnected to drive intelligence. Specification Management also enables you to achieve outcomes like from improved supplier collaboration, sustainability, consolidating SKUs, and more.Specification Management is also the title of the software category that Specification Data Management platforms are housed in.
Data is often owned by many different departments and suppliers. Without a central source of information that updates in real-time to all necessary stakeholders, teams must manually request and search for data across other departments and suppliers. When all necessary product and packaging data is not readily available, it’s difficult to manage Bills of Materials (BOMs) and slows speed-to-market.
Before Specification Management, sharing specs often occurred via static formats, from emails, to spreadsheets, and even pen and paper. This made it virtually impossible to collaborate across departments and supply chains, as well as inhibiting supply chain visibility and traceability.
What are the major purposes of product specification?
Before Specification Management, sharing specs often occurred via static formats, from emails, to spreadsheets, and even pen and paper. This made it virtually impossible to collaborate across departments and supply chains, as well as inhibiting supply chain visibility and traceability.
Before Specification Management, sharing specs often occurred via static formats, from emails, to spreadsheets, and even pen and paper. This made it virtually impossible to collaborate across departments and supply chains, as well as inhibiting supply chain visibility and traceability.
Before Specification Management, sharing specs often occurred via static formats, from emails, to spreadsheets, and even pen and paper. This made it virtually impossible to collaborate across departments and supply chains, as well as inhibiting supply chain visibility and traceability.
Why is Specification Management software important?
Before Specification Management, sharing specs often occurred via static formats, from emails, to spreadsheets, and even pen and paper. This made it virtually impossible to collaborate across departments and supply chains, as well as inhibiting supply chain visibility and traceability.
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