MASTERING THE FT
For suppliers of drugstore, perfumery and hygiene products
May 2026
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SUMMARY
CONTEXT
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PROCESS RESPONSE TECHNICAL DATA SHEET
RQ
Supplier
Complete the technical datasheet response
Sending the Technical Data Sheet
To rule
Complete the Review
FT approved
FT closed
A Technical Sheet (TS) corresponds to a recipe and a format . Your TS response can have 4 different statuses during the process : In Progress, Frozen, Approved and Closed.
The completed FT is sent to RQ - your response can no longer be modified
FT approved by the RQ
FT definitively rejected by the RQ
Status that allows you to modify the FT
Request for revision
CONTEXT
List of specific screens :
Food : Characteristics - Food, Nutritional Information
DPH : Characteristics - Drugstore Hygiene, Characteristics - Organoleptic, Composition - Cosmetic
Pet Supplies : Characteristics - Pet Food, Composition - Pet Food
There are 2 types of screens listed in the technical specifications:
General screens
All sectors
(DPH, Grocery, PLS)
Specific screens
sector-specific
List of general screens :
General Information, Act For Food, Physicochemical Characteristics, Microbiological Characteristics, Packaging Composition, Packaging Characteristics
FT Status
Screen types
CONTEXT
List of specific screens :
Food : Characteristics - Food, Nutritional Information
DPH : Characteristics - Drugstore, Hygiene or Cosmetic, Characteristics - Organoleptic and Composition
Pet Supplies : Characteristics - Pet Food, Composition - Pet Food
There are 2 types of screens listed in the technical specifications:
General screens
All sectors
(DPH, Grocery, PLS)
Specific screens
sector-specific
List of general screens :
General Information, Act For Food, Physicochemical Characteristics, Microbiological Characteristics, Packaging Composition, Packaging Characteristics
FT Status
Screen types
ACCESS THE FT
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Access the Technical Specifications
You will receive an email inviting you to complete the technical form (TF).
Option 1: From the email
Click on the link
Two options to access the Technical Specifications:
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Option 2 : From PLM
technical datasheet answer ” tab
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Access the FT
Responding to the FT
Your sales contact will receive the email; they will need to forward it to the quality department.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Respond to the Technical Specifications
You are the current supplier of the product :
Access the FT
Responding to the FT
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There are 2 ways to respond to a FT:
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For a new product :
If it's the same recipe with a different format, you can copy the information from the existing FT to the new one , to complete and update it more easily.
Follow the process from slide e 9 .
Complete the technical data sheet in its entirety.
Follow the process from slide 14 .
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RESPOND TO THE FT AS
WHICH CURRENT SUPPLIER
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RESPONDING AS A CURRENT SUPPLIER - Context
If you are a current supplier of the product , you can copy the elements from your current FT and paste them into a new FT, to complete it more easily.
Upon opening PLM Vision, a data migration was performed for the following fields:
Context
Copy the answer
Results
DPH
Features
Drugstore - Hygiene, Cosmetics
Pet Shop
Petfood Features
Analytical constituents
Properties
Supplier sites
Claims
The current FTs have been copied in the format: year - Empty - FOR BL only
REPLY AS CURRENT SUPPLIER - Copy the FT
Step 2:
In the properties section, click on Actions and copy the information from the FT response.
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Step 1: On the FT to be copied
Go to the FT response from which you want to copy the information.
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Context
Copy the answer
Results
REPLY AS CURRENT SUPPLIER - Copy the FT
Step 3:
Select the FT answer where to paste the information
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After loading, a window will open confirming that the data copy has been successfully completed.
Context
Copy the answer
Results
For the same recipe with different formats, you can select multiple FTs for copying.
RESPOND AS A CURRENT SUPPLIER - Results
Step 4: On the New FT
Go to the new FT (as in step 1 ). Check the copied items and modify them if necessary.
All information is copied except : supplier websites, claims, responses to desired claims, net UVC content, UVC unit of measurement, net weight, AFF table, detailed composition
Context
Copy the answer
Results
FT version copied
Existing FT
COMPLETE THE FT
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COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Context
Specification element: Required element
Description: Explanation of what is expected
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Joint comment: RQ request to suppliers
Spec Value: corresponds to the value expected by the RQ
Value: your answer to the required element
Supplier Comment: Option to add comments for the attention of the RQ
RQ CRF Comment: RQ comment specifically addressed to you.
You will find the same columns in each section:
The list of ingredients must be entered exactly as it will appear on the product packaging .
