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VF Corporation Enhances Product Stewardship & Compliance
VF Corporation, one of the world’s largest companies in apparel, footwear, and accessories, with 12 iconic brands including The North Face ®, Vans ®, and Timberland ®.
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Background
The Product Stewardship team at VF Corporation, among other things, is responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance, including restricted substances, product safety, chemical compliance, and product labeling.
The Challenge
Before adopting the Compliance Labeling Requirements Solution (CLR), VF Corporation faced significant challenges in managing labeling compliance across its portfolio of brands, including:
- Keeping up with the frequent changes in regulations across different markets, which resulted in complexities in labeling for global supply chains,
- Finding accurate regulatory resources and understanding their applicability to the business required extensive effort, and
- Developing internal guidance and information to ensure compliance and provide the correct stakeholders with the necessary information.
The Solution
Partnering with the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), VF Corporation worked with the team at Adherent to implement the CLR solution, helping transform its approach to achieving labeling compliance. This was successful because:
- The labeling requirements solution provided a centralized source of regulatory labeling information for all product categories, enabling the team to have direct access to global regulatory information.
- The Integrated Alerts allowed the team to proactively address upcoming regulatory changes.
- The “Ask Our Experts” feature in the CLR solution provided additional clarifications, advice, and information in a timely manner.
The Benefits
Our CLR solution helped the Product Stewardship team at VF Corporation implement a structured approach to achieve labeling compliance, aiding them in:
- Identifying product criteria & target markets to determine applicable regulations.
- Confirming any special material or functional claims on products.
- Ensuring completeness of information on the label, covering target markets & language recommendations.
- Enabling a centralized source of guidance documents.
- Establishing a network of stakeholders responsible for implementing guidance and updates.
- Providing regular training to relevant stakeholders for successful compliance implementation.
Customer Experience
In Numbers
The adoption of the CLR solution empowered VF Corporation’s Product Stewardship team to effectively and efficiently overcome labeling compliance challenges.
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