Collaboration and Innovation Hubs

Collaboration and Innovation hubs offered by Oak Barrel Software, each designed to enhance collaboration and streamline processes within the food manufacturing industry:

Supplier, Distributor and Agent Processes Collaboration Hub (Material SpecSafe)

Purpose: Facilitates seamless collaboration among Suppliers, Distributors and Agents.

Business Processes:
  • Material Specifications (including GS1 and and PIF)s
  • Packaging Specifications
  • Audits
  • Supplier Onboarding
  • SCAR and Complaints
  • RFI
Stronger Relationships:

Establishes stronger relationships between buyers and suppliers

Manufacturing and Quality Collaboration Hub (Operational SpecSafe)

Purpose: Facilitates seamless collaboration among Operations, Quality, Toller, Co-packer, and Contract Manufacturer stakeholders.

Business Processes:
  • Recipes and Build Sheets
  • Operational Specifications
  • Non Conformance
  • Sanitary Audits
  • Corrective Actions
Features:

Standard and Configurable Templates and Workflows: minimize implementation leadtimes

Benefits: Enables efficient collaboration across Operational processes. Streamlines data exchange, automates.

Customer and PIM Collaboration Hub (Product SpecSafe)

Purpose: Facilitates seamless collaboration among Sales, Customer Service, Customers, Retailers, and Distributors. Synchronizes the Publishing of Product Information to multiple destinations and recipients .

Business Processes:
  • Product Specifications and PIFs
  • Customer Product Specifications
  • Samples
  • Customer Document Managements
  • Complaints
  • RFI
Benefits:
  • Facilitates collaboration throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Supports data exchange and review.

Research & Development Hub (Collaborate Confidently and Securely)

Purpose : Facilitates seamless collaboration among Researchers, Product Developers Contract Labs, Artwork and Design Houses.

Business Processes:
  • FG Specifications
  • Artwork Requests
  • Product Builds
  • Recipes
Benefits : Fosters innovation by providing a secure collaborative space for ideation, research, and development.

All Hubs Feature:

Standard and Configurable Templates and Workflows: Minimizes implementation cost and lead-times

Context-Based Content: Provides intelligent templates with relevant factors to improve accuracy and compliance.

Visibility and Compliance: Simplifies interactions, enhances visibility, and ensures comprehensive supplier compliance data.

These collaboration hubs empower users to work together seamlessly, exchange critical information, and drive continuous innovation. Whether it’s supplier compliance, operational efficiency, or product innovation, Oak Barrel Software’s collaborative and integrative ecosystem ensures that all stakeholders thrive in the digital landscape

From Ad-hoc Communication to Partnering

Ad-hoc Communication

Paper based, redundant and error-prone process

Collaborate
(Data and Documents)

Work with Suppliers to collect data and documents in the cloud

Automate
(Recertify)

Automate Documents Specification and Supplier Updates

Mitigate
(Risk)

Detect risks based on supplier responses, manage nonconformance/auditing

Integrate
(Partner)

Integrate tools to Improve Supplier Productivity and make it a win/win situation

Features and Benefits

Features and Benefits of SpecSafe

1. Context Based Content Improves Accuracy and Compliance

Effective collaboration requires a cloud based application designed to aid entry of only relevant information and documents

2. Immediate Value to the Enterprise

Accurate, timely and compliant information improves confidence and innovation

3. Automated Recertification and Data Reviews

Automated Recertification Management improves productivity and minimizes risks of missing documents or FMA/BRC data obsolescence

4. Supplier Screening, Audits and Non-conformance

Material Spec Safe facilitates audits for compliance and incrementally improves risk mitigation and non-conformance management.

5. Partnering to Improve PLM Productivity

Avoid re-entering product information into multiple portals with cloud based applications, networks and integration to PLM.

Versioning & Automated Recertification

Eliminates the need for multiple shared directories and serves as a single Source of the Truth. Significantly reduces the risk of improper storage and erroneous usage of documents due to manual storing by multiple people. Significantly reduces the risk of improper storage and erroneous usage of documents due to manual storing by multiple people

Material SpecSafe Scenario