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”

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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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