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From Overwhelmed to In Control:
How One Retail Giant Transformed Compliance with AskSprut

It started with a spreadsheet. Then came more. Hundreds more.

A leading global retailer was doing everything it could to keep up with the growing complexity of product regulations. With more than 100,000 SKUs and thousands of suppliers, compliance wasn’t just a department but a daily battle.

Inside their regulatory monitoring team, experts were scanning hundreds of government and industry websites. Legal teams were reviewing every interpretation. Third-party consultants were weighing in. And all of it had to be communicated – accurately and quickly – to purchasing, operations, product safety, and executives.

Rework, overlap, miscommunication, and missing requirements led to problems as well. As soon as someone left, so did their spreadsheets and alerts. Two employees looking a like products had much overlap and never communicated with each other. The alerting sites they signed up for were not covering everything they needed.

Their Tools:

A patchwork of spreadsheets, bookmarked links, shared folders, hundreds of alerts, and long email threads.

“We weren’t short on effort or expertise – we were short on time, consistency, and a centralized system.” stated their senior compliance manager.

AskSprut provided them what no other tool could: one automated, integrated platform built for regulatory complexity at scale.

Instead of tracking hundreds of websites manually, AskSprut’s automated platform now monitors regulatory updates around the clock. Internal teams log observations and questions directly into the platform. Legal reviews, third-party opinions, and compliance decisions are all captured and traceable.

And with the AskSprut dashboard, every team – legal, purchasing, product integrity, ops, and leadership – gets what they need, when they need it, without risk of ever losing it.

The Impact

“It’s no longer a scramble. It’s a system. AskSprut lets us lead with confidence.” stated the Vice President of Product Compliance.

Compliance Doesn’t Have to Be Chaotic

AskSprut is helping some of the largest and most complex organizations simplify compliance – turning fragmented workflows into a single source of regulations.