What is the FSANZ Branded Food Database?
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has partnered with GS1 Australia to develop a public online database of branded product information for foods and beverages sold in Australia. As a central and open source of food and beverage product information—including...
Streamlining and Automating Healthcare Procurement Processes for NSW Health
Since the introduction of the National Product Catalogue (NPC) in 2007 by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), with datapool hosting by GS1 Australia, healthcare buyers and distributors have electronic access to a central repository of accurate...
A major UK win for our proudly Australian company
We are delighted to announce that Bizcaps has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Technology Services 3 (TS3) Framework . CCS is the UK’s largest public-sector procurement organisation, supporting the public sector to gain the greatest...
A Positive Approach to Customer Feedback
Helping a leading health and wellness brand handle customer feedback with ease. With a network of well-known brands across Australia and New Zealand, health and wellness company Vitaco required a solution that would enable the business to log customer feedback...
Streamline, Automate, Transform: 5 Ways Effective Product Data Management Software Can Improve Healthcare Procurement Processes
For healthcare organisations from procurement to point of care, the challenges of effectively managing spend, product catalogue content and supplier information are many and varied – and all too often, they stand in the way of accuracy, efficiency, and patient safety....
Supporting Digital Transformation in Healthcare With Quality Master Data Management Software
From rising costs and inefficient processes to stricter regulatory compliance and the need for more effective product traceability, healthcare organisations face a number of challenges that can slow the progress of their digital transformation efforts. The impact of...
Templates and tools to make PIF V6 easy
Need help getting started with Product Information Form software and the online PIF V6? Check out these handy resources created by food industry leaders that step you through the process from start to finish. Keen to promote the widespread uptake of the PIF V6 across...
BASF switches to PIF Manager for better value and local support
Choosing a PIF portal is a simple decision – but one that can have noticeable impacts on the efficiency and accuracy of your business’s data management, and on your trading partnerships. BASF Australia is part of the global chemistry company BASF Group, which saw...
Top five questions about implementing PIF V6
The recent PIF V6 webinar by the Australian Food & Grocery Council (AFGC) was a chance for food and beverage companies from across the region to ask questions about how to make the transition to online PIFs without hassle and unnecessary expense. Here are the top...
The Importance of Online Product Data in a Post-COVID World
While online purchasing rates have been steadily increasing over the past two decades, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a significant shift in consumers opting to buy their products – particularly food and beverages – via digital channels. As lockdowns and...
The quest for the golden product record
Effective product master data management is essential for online retail success. As online retail continues to grow – and even become the norm – for increasingly tech-savvy consumers, the demand for accurate product content that’s complete, trustworthy and...
Keeping things interesting
John O’Malley is Bizcaps Software’s accountant. What makes each day interesting? Not sure I can make accounting interesting! But I do value my role as one where I provide reliability and get things done. These days I value the flexibility of being able to divide my...
PIF Manager Partners bring PIF V6 benefits to small food companies
The Bizcaps PIF Manager™ Partner Program puts all the benefits of the online PIF V6 and a PIF portal within easy, affordable reach of small to medium food companies. Plus you benefit from professional QA expertise, on hand just when you need it - without the salary...
Ready for launch: The race to provide extended labelling information for new Healtheries products
When health food and supplements brand Healtheries (part of the Vitaco network) was asked to meet new extended labelling data requirements by Foodstuffs – New Zealand’s largest grocery distributor – the company needed more than just an easy-to-use solution to help...
PIF V6 makes sharing product information easy for a family business
Patel Services imports and exports high quality herb, spices and psyllium products. As a mid-sized Australian family-owned and operated business, keeping red tape to a minimum and ensuring compliance is smooth and efficient is critical to the company’s bottom line....
Championing PIF V6 industry take-up
The AFGC has brought together industry leaders to form the PIF Implementation Group, helping food companies big and small adopt the V6 PIF. The group will develop a range of case studies and resources, and share everything you need to know to make a smooth transition...
PIF V6 helps stamp out food fraud
Food fraud costs the global food industry around $50 billion each year, according to the Australian Institute of Food Safety. It’s a growing economic and public health problem that erodes consumer confidence in the food industry and can create lethal risks for people...
PIF V6 delivers efficiencies for global supplier Shanghai Freemen
Shanghai Freemen is a global nutritional ingredients supplier with an international team of experts, and offices and warehouses in four continents. From vitamins to custom nutritional specialty ingredients, their seamless supply chain brings everything together to...

















