Summary
A multilingual app, built with our no-code platform, helps with food safety certification processes in over 140 countries.
Key results
- Leveraging no-code development platform WEM, FSSC 22000 was able to design, develop, and deploy custom software in just 12 weeks, a remarkable improvement on traditional development timelines.
- The custom software enabled the automation of complex processes, transforming customer experience, improving agent efficiency, and enabling instantaneous processing of high-volume requests.
- The new multi-lingual, cloud-based software integrated smoothly with the existing IT infrastructure and provides 24/7/365 remote management with automatic updates.
Industry
Food safety
Use case
Customer software
Partner
Who is FSSC 22000?
FSSC 22000 (Food Safety System Certification) is a globally recognized certification body that ensures food safety across the entire supply chain. With a certification scheme based on international standards like ISO 22000, FSSC serves sectors ranging from food processing and ingredient production to animal feed, packaging, and logistics. With over 18,000 certified organizations in 140+ countries, FSSC 22000 plays a pivotal role in promoting global food safety and improving industry standards.
The Challenges
To future-proof its global certification processes, FSSC 22000 faced several structural and operational challenges. Manual, paper-based certification workflows were causing delays, errors, and inconsistencies, with no central system to provide real-time visibility into audit and certification statuses worldwide. Any digital solution had to be multilingual, scalable, mobile-friendly, and fully integrated with existing (legacy) systems to maintain data integrity. Compounding these requirements was a critical time constraint: a traditional 18-month software development process was simply too slow to meet the rising global demand for food safety certification. FSSC needed to go live in under three months, delivering automation and transparency while relieving internal pressure on auditors and administrative teams.
The Solution
Partnering with no-code specialist SOWEDO, FSSC 22000 built a secure, integrated, and globally deployable platform on the WEM No-Code Platform—in just 12 weeks. This multilingual cloud solution provides auditors and administrative teams with 24/7 access to real-time audit and certification data across 18,000+ organizations. The platform features a responsive dashboard, automated workflows, two-factor authentication, and seamless integration with existing databases and infrastructure. Users can schedule audits, upload documentation, monitor progress, and manage certificates—all from a single system, with automated alerts and validations ensuring speed, consistency, and compliance. Thanks to WEM’s visual development environment, the platform was built, customized, and deployed in record time without traditional programming—empowering FSSC to scale globally with confidence.
Designed, developed and deployed in 12 weeks […] that’s an extraordinary result.
Hent van Oijen - Director Digital Services, FSSC
The Positive Business Impact
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85% reduction in development time, from 18 months to 12 weeks
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Automation of manual processes, boosting audit and certification capacity
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Increased operational efficiency for auditors and admin teams through smarter workflows
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Enhanced customer experience with real-time transparency and self-service capabilities
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Full integration with legacy systems, eliminating data silos and migration costs
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Global scalability and multilingual support, all managed from a single environment
“If we would have developed a solution based on traditional development methods, it would have taken us 18 months to develop a system like this, which is being used world-wide, in multiple languages, and integrated in FSSCs existing infrastructure”.— Rene Posthuma (Business Consultant, SOWEDO)
Looking Ahead
FSSC 22000’s no-code transformation didn’t just modernize its internal operations—it reshaped its ability to lead global food safety standards with agility, transparency, and innovation. This project showcases how combining no-code technology, domain expertise, and visionary leadership can future-proof complex certification ecosystems and serve as a model for other international certification bodies.
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