For a Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturer, the development of a product is complex, time intensive and requires the input of many specialists, who are often geographically dispersed. iSpek combines essential project tools such as workflow, digital asset management, packaging and artwork design into one application to promote collaboration, and reduce costs and effort. Current iSpek customers in the FMCG market are enjoying the benefits of a reduction in product delivery time to market and as much as a 50% reduction in time to create and deliver specifications.
iSpek's packaging creation module means new or existing packaging specifications can be easily created and priced instantly online. Where product families exist specifications can be easily copied to take into account differences in text and artwork.
Product, package and artwork specs can be linked together with automatic version control to provide better management, more accuracy, less duplication and rework.
Through better process management project instability is reduced making due dates for supply more certain. Connectivity between project participants is also increased, allowing concepts to be shared more easily with team members.
Overall, better processes will allow more time to resolve manufacturing issues and produce less waste due to rejects in configuration eg. Print errors.
For branded products, creativity and innovation are the lifeblood that sustains and grows market share and leads to profitability.
Given so much of your time is currently consumed in managing the new product development process there is very little time available to focus on value adding creative processes that maximise your brand equity and drive top line sales growth.
To meet this need iSpek works to reduce your administrative workload so you can get to market faster and spend your time being creative and introducing more new products and promotions.
iSpek's project co-ordination and process automation tools ensure you are informed and in control of all project decisions and resources, thereby reducing errors and time to market. Overall, iSpek provides you with faster approval processes, increased knowledge sharing and better management of your brand assets.
Amcor itself has realised similar time reductions in specification creation as well as reductions in rework due to iSpek providing better access to information, greater visibility over processes and integration with existing systems removing both duplication of effort and the re-keying of information