Cogence for Beauty & Personal Care
Launch Better Beauty Products Faster
Cogence connects marketing, R&D, regulatory, packaging, quality and your contract manufacturers on shared workflows. Formulation, claims, safety, packaging and launch readiness move together, so trends reach shelves while they are still trends.
- Concept & Brief
- Formulation
- Safety & Claims
- Packaging
- Regulatory Review
- Scale-up
- Launch
The challenge
Trend-speed launches under growing regulatory scrutiny
Beauty brands launch more products, more often, through more channels and markets than ever. Each launch needs an approved formula, substantiated claims, a safety assessment, compliant labeling and packaging, and a manufacturing partner ready to scale. When that runs on email and shared drives, launches slip and compliance gaps appear.
Cogence orchestrates every launch from brief to shelf, with each function and partner working from the same plan.
- Every launch gated from brief to shelf
- Formulas, ingredients and specs under version control
- Claims, safety and labeling reviewed before artwork is final
- Packaging and contract manufacturers ready on time
- Consumer feedback and adverse events handled in closed loop
Product development
From brief to approved formula and package
Cogence orchestrates new product development across marketing, R&D, packaging and regulatory, with deliverables and approvals at every gate.
Launch stage gates
Run every launch from brief through formulation, testing, packaging and scale-up, with clear gate decisions.
Formulation & specifications
Manage formulas, raw materials, specifications and stability and compatibility testing, with version control and approvals.
Packaging development
Coordinate primary and secondary packaging, component suppliers and compatibility testing alongside the formula.
Artwork & labeling
Route artwork through marketing, regulatory and quality review, with ingredient lists and claims checked against the approved formula.
Costing
Build product costs from formula, packaging and manufacturing quotes, and route them for approval against targets.
Change control
Manage changes to formulas, ingredients, suppliers and packaging, with impact assessment across every affected product and market.
Safety, claims & regulatory
Compliance built into every launch
Regulations such as MoCRA in the US and the EU Cosmetics Regulation raise the bar on safety, documentation and reporting. Cogence makes compliance work part of the launch process.
Safety substantiation
Coordinate safety assessments, toxicology reviews and test results, and keep the evidence attached to each product.
Claims substantiation
Plan claims testing and review each claim against its evidence before it reaches packaging or marketing.
Ingredient & market compliance
Screen ingredients against market restrictions, and manage product registrations, listings and product information files.
Manufacturing partners & quality
Contract manufacturers and suppliers working as one team
Cogence extends your processes to contract manufacturers, fillers and ingredient and packaging suppliers, and closes the loop on quality.
Contract manufacturer collaboration
Share specs, tech transfer packages, pilot and scale-up results and change requests with manufacturing partners through a portal.
Supplier qualification
Qualify ingredient and packaging suppliers, collect specifications and certificates, and track supplier changes.
Complaints & adverse events
Capture consumer complaints and adverse events, investigate them, and drive CAPA and any required reporting.
From launch to lifecycle
Keep products improving after launch
Reformulations, ingredient substitutions and packaging changes don't stop after launch. Cogence carries every product's history forward, so each change is fast, assessed and compliant.
Sustaining engineering excellenceCogence Applications
Ready-to-use applications for every step
Cogence includes ready-to-use applications for phase gates, change management, supplier qualification, launch readiness and corrective action, so your teams can focus on products consumers love.
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