Cosmetic Formulation: How to Innovate, Maintain Compliance, and Reduce Time to Market?

Being able to innovate quickly while ensuring regulatory compliance is paramount in the cosmetics industry. However, product development and its associated requirements can involve a lot of back-and-forth between departments, resulting in a longer time-to-market.

So, how can laboratories be efficient in their development cycle while accelerating the time-to-market of their products? A PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software solution is a great ally! It boosts collaboration, automates low-value-added tasks, and ensures compliance right from the start.
Let's explore how this type of solution helps formulators by optimizing processes.

The importance of data centralization

The success of cosmetic development projects often depends on information scattered across multiple departments: raw material data, different regulations in different regions, test results... Siloed information hinders the development of each product, slowing down processes and increasing the risk of errors or non-compliance.
To overcome this and move forward efficiently, each team must have access to the same level of information, updated in real-time, from a single point of access. This approach ensures smooth coordination for consistent management and controlled follow-up at every project stage. 

Centralized information increases team efficiency. Instead of wasting time searching for information in disparate tools scattered across multiple solutions, everyone has instant access to the information they need. This accelerates project development and improves team responsiveness. You can even get a head start by anticipating future needs.

The reliability and fluidity of our exchanges also mean we have all the information we need to maintain global visibility and make the right decisions.

Automate for Innovation and Compliance

Innovation rhymes with formulation, but it also rhymes with automation! As in many professions, technological advances have streamlined work processes. They dominate the cosmetics industry, enabling teams to reduce human error and save valuable time on tedious, low-value-added tasks.

Automation frees formulators from time-consuming tasks such as creating complex (cosmetic PIF) files or administrative documents, performing specific calculations, and labeling. The risk of error is minimized, while the time saved can be reinvested in other tasks, focusing on innovation to meet new consumer needs better.

Alerts for regulatory compliance

Regulations in the cosmetics industry are constantly evolving. As a result, laboratories must be even more vigilant in meeting these new requirements and ensuring compliance. This is even more important in the cosmetics sector, where each region imposes specific restrictions. Compliance management can quickly become a real headache without a dedicated tool to track these developments. The slightest error leads to back-and-forth between departments, causing significant delays and, as a result, a drop in performance.

Automation is the answer to these problems! Instead of checking for compliance at each stage, an automated system can perform checks throughout the project. Real-time alerts let formulators know when an ingredient exceeds approved limits or when a new regulation affects their formula. This allows them to avoid mistakes and anticipate potential problems from the start of the project. This eliminates delays caused by going back and forth between departments.
Labs can focus on what matters most by optimizing processes and compliance: product innovation and performance.

Reduce time-to-market and optimize processes with Coptis Lab

As mentioned above, reducing time-to-market is a major challenge for cosmetic laboratories, as delays can jeopardize the commercial success of a product. And yet, delays are often prolonged by late adjustments, so it is important to optimize each phase of development. That's where Coptis Lab comes in and makes all the difference! As a PLM solution dedicated to cosmetic laboratories, Coptis simplifies every stage of the product lifecycle, from marketing brief to commercialization! Thanks to its data centralization and automation capabilities, it ensures smooth and efficient project management.

All key information is accessible to everyone, anywhere, anytime, so you can innovate quickly and confidently! This approach breaks down departmental silos, accelerates decision-making, and makes collaboration more transparent.
The integration of automated alerts makes it possible to manage cases of non-compliance. The formulator is immediately alerted if a formulation does not comply with current regulations or exceeds legal limits. This allows him to correct the situation early in the project. Moreover, Coptis software's automation tools handle repetitive, time-consuming tasks. Formulators can then focus on innovation with greater peace of mind regarding compliance requirements.

Coptis Lab gives you the keys to speeding up your projects while remaining compliant: centralized information, accessibility, automation, decision-making support, data traceability... Everything you need to optimize your cosmetics development projects and gain a competitive edge.

For 25 years, the Coptis team has been committed to meeting the needs of laboratories by placing innovation at the heart of its software solutions. Would you like to find out more? Please do not hesitate to contact our teams.