Cosmetics · PLM
Cosmetics PLM software for beauty brands.
Cosmetics PLM software for beauty brands. Keep formulas, packaging, supplier documents, claims and launch approvals on one product record shared with your manufacturers.
Today
You own the product, but the formula lives with your manufacturer, the artwork with an agency and the compliance file with a consultant, so nobody can tell you what is genuinely ready.
Generic PLM assumes you make the product and hold the data. A brand's product record is assembled from other people's systems, and a folder structure isn't a system of record.
With Worldover
Worldover's PLM for cosmetics connects the formula and supplier documents you receive, the pack and artwork, the claims and the market approvals into one product record you own.
You can see what is ready to launch, in which market, and exactly what is missing, without a weekly status call.
What's in it
What PLMdoes inside Worldover.
The operational outcomes come first. Open any area to inspect the underlying controls, records and technical detail.
Standards and regimes
01PLMProducts with full BOMs across formulations, packaging components and artwork, plus configurable product workflows.
Products
High-level products carrying a full BOM: formulations, raw materials, packaging components and artwork.
Product specific workflows
Configurable product workflows, for example artwork approval or portal registrations, built from the same modules and document structures used elsewhere.
Product table management
Customisable table views so you can organise products by your own coding systems, part numbers, types and costs.
Components library
An infinitely nestable packaging library. A lid has a composition, joins a bottle to become a pack, and that pack can nest again as many layers deep as you need.
Components table management
The same customisable views across your component library.
BOM management
Build a full BOM across artwork, packaging, raw materials and formulations.
02Packaging Specification ManagementPackaging specifications, artwork and EU packaging compliance.
Components library management
Full specification management with nestable hierarchies: base components, sub-assemblies and finished packaging.
Artwork management
Upload, version and approve artwork linked to components and products.
AI artwork review
AI review of artwork against regulatory requirements, brand guidelines and packaging specifications.
Supplier specifications
Supplier-provided packaging specs with linked documentation and approvals.
Component costing
Multi-currency component costing with BOM roll-up.
Component table management
Customisable component table views.
03Supplier PortalsSuppliers add data and documents directly to the platform.
Direct supplier input
Suppliers add data and documents straight into the platform rather than by email.
One workflow, end to end
Two weeks before a launch gate
The difference isn't another isolated tool. It's the same work running from one live record.
Where work breaks
The data arrives as attachments
Manufacturers and suppliers send specifications, certificates and assessments as files, so the brand's product record is a shared drive with good intentions.
Claims are agreed before evidence exists
Marketing commits to a claim, and the substantiation is chased afterwards from three different parties.
Multiple markets multiply the work
Each market has its own dossier, label and responsible person requirements, and each is managed as a separate project.
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A five-SKU range is due to lock for a retailer listing.
- 02
Today: someone builds a spreadsheet, emails the manufacturer for missing certificates, and asks the consultant whether the assessments are signed.
- 03
In Worldover: each SKU shows its formula version, supplier documents received, outstanding certificates, claim evidence and market status.
- 04
Two SKUs are blocked by one missing supplier document, so the chase is one email rather than twelve.
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The gate decision is made on the record, and the same record supports the retailer's own compliance pack.
With Worldover
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The brand owns the product record
Formula, pack, claims and documents are held by you, whoever manufactures or reformulates.
- 2
Supplier data lands in structure
Specifications and certificates arrive against the material and product they belong to, with expiry and version tracked.
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Claims carry their evidence
Each claim links to the test, assessment or supplier statement that supports it.
- 4
Readiness is calculated, not reported
Launch status per market comes from what is present and valid on the record.
Connected inside Worldover
One product workflow.Every consequence connected.
Even when you don't make the product, you're responsible for what is in it. Holding the substance record means an ingredient restriction, a supplier change or an allergen question can be answered across your whole range, not one SKU at a time.
Willow
Useful AI starts with live operational context.
Scoped permissions, human approval for anything material and a full audit trail of every action.
- Which SKUs are blocked from launch, and what is missing for each?
- Which of our products contain this ingredient, and which markets restrict it?
- Which supplier certificates expire in the next 90 days?
Buyer confidence
A specialist system, without a specialist-system rollout.
Worldover combines detailed operational control with a practical route to a live first phase.
- 125+
- Enterprise customers across cosmetics, chemicals and supplements
- 4 to 7
- Point systems typically retired, most within 6 months of go-live
- 12 to 16 weeks
- To a live Phase 1, not a multi-year programme
- 1 record
- Per substance, everywhere it appears
Customer story
How a team like yours runs on Worldover.
Buyer questions
Choosing cosmetics PLM software.
What is PLM software for cosmetics?
It's the system that controls the product definition from brief to launch: formulas, INCI lists, packaging, claims, supplier documents and approvals. In Worldover that record stays connected to compliance and to your manufacturers, so a formula change shows its regulatory and artwork impact instead of hiding in a document.
What's the difference between cosmetics PLM and formulation software?
Formulation software helps the lab build and test formulas. PLM controls the released product definition and everything that hangs off it, including claims, artwork and the dossier. Worldover covers both on one record, so the winning trial becomes the approved formula without a handover.
How much does cosmetics PLM software cost?
Lightweight cloud PLM starts around $10k to $45k a year, and enterprise suites run from $125k upwards once implementation is counted. Worldover pricing depends on the modules, sites and users you need, and we quote clearly after a short scoping call.
How long does cosmetics PLM take to implement?
Lightweight tools take four to eight weeks, and enterprise PLM programmes often run nine to eighteen months. Most Worldover teams reach a live Phase 1 in 12 to 16 weeks, then add modules from there.
Can our manufacturers work in the same system?
Yes. Manufacturers can work against the exact formula version and specification you approved, so there's no exported tech pack drifting out of date between your PLM and their systems.
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