Suppliers are encouraged to work closely with packaging suppliers and customers in developing new products.
Areas affected by, and subject to guidelines from STAND are:
- Optimization and requirements for design of Consumer Unit (CU), Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) and Distribution Unit (DU) with accompanying packaging materials
- The modular system
- Case fill rate
- The top load labelling system
- Automatic warehouse at distributor – increased understanding of depalletization process
- Checklist
- Valid pallets and requirements for these
- Labelling requirements
- Purpose of labelling of Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) and Distribution Unit (DU)
- Product information on Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), with example of Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) label
- Guidelines for labelling of Stock Keeping Units (SKU)
- Product information on Distribution Unit (DU), with example of Distribution Unit (DU) label
- Labelling of transport information
- Guidelines for labels on Distribution Units (DU)
- Bar code requirements for labelling with GS1-128 on Distribution Unit (DU)
- Shelf life
- Determine total shelf life of a product and labelling requirements
- Allocation of shelf life between the players in the value chain
- Use of dynamic shelf life
- Bilateral agreements for allocation of shelf life
- Traceability of a product
- Guidelines for traceability, recall and withdrawal
- Requirements for traceability of products and the product areas covered by this
- Requirements for traceability information and labelling
- Alternative ways to track and trace an item in the value chain
Published on: 27. July 2018
