Cosmetics · PLM
PLM for cosmetics distributors
Today
You sell the same base product under three private labels, and a supplier specification change reaches one of them by luck rather than by process.
You don't develop the product, but you do manage variants of it: private label packaging, customer-specific documentation and repack formats. Generic PLM assumes ownership of the formulation, not stewardship of someone else's specification across several commercial versions.
With Worldover
Worldover PLM connects the supplier's base specification to every private label and repack variant built from it, and to the documents each variant needs.
A supplier specification change reaches every variant it affects, instead of the one someone happens to remember.
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The problem
Why generic PLM failscosmetics distributor teams.
Variants are managed as separate products
Three private label versions of one base product are set up independently, so an update has to be repeated three times and one is usually missed.
Private label documentation drifts from the base spec
Customer-facing labels and technical sheets are built once and not revisited when the underlying supplier specification changes.
Repack and kitting formats aren't linked to the specification
A product repacked into smaller units carries a new SKU with no visible link back to the original specification and its constraints.
A working day
A supplier tightens a specification
The original manufacturer updates the specification for a product you sell under three private labels.
Today: the update is filed against the base product, and the private label versions carry on unchanged until a customer complains.
In Worldover: the base specification updates, and every private label and repack variant built on it's flagged.
Each variant's documents are reviewed and reissued as needed, in one pass.
The record shows which customers received the updated version and which didn't.
How it runs
How PLM worksinside Worldover.
01
Variants inherit from one base specification
Private label and repack versions reference the supplier's specification rather than duplicating it, so updates propagate.
02
Documents generate per variant
Labels, technical sheets and declarations are built from the current base specification plus the variant's own constraints.
03
Change impact is visible
A base specification change shows every variant, customer and open order it touches.
04
Repack and kitting respect the original constraints
Batch size, shelf life and labelling rules from the base product carry through to repacked formats.
What's in it
The detail behindPLM.
PLM
Products 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.
Packaging Specification Management
Packaging 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.
Supplier Portals
Suppliers add data and documents directly to the platform.
Direct supplier input
Suppliers add data and documents straight into the platform rather than by email.
The difference
Why the substance recordmakes the difference.
You're stewarding someone else's substance through several commercial versions of it. Holding one base specification with variants built on top is what keeps a private label range accurate when the source changes.
Better together
What changes when PLMshares a record with the rest of your setup.
PLM + Regulatory
Documents generated per variant carry the current SDS and specification from the supplier.
Explore RegulatoryPLM + ERP
Stock and lot allocation understand which private label or repack variant a customer's order belongs to.
Explore ERPPLM + MRP
Repack and kitting plans respect the specification constraints of the base product.
Explore MRPWillow
What teams actually askonce the record is in one place.
- Which private label variants are built on this base specification?
- What changed on the supplier's specification since we last issued a technical sheet?
- Which customers are still receiving product under the previous specification version?
Willow doesn't replace expert judgment. It removes the searching, re-keying and chasing between the systems that hold your answers.
Request a demo
We'll walk through your current workflow, then show the same workflow running on one record.
Research
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