ProductVision

ProductVision® is a product lifecycle management (PLM) system designed to streamline and automate the product development process. According to the vendor, this solution caters to process manufacturing companies of all sizes, ranging from mid-size businesses to Fortune 100 and 500 companies. It is utilized by R&D professionals, product managers, and quality assurance specialists in industries such as paint, coatings, chemicals, food and beverages, and personal care and consumer products.

Key Features

Formula Management Module: According to the vendor, this module efficiently manages raw material information, accelerates time to market, calculates nutrition property and costing information, and provides versatile formula development tools.

Workflow Module: The vendor states that this module automates and tracks workflows in product development, simplifies new product creation and reformulation projects, and increases efficiency and accountability in business processes.

Project Tracking Module: According to the vendor, this module tracks objectives, activities, and costs associated with product development, automates workflow approval processes, creates electronic lab notebooks, and optimizes business processes.

Document Management Module: The vendor claims that this module merges documents and images into a single "master" Book document, creates Product Information File documents, generates electronic Lab Notebooks, and allows attachment of documents with versioning, security, and metadata.

Testing Module: According to the vendor, this module allows entry of extensive testing information for raw materials or formulas, supports various types of tests, and simplifies data entry and viewing of historical results with powerful queries.

Regulatory Compliance Module: The vendor states that this module simplifies compliance with hazardous communication regulations, automatically generates Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) and product labels, supports GHS regulations, and tracks customer SDS mailings.

Nutritional Labeling Module: According to the vendor, this module automatically creates food nutrition labels and ingredient declarations, complies with NLEA regulations, calculates nutrient values and percentage of daily values, and supports various label formats.

Guidelines & Restrictions Module: The vendor claims that this module maintains compliance with ingredient restrictions worldwide, checks restrictions based on market area, application, and composition, provides instant compliance determination, and reduces the risk of non-compliant products.

Sample Tracking Module: According to the vendor, this module tracks and manages samples sent from the lab, allows easy access to sample information associated with formulas or raw materials, generates custom cover letters and labels for samples, and provides sample status tracking and accurate response to customer inquiries.

ProductVision.NET Module: The vendor states that this module provides web access through a responsive and user-friendly interface, is compatible with all modern browsers and devices, offers configurable dashboards to track key performance indicators and data points, and includes applications for resources, formulas, projects, approval tasks, and SDS management.