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Published: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - 10:58 (Topo: Hong Kong) -- Supply chain Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Topo, working with partner Secure Consultants, has developed a new searchable database enabling brands, retailers, suppliers and importers including Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and marketplace sellers, to check their products against compliance regulations in seconds. The platform, called “Know Your Product,” was successfully trialed by a demo group of Topo customers last week and will be rolled out later this year, with an initial focus on compliance regulations for the United Kingdom and European Union markets. The database gives access to compliance information and certification in a single search in seconds, avoiding the need to collect data from different sources, saving time and costs. “This is a user-friendly solution giving fast and accurate access to important information, which is otherwise scattered and time-consuming to collect,” says Antony Hayes, Managing Director, Secure Consultants. “Users can search the legal requirements of a product instantaneously, it can help improve initial communication with testing laboratories and suppliers, and eliminates the extra labor required to research up-to-date legal requirements.” ‘Know Your Product’ is aimed at users involved in quality assessment, product development, merchandising, sales, sourcing, and suppliers. Searches can be narrowed down to focus on product categories and sub-categories, product functions, sales location, and type of output, including information such as chemical limits, as well as advice in the form of guidebooks and links to regulatory sites. “This is the perfect extension to Topo’s existing low-code supply chain solutions, which simplify the management of a product’s journey from sourcing to delivery” says Tobias Grabler, Chief Operating Officer, Topo Solutions. “Ensuring supply chain compliance is vital, but gathering the relevant data requires considerable resource and planning, with the added complication of a rapidly changing regulatory landscape. “We have developed a user-friendly tool to simplify an otherwise complex and time-consuming process.” Launch product categories on the platform include furniture, sports, camping, pets, and optical, with plans to extend to tools, electrical and electronics, toys, lighting, small domestic appliances (SDA), and large domestic appliances (LDA). Topo is a low-code supply chain platform for cloud-based remote collaboration, process automation, and advanced analytics covering a product’s journey from sourcing, product development, ordering, and production, to quality, chemical, and sustainability management. Topo, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, recently boosted its compliance and sustainability management features by teaming up with global trade association amorfi, to provide users with social-related supply chain information. Secure Consultants is a specialist consulting company founded by Managing Director Antony Hayes in 2001, with international clients in the retail, import, testing, and auditing laboratories, and trading and engineering sectors. Quality Digest does not charge readers for its content. We believe that industry news is important for you to do your job, and Quality Digest supports businesses of all types. However, someone has to pay for this content. And that’s where advertising comes in. Most people consider ads a nuisance, but they do serve a useful function besides allowing media companies to stay afloat. They keep you aware of new products and services relevant to your industry. All ads in Quality Digest apply directly to products and services that most of our readers need. You won’t see automobile or health supplement ads. So please consider turning off your ad blocker for our site. Thanks, For 40 years Quality Digest has been the go-to source for all things quality. Our newsletter, Quality Digest, shares expert commentary and relevant industry resources to assist our readers in their quest for continuous improvement. Our website includes every column and article from the newsletter since May 2009 as well as back issues of Quality Digest magazine to August 1995. We are committed to promoting a view wherein quality is not a niche, but an integral part of every phase of manufacturing and services.Topo to Launch Product Compliance Database
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