Cogence for Food & Beverage
Launch Better Food & Beverage Products Faster
Cogence connects marketing, R&D, regulatory, packaging, quality, operations and your co-manufacturers on shared workflows. Recipes, specifications, labeling, packaging and plant readiness move together from idea to shelf.
- Idea & Brief
- Recipe Development
- Consumer Testing
- Packaging & Labeling
- Plant Trials
- Commercialization
- Renovate & Sustain
The challenge
Fast-moving consumer tastes, zero room for food safety errors
Food and beverage companies must launch and renovate products faster to keep up with consumer trends and retailer demands. Every recipe change ripples into nutrition facts, allergen statements, packaging, suppliers and plant processes. When that work runs on spreadsheets and email, launches slip and labeling errors lead to recalls.
Cogence orchestrates every launch and renovation, with each function and partner working from the same approved recipe and specification.
- Launches and renovations gated from idea to shelf
- Recipes and specifications under version control
- Labels checked against the approved formula
- Co-manufacturers and suppliers ready for plant trials
- Complaints, deviations and CAPA closed faster
Product development
From idea to commercial production
Cogence orchestrates new product development and renovation across marketing, R&D, packaging, regulatory and operations, with deliverables and approvals at every gate.
Stage-gate launches
Run launches, line extensions and renovations through clear gates, with business cases and go/no-go decisions.
Recipes & specifications
Manage recipes, ingredients, raw material and finished product specifications, with version control and approvals.
Packaging development
Coordinate packaging design, materials, suppliers and line trials alongside the recipe.
Labeling & artwork
Route artwork through review, with nutrition facts, ingredient and allergen statements and claims checked against the approved recipe.
Costing
Build product costs from ingredients, packaging and conversion, and route them for approval against target margins.
Change control
Manage recipe, ingredient, supplier and packaging changes, with impact assessment across every affected product and label.
Suppliers & co-manufacturers
Suppliers and co-manufacturers working as one team
Ingredients, packaging and often production come from partners. Cogence gives them a shared, controlled place to work with you.
Supplier qualification
Approve ingredient and packaging suppliers, collect specifications, certificates and food safety documentation, and track expirations.
Co-manufacturer collaboration
Share specs, plant trial plans and results, and change requests with co-manufacturers and co-packers through a portal.
Plant trials & readiness
Coordinate plant trials, process validation, HACCP plan updates and training for new and changed products.
Food safety & quality
Closed-loop food safety and quality
Cogence includes cross-functional process templates for quality events and several types of root cause analysis, supporting your HACCP and food safety programs.
Consumer complaints
Capture, investigate and trend consumer and customer complaints, and link them to products, lots and suppliers.
Non-conformance & CAPA
Manage deviations, holds, non-conformances and CAPAs through root cause and effectiveness checks.
Supplier corrective action
Issue and track supplier corrective actions when ingredient or packaging issues originate upstream.
Better suppliers
Supplier development that strengthens your supply base
Cogence structures supplier assessments, readiness plans and improvement actions, so your ingredient, packaging and co-manufacturing partners are ready for every launch.
Cogence 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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