November 25, 2024 Green Aloha Reached 100% Labeling Accuracy with TEKLYNX

The implementation of CODESOFT led to 100% labeling accuracy, meeting label compliance in less than a week, and avoiding lost revenue.

Background

Green Aloha grows all its cannabis on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. They deliver clean, safe, quality medicine to residents and visiting medical cannabis patients.

To comply with strict state regulatory requirements, Green Aloha needed to upgrade its labeling process in a short amount of time. The revised labeling regulations they needed to meet aimed to provide patients with clearer information about dosage, cannabinoid content, ingredients, and allergens. Now, the information Green Aloha previously listed on an insert with packages needed to be included on their small package labels.

With 20 medical cannabis products and multiple pieces of data required on each label, their existing inventory software used for label printing fell short. Plus, Green Aloha only had two employees available to tackle this critical compliance problem.

Challenges

• Hawaii State Department of Health labeling requirements
• Very limited time to achieve label compliance
• Scarce resources with just two employees

Results

• Met label compliance in under a week
• Avoided fines, recalls, and closure
• Reached 100% labeling accuracy

Solution

Green Aloha turned to TEKLYNX for help after learning about their RFID and barcode labeling software solutions at a cannabis tradeshow. “Green Aloha gave us a call on a Wednesday in a bit of a panic because they needed to print nearly 5,000 labels by Monday and were out of compliance with the Hawaii State Department of Health,” explained Scott Fabian, Product Integration Developer at TEKLYNX.

Over the next two days, Scott set up the Confident LIMS printing form powered by TEKLYNX, designed four label templates in CODESOFT with 18 – 24 variable data fields (manufacturing date, product name, lab data, etc.), and showed Green Aloha how it all worked. By Monday, CODESOFT and the printing form were installed, and Green Aloha was independently printing compliant cannabis labels right in time for a visit from the Hawaii State Department of Health.

The printing form leveraged an API (Application Programming Interface) to seamlessly apply compliant data to the labels. This bridged the gap between data from Green Aloha’s laboratory information management system (Confident LIMS) and label design in CODESOFT. This innovative solution helped Green Aloha significantly reduce manual tasks, data discrepancies, and compliance challenges.

Results

Green Aloha successfully achieved compliance with the revised labeling regulations and avoided costly fines, product recalls, and a potential shutdown. They emphasized how the Hawaii State Department of Health showed up at their facility on Monday to shut things down due to non-compliant labels and were impressed by how quickly Green Aloha was able to bring their labels into compliance.

With the Confident LIMS label printing form powered by TEKLYNX, Green Aloha also reached 100% labeling accuracy.

Green Aloha plans to continue growing its medical cannabis business and successful partnership with TEKLYNX.

About TEKLYNX
TEKLYNX International helps supply chains work better. Today, more than 750,000 companies in over 170 countries trust TEKLYNX integrated barcode and RFID label design products and the people behind its solutions to make barcode labeling operations efficient, accurate, secure, and industry compliant. With over 30 years of experience, TEKLYNX is the global leader because of its reliable software and superior customer support. To learn more about how the TEKLYNX community helps companies across industries worldwide, visit teklynx.com or call TEKLYNX in your region. Barcode Better™ with TEKLYNX.

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