How Coop benefited from standardizing their labeling process Ken Moir, VP Marketing, NiceLabel Peter Meier, Product Manager, Collamat
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
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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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