Fact Sheet

Best Practices for Raw Material Specifications

Many companies in the food, beverage, dietary supplements, and CPG industries tell us that maintaining accurate and up-to-date raw material specifications remains a labor-intensive and time-consuming process. But these documents remain the last line of defense against food fraud and adulteration. Robust raw material specifications can help protect companies from accidentally purchasing, using, or serving fraudulent ingredients and raw materials.

TraceGains Specification Management allows companies to draft, maintain, and publish raw material and finished goods specifications in a single platform with automated version control and change management for a complete audit trail.

With networked specification management, companies have immediate access to more than a million supplier-provided documents to accelerate specification creation and modification. Companies can decide which suppliers can access shared specifications, author or edit, review read-only sections, add comments, attach documents, negotiate attributes, and approve or decline specifications, with all correspondence and agreements tracked digitally.

With a fully digitized and automated system, companies can instantly access all the data necessary to accelerate the specification process. Networked means no more time wasted tracking down suppliers and requesting documents.

This fact sheet will show:

• How to develop Raw Material Specifications.
• What to include in Raw Material Specification documents.
• How the latest technology can help companies achieve complete supply chain visibility.