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Properties
Properties :
Provide the supplier websites .
The target product is indicated by the Marketing Product Manager in the following format:
'product name'
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Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
You can find the revision number of your FT response, as well as its status.
Madeleines MDD A
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Properties
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Click on the link to download the document
Access the guides, quality policy rules and CRF commitments by visiting the AO
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Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
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At the top of the technical specifications, click on the link to access the call for tenders.
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Properties
Return all the documents requested by Carrefour via the Technical Sheet
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You need to create a ZIP file to attach multiple documents.
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - General information
General information: Enter the information in the value column.
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
The Documents column is completed by the Carrefour RQ and not by the supplier.
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Act for Food
Attributes of Act for Food:
You must answer “ Yes ” or “ No ” for each item in the Value column .
The criteria checked " AFF Attribute Group " are general criteria containing several sub-criteria.
If AFF Group attribute is checked: select the corresponding sub-criteria in the precision column.
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Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Features
Fields highlighted in red are required.
Features : In the Values column
The following information is required: Legal name, Net UVC content, UVC unit of measurement, Net weight, Shelf life type, Total product shelf life
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Features
To complete the desired claims response, go back to the properties section, then copy the claims you can make (CTRL + C) .
Features section , return to the Desired Claims Response line and click Edit on the value field. Paste the claims , modify them according to your proposal , and save.
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Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Features
When you see this specification, it means you have the option to add your own criteria.
Do not click on the blue section “Additional physico-chemical criterion”
Add your own specifications in the “Value” field.
Characteristics - Physico-Chemical: Fill in the unit values according to your proposal and add additional criteria if needed
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Features
Characteristics - Microbiological:
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Detailed composition
Initially, the detailed composition table is empty. The goal is to enter your recipe and the ingredients it contains.
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
To add an ingredient, click on “New ingredient”.
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Detailed composition
The detailed composition table is a table specific to each sector: Cosmetics, Drugstore, Hygiene.
You must enter the list of ingredients and their components
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
You can move a line by dragging and dropping it.
Delete the line
Duplicate the line
Enlarge the table for better visibility
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Detailed composition
Case 1 - Adding simple raw materials (simple raw materials)
The total of the “ % in formula ” of all the simple raw materials must equal 100%.
Click on the “ new ingredient” button , name the ingredient and fill in the information according to the ingredient.
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
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Select the MP type as “ simple MP ” and complete the information opposite according to the ingredient concerned.
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Detailed composition
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
Case 2 - Add the compound ingredients
The raw material must be included, along with its constituent ingredients.
Step 1 : Add the raw material
new ingredient” button , name the ingredient and select “ MP compound ”
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Provide information about the raw material used:
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Detailed composition
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
Case 2 - Add the compound ingredients
The raw material must be included, as well as the ingredients that compose it.
Step 2 : Add the components of the raw material
Click on the arrow next to the raw material and then on the + “ new ingredient”
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Name the ingredient, select “ Simple MP”
Enter the ingredient information column by column
Click carefully on the + set back from the arrow.
The + located at the same level as the arrow is used to add a new raw material.
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Detailed composition
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
Case 2 - Add the compound ingredients :
The raw material must be included, along with its constituent ingredients.
Step 3 : Enter the formulas of the components
% Raw material concentration:
the sum must equal 100%
For example, cotton extract is composed of 85% water, 10% cotton extract and 5% glycerin.
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% in finished product:
the sum must be equal to the percentage in the formula of the compound
For example, the percentage in the cotton extract formula is equal to 0.1%
Water represents 0.085% of the finished product, cotton extract 0.01% and glycerin 0.005%
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COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Packaging
Packaging - Characteristics: Select the packaging characteristics in the value column.
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Packaging
Properties
General Information
Act for Food
Features
Detailed composition
Packaging
Packaging - Composition : Please provide the following information
COMPLETE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - Leave comments
BEST PRACTICES
When you leave a comment for RQ Carrefour, highlight your comment using a color.
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SEND THE REPLY
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SEND RESPONSE - Freeze Technical Data Sheet
After entering your answers and adding comments if necessary, you must freeze the record .
Freeze your technical specifications
Inform the RQ
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SEND THE REPLY - Inform the RQ
Currently, the Quality Manager is not automatically notified when you respond to the Technical Specification. It is therefore very important to inform them!
Regarding your supplier's response, send an email to the Quality Manager to inform them.
Thank you for your response.
Change the email subject line to the following: RI - product - FT frozen
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Freeze your technical specifications
Inform the RQ
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