Specification Name

• The official name of the specification, according to naming guidelines.
  

Version

• The number of that version of the specification.
• This number should always be a integer value.
  

Date of issue

The date which that particular version of the specification was published (Approved).

Replacing version

• The details of the version(s) that this version of a specification is replacing when it is published.
• It is a free-text field to be able to contain details of more than one version.
  

Specification Type

• This field indicates the type of primary and secondary packaging.
• It determines secondary packaging section and type of specification template to be selected for drafting a specification.

Document Ownership

Owner (Single User-Select)

• The Owner of the specification
• The Owner is responsible for:
  • Adding content to the specification.
  • Managing its review cycle, including sending the specification to review and approval stages.
  • Reviewing feedback or update requests for the specification made by stakeholders.
  • Creating revisions of the specification when needed

Applicable Languages

• The language in which the specification is written.

• Selectable values:

  • English (default)
  • French
  • Spanish

Specification Reviewers and Approvers

Internal Reviewers

• The list of users to be assigned to review the content of the specification and provide feedback comments.
• These users will be assigned the specification document in the Internal Review phase.
• When one user has completed their review, the specification document will be assigned to the remaining users who have not yet reviewed it.
• The field operates as a multi-user select field.

Specification Approvers

• The user selection field for assigning who will approve the specification.
• Selection allows only authorized users to be selected as a Specification Approver.
• Only one user should be selected.

Publish to GoDocs?

• Toggle button determines whether the FOSTER system should publish/update the specification on GoDocs.
• Set automatically to 'yes'

GoDocs access type

• Toggle button determines whether the specification should be published as a Public or Private document in GoDocs.
• 'Public' to be selected for generic specifications; 'Private' to be selected for country-unique or regional-unique specifications.

Specification Document Body

• This field stores the Microsoft Word layout template. These templates automatically push and/or pull content from the specification in FOSTER, to the Word document.
• When selecting the Specification Type, a Document Body field with the same name as the Layout Template will appear.
• When each document is added, it must be renamed to match the name of the specification being drafted.
• Check the Ready to Publish? to publish the the document.
• Watch the video below to see how to add and rename documents.

**Setup Supplier Feedback Questionnaire (MoDA)

• Check No. Not required for packaging specifications