Improve consumer safety and speed time to market by minimizing errors, ensuring compliance, and managing recalls
60%
Cumberland sees 60% reduction in artwork approval times
One system
Supplyit now uses just one system to handle all daily tasks
Since installing Loftware and integrating with SAP, we have been able to expand our labeling footprint across our manufacturing facilities while successfully complying with new customer requests and additional regulatory requirements.
Tim Cukr, IT Professional, McCormick & Company
The FDA banned Red Dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs as of January 15, 2025. Food products must be reformulated and relabeled by January 15, 2027; ingested drugs by January 18, 2028. This impacts product labels, packaging, and marketing materials - updates are essential to stay compliant.
The food and beverage industry is prioritizing transparency, sustainability, and ethical sourcing. Consumers increasingly want to know what’s in their food, where it comes from, and how it was made—driving demand for clean labels, sustainability claims, and QR codes that deliver real-time, mobile-accessible product information. These trends support both compliance and consumer trust.
Automate product identification to avoid delays and reduce mislabeling and streamlining production
Drive product identification from critical business applications such as SAP, Oracle, and regulatory databases to improve data accuracy and consistency
Streamline product identification to meet global regulations like FSMA, 21 CFR Part 11, EU 1169, and Natasha's Law and avoid recalls and fines
Provide controlled access to labeling and artwork to ensure accurate first-time product identification and prevent costly and timely relabeling
Standardize and centralize product identification to meet corporate standards and support ongoing business growth - whether through new facilities, regional expansion, or M&A
Manage short links and QR codes to share dynamic content—such as sourcing, allergens, or sustainability data—while creating mobile-first consumer experiences
It’s all right there™
Centralize and standardize your labeling process in the cloud to design, manage, and print labels with greater control and consistency. Ensure accuracy and compliance across global operations while integrating seamlessly with your ERP, WMS, MES, and PLM systems. As your business grows, you can scale effortlessly with a flexible, cloud‑based labeling solution.
Learn more about Labeling with Loftware CloudTransform your packaging artwork process from concept to shelf with a streamlined, automated workflow that eliminates delays. Real‑time collaboration keeps internal teams and external partners aligned, while centralized content management ensures accuracy and consistency. You can also track budgets, manage costs, and maintain compliance - all within a single, unified system.
Discover Artwork Management with SmartflowTurn every product into a digital engagement channel with instantly updateable QR‑code content - no reprints or delays. Deliver personalized experiences from every scan while staying compliant with GS1 Digital Link standards. And with QR code management and artwork approvals in one workflow, everything stays streamlined and consistent.
Explore Connected Packaging SolutionsConnect and govern product identity across your supply chain with a collaborative network that aligns suppliers, customers, and locations. Securely share approved standards, labels, data, and rules so every partner works from the latest version, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency. As your ecosystem expands, scale seamlessly with a connected network that keeps every partner in sync.
Unify product identity across your supply chain
Eliminate human errors & reduce production downtime
Data driven labeling for regulatory compliance
Extend access to partners & suppliers
Integrated systems for agile supply chains
Centralized control for traceability & efficiency
Enhance accuracy and efficiency. Introduce transparency and accountability to your labeling and packaging review cycles, reducing risks, and accelerating time to market. This increases sales volume while lowering SG&A costs.
A recent survey showed that 77% of food and beverage companies think track and trace will increase in importance within the next three years. See our infographic to learn more about what else respondents said about supply chain traceability, anti-counterfeiting, and increasing regulatory scrutiny.
With Loftware Smartflow, Cumberland Packing Corp. reduced artwork approval times by 60% and increased savings by $100,000’s in reprinting costs. Loftware has been a game changer for our process.
Sara Hoskow
Brand Manager
Inside Loftware Cloud, there are a lot of capabilities that make it easier with our end users to save tons of time.
Gabriel Molina
System Analyst
Loftware has helped us centralize everything for all our departments from idea to actual first production run. It’s all in Smartflow.
Julissa Gutierrez
Marketing Services Coordinator, Lakeview Farms
At a quality and production level, we have all the data centrally managed and deployed locally, ensuring the correct data is printed and in regulatory compliance at all times.
Lucy Webb
Technical Manager
Automation is reshaping food and beverage supply chains to meet rising global demand, expected to double by 2050. Cloud technology improves forecasting, inventory, and quality while enabling strategic integration and collaboration.
Key regulations impacting manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors include:
Prohibited in food and ingested drugs due to cancer risks in animal studies.
Law to prevent foodborne illnesses with proactive FDA regulation.
FDA rules ensuring electronic records and signatures are trustworthy, reliable, and equivalent to paper.
Requires clear allergen labeling on prepackaged foods.
Improves supply chain data with barcodes and RFID standards.
