Software For Product & Packaging Data Management, Artwork and Specification Management

We knew we needed to look at alternative ways to manage artwork and make it less manual, speedier, and more robust. Part of that was looking at a cloud-based solution. The decision to appoint 4Pack came down to value, flexibility, ease of use, and aesthetics. 4Pack seemed a simpler transition that would be easier to use and offer more flexibility to shape it to what we wanted. A. G. Barr is always expanding in some way. As we increase our brand portfolio in the future, we can easily integrate them into our processes with 4Pack. There are also other modules in 4Pack which we will bear in mind around issues such as product data management and digital asset management. We can see that having 4Pack will bring benefits in governance, cost, compliance, and time savings. 4Pack was absolutely worth investing in.

This week was very exciting [and a little scary] for me as I completed the rollout of its’artwork – itsu [grocery]’s first automated artwork system! This project has been my baby for the best part of a year, from sourcing the perfect partner, to working for several months on the implementation, UAT and rollout.

This week I loaded my first live projects onto the system and led training for the rest of the team. I couldn’t have done it without the amazing work of the team at 4PACK. I feel like I’ve been on quite a journey with Helen Poole and Jeremy Whinnett (MAPM), they’ve been nothing but accommodating with all my requests, even when I insisted the system needed to be itsu pink I’m excited for the rest of the business to start seeing the benefits of the system; reducing emails, increasing accuracy and speeding up artwork timings to name just a few.”

By providing an integrated, end-to-end system which allows us to easily manage updates to products as well as supporting new product development, 4Pack has significantly reduced the time and costs associated with getting to market. Our workflow has been hugely streamlined; we have much greater control, fewer errors, and can now rely on the accuracy of our product information.

Centralising information and data in a single source of truth is helping us to improve development time and reduce errors. Full workflow traceability has improved planning, and is helping us meet deadlines and increase speed to market.