Product Data Validation for Consumer Packaged Goods Suppliers

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector has changed dramatically in the past decade. There has been massive consolidation: the big have become bigger at both ends of the supply chain as manufactures and retailers strive to increase market share and cut costs. At the same time products are becoming more complex and demand for information that describes the characteristics of every item, case and pack is growing based on demand from customers and regulators.

High quality data is central to the success of today’s initiatives to improve supply chain effectiveness and trading partner collaboration among CPG suppliers, distributors and retailers. As GS1 – the organization responsible for global CPG trading standards – puts it, “when a supplier and a customer know they are looking at the same accurate and up-to-date data, it is smoother, quicker and less expensive for them to do business together.” Data that is inconsistent is at risk of being rejected by retailers and/or data pools leading to supply chain breakdowns and rework, delaying new product introductions and ultimately damaging brands.

Clavis Data Validation Services enables CPG suppliers to ensure their product data conforms to GS1 standards and other requirements (such as retailer-specific data requirements) before they share their data with trading partners or data pools. On-demand Data Validation Services from Clavis will monitor and validate your product data to ensure it meets the specific subset of GS1 standards and trading partner requirements needed for the product types, regions and industry verticals where you do business. The solution is delivered in the cloud as Software as a Service and as such can validate your product data at any stage along the end-to-end supply chain. It is available as a low-cost subscription-based service, is easy to adopt and always has the most up-to-date rules and reference data for GS1 standards and classifications.

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