The adoption of veganism as a lifestyle choice has a plethora of health benefits. The world is rapidly becoming more vegan-friendly as well. Veganuary 2025 saw more than 1,480 new vegan products launched for the occasion.
With the rise of veganism, companies need to start making sure that they can identify which products are vegan-friendly.
Restaurants and supermarkets across the country are introducing more vegan-friendly ranges. The need for effective and robust supply chain management has never been more apparent.
People adopt a vegan lifestyle for several reasons, including health, animal welfare and environmental concerns, so it is vital that you can prove that your vegan products adhere to these values.
Challenges Found Managing Veganism in the Supply Chain
- Keeping product data accurate, and up to date.
- Ensuring that accurate label information is on menus and packaging.
- Making sure your suppliers are operating in a manner that is ‘vegan-friendly’
Like all evolving issues in supplier management professionals need to manage, they must mitigate any element of supplier risk.
Software Tools for Supplier Management in Vegan Product Supply Chains
ARCUS® Product Information Management (PIM) allows organisations to collect, store and manage large volumes of product specifications.
Tailored supplier product questionnaires in ARCUS® PIM confirms that all required product specifications and information have been entered directly by your suppliers. This allows for more time spent on critical tasks.
ARCUS® Supplier Information Management (SIM) and ARCUS® PIM allow food and beverage professionals to take all the necessary steps to collect, maintain and manage all supplier and product information accurately in the cloud, while streamlining the process of doing so.
From supplier and product on-boarding to bi-directional workflows and approval systems, ARCUS® SIM and ARCUS® PIM deliver confidence in supplier and product approval, and that risk identification and mitigation have been completed.