SAP Brief SAP for Chemicals Product Safety and Stewardship Objectives Global Label Management with Product Safety and Stewardship s from SAP
Help ensure compliant and accurate labeling globally Help ensure compliant and accurate labeling globally When you produce and ship products, you must label them accurately. Many regulations exist, and labels can include bar codes, pictograms, and information about safe handling, storage, and transportation. Product safety and stewardship solutions from SAP help you manage all labeling requirements worldwide, create and print any kind of label, and ensure product marketability. How efficient are your labeling processes? How fast can you design labels? How do you ensure that your labels comply with all regulatory standards and stakeholder requirements? How quickly do you grasp the impact of changing regulations? How well is labeling integrated with your business processes? Product safety and stewardship solutions from SAP have global label management capabilities to support these and related processes and labeling functions. You can create and manage all required data centrally. Classify products only once, and data on safety data sheets, transportation documents, and labels is always in sync. Author all required label templates in a comfortable design tool that is accessible worldwide. Determine and print suitable labels using a variety of labeling scenarios. Automatically print labels with business process integration. Use the central labeling workbench for full labeling control. Automatically log all label data changes, user activities, and printing so legal requirements can easily be met. 2 / 8
Efficiently design templates for all label sizes and types Streamline label printing with business process integration Control all labeling activities centrally Labels have to include lots of different information in different formats and languages for example, product names, batch numbers, bar codes, pictograms, and logos. In addition, regulations require manufacturers and retailers that sell and ship products containing hazardous substances to provide information on labels for safe handling, storage, and transportation. With product safety and stewardship solutions from SAP, you can centrally manage all required data and graphics including substance and regulatory information. This means you have to classify products only once, and data on safety data sheets, transportation documents, and labels is always in sync. You can use provided regulatory content and rule sets to automate the product classification for hazardous substances and dangerous goods worldwide and to keep this information always up-to-date. Standard text modules, known as phrases, simplify the central creation, translation, and management of standardized texts such as hazard and precautionary statements, signal words, emergency procedures, and medical information. Streamline data creation and update by using a central database, regulatory content, and automated product classification. 3 / 8
Efficiently design templates for all label sizes and types Efficiently design templates for all label sizes and types Streamline label printing with business process integration Control all labeling activities centrally Labels can have different sizes, information must be put within small areas and often in various languages, and graphics such as logos and pictograms must be printed in different colors. These issues, plus requirements from different stakeholders such as marketing and corporate communications, can make label template design challenging. Using product safety and stewardship solutions from SAP, you can centrally design all required label templates. You can easily define the label size, which data has to be printed and on which areas of the label, and which format, font, color, and language is used. Wizards speed up the creation of new labels and simplify, for example, the insertion of bar codes and variable data such as sequential numbers and data in different formats. A building-block catalog allows inserting and reusing predefined label parts. By using an automatic text-sizing feature, you can prevent data overflow at label printing. You can efficiently validate labels by using a status network for label release and by simulating real labels at template creation and during the release process. Simplify label design by centrally creating templates using wizards and label building blocks. 4 / 8
Streamline label printing with business process integration Efficiently design templates for all label sizes and types Streamline label printing with business process integration Control all labeling activities centrally When you manufacture large numbers of products, you must ensure fast and integrated printing of many different labels to avoid delivery disruptions. In addition, label operators must be able to choose and manually print labels, such as for samples and reshipments. Product safety and stewardship solutions from SAP support and streamline manual and automatic label-printing processes. A powerful label selection engine helps you to choose the required labels. Scenario-based labeling screens simplify manual label printing. In these scenarios, users have to enter very little data, such as a delivery number, and the system automatically chooses and prints the required labels. Through business process integration, the system automatically prints labels. Printing can be triggered from logistics processes within the SAP software system but also through Web services from external systems such as process control systems. Various capabilities including a high-volume printer driver optimize and speed up label printing and support mass printing. Improve on-time delivery performance by streamlined and automated label printing, avoiding holdup by authorities or carriers. 5 / 8
Control all labeling activities centrally Efficiently design templates for all label sizes and types Streamline label printing with business process integration Control all labeling activities centrally To ensure accurate labeling, the process must be controlled thoroughly. In case there are problems, quick reaction such as reprinting is needed to avoid production or delivery disruptions. Product safety and stewardship solutions from SAP provide full labeling control. A central labeling workbench pulls together all information and provides quick access to all print requests that have been created manually or automatically with business process integration. Print requests can be executed automatically or manually from the labeling workbench. For example, you can start the label printing when the production line is ready or when labels need to be reprinted after problems with the printers. For each print request, the system displays all information, such as type and number of labels to be printed or that have been printed. It also provides a log in which all actions and potential problems are recorded. In addition, the system logs all label data changes, user activities, and printing, supporting a full labeling audit trail so that legal requirements can easily be met. Help ensure labeling control and regulatory compliance with central access to all labeling information and activities and a full labeling audit trail. 6 / 8
Simplify labeling processes globally Simplify labeling processes globally With product safety and stewardship solutions from SAP, you can: Manage all labeling requirements worldwide Create, manage, and print any kind of label Improve data accuracy and establish one source of truth for documents and labels by centrally managing all data and templates Help ensure product compliance and marketability with up-to-date regulatory content, automated product classification, and compliant labeling Streamline label printing and help ensure on-time delivery with automated printing triggered by logistics processes and external systems Simplify manual label printing with scenario-based labeling and a powerful label selection engine Increase visibility into labeling and provide full labeling control through a central labeling workbench Fulfill regulatory requirements with a complete labeling audit trail Reduce labeling costs by streamlining all labeling processes, including data management, central label design, and manual and automatic label printing Fulfill regulatory requirements and improve on-time delivery performance with compliant and accurate labeling. 7 / 8
www.sap.com Objectives Summary Product safety and stewardship solutions from SAP provide global label management capabilities that streamline labeling processes worldwide and help users to fulfill all regulatory and stakeholder requirements. They support the creation of any kind of label, determine required labels, simplify manual label printing, automatically print labels through business process integration, and provide full labeling control and auditability. Objectives Avoid delivery disruptions with accurate and compliant labeling of products Gain efficiency and reduce labeling cost Improve transparency and labeling control Comprehensive and flexible solution that supports all labeling requirements worldwide Central data management and label template design Support for manual and automatic label printing with business process integration and a labeling workbench providing access to all required information and tasks Help ensure on-time delivery by accurate, compliant, and automated labeling of products Reduce effort and cost by streamlining and automating labeling processes worldwide Improve visibility into labeling and process control with central access to all information and actions Learn more Call your SAP representative today or visit us online to learn more about product safety and stewardship. 8 / 8 Studio SAP 42162enUS (15/12)
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