2026 Commercial Partners
Headline Sponsor
TraceGains is revolutionizing CPG supply chain agility through an innovative Networked Ingredient Marketplace. The ability for businesses to seamlessly connect with partners through a networked marketplace is essential for collaborating to solve today’s unprecedented supply chain challenges. Information about ingredients and supply chain partners flows instantly using intelligence and automation. Our patented PostOnce™ technology allows authorized stakeholders to share and receive vital information, precisely when, where