Release 22.0 Blog

As we proceed into the second half of 2023, my team and I are excited to launch the second major release of the year – Version 22.0. This release features 11 major features and 5 minor; making it our largest update/release to date. The momentum we are seeing so far this year is only gaining speed, and we’d like to thank our customers for pushing us to continue product innovation as the driving force behind Specification Management.

In this blog, I’ll be highlighting some of the new major features we are releasing, but you can learn more detail about all of the 22.0 release features in this webinar. 

‍Specright and TOPS Announce TOPS Lite – Allowing Users to Run Scenarios within SDM Platform

Our partnership with TOPS, the leading Pallet Optimization solution, continues to grow with the launch of TOPS Lite, a pallet pattern generator completely native to Specright. TOPS Lite empowers users  to run packaging scenarios right from within Specright, without ever leaving the app. It enables running complex scenarios with several options, when it comes to package weights and dimensions and selecting the right pallet configuration for your scenario. 

Run Hundreds of Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) in a Few Clicks with COMPASS Bulk Export

We continue to strengthen our strategic partnership with Trayak and its COMPASS solution to support sustainability and lifecycle analysis initiatives. Recent enhancements improve how product data flows between platforms, making it easier for teams to share information at scale and reduce manual effort.

These updates help organizations more efficiently support sustainability reporting and analysis across their product portfolios, enabling clearer insights, faster reporting, and greater confidence in meeting customer and regulatory expectations.

Year-Over-Year (YOY) Sustainability Benchmarking Reports

Along with the new LCA reporting feature, many companies are struggling to meet corporate and regulatory requirements around sustainability. With the new YOY Sustainability Reporting feature, users can now configure specific sustainability fields for standardized reporting. 

Key benefits of YOY Sustainability Reporting include:

• Automated data storage: the system stores data for the configured fields as per the reporting period, saving time and effort for users and eliminating the need for manual record-keeping.
• Enhanced analysis capabilities: Year-over-year reporting gives teams clearer visibility into sustainability performance over time. By making trends and changes easier to understand, organizations can evaluate progress, uncover insights, and make more informed decisions to guide their sustainability strategy.
   

Seamlessly Store and Report on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) with Lorax EPI Integration

We’ve continued expanding with Lorax EPI to support evolving regulatory reporting needs. Recent enhancements improve how required reporting data is identified and shared across systems, reducing manual effort and complexity.

These updates help organizations streamline compliance workflows, improve data quality, and report more efficiently while saving time and resources.

Reimagining the Bid Process for Improved Supplier Collaboration

The Bids feature now allows for users to share specifications and finished goods data with potential suppliers. Once the data is gathered, users can more easily analyze the data and award business to various suppliers. 

By utilizing this feature, all communication happens within the Specification Data Management (SDM) platform – reducing the amount of back and forth of sharing documents related to specifications in question. Additional value can be realized, as historical pricing quotes are now tied to records, so that historic pricing data can help estimate any costs in the future.

Advanced Selection on Custom Supersede and Dynamic Clone Now Available in Revision Management Feature

In this release, the Revision Management feature  provides more control to users when they create a new revision. The new Advanced Selection option provides the user with the ability to select a specific record on a selection connection. 

New Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) Features Enhances User Control Over Extracted Data

By leveraging computer vision and machine learning, the Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) feature automatically extracts information from documents. This latest release includes two new capabilities to enhance users control over the extracted information:

1. Display Order – enables users to specify the precise sequence in which they prefer to view the extracted data on the review screen.
2. Relocate COA Test Results – users can now effortlessly relocate COA test results from one page to another during the review of a multi-page COA document, streamlining the review process and ensuring that all relevant information is accurately placed across different pages. 

“Dynamic Clone” and “Cloned From” Features Enable Better Historical Tracking

Specright’s clone capabilities, Dynamic Clone and Cloned From, offer users the ability to create a new specification from an existing item within the platform. When the feature is enabled, users can search for records of any type to clone from. This allows users to save time when developing new specifications. 

‍Specright Network Enhancements Provide File Attachments, Sustainability Fields, and Adding Comments

Within Specright Network, customers are now capable of attaching files to the shared specification, as well as make comments on Network specs. This enhancement now allows users to share files of any type on top of the data they are sharing. 

This release also includes the addition of sustainability fields, which will allow users to trace the environmental impact of their products more easily and more seamlessly with tools like COMPASS. 

As mentioned earlier these are only a few of the new capabilities and enhancements in Release 22.0. If you’re interested in learning more, watch our on-demand webinar here, and you can always reach out to our team to learn more.

Now, onto the next release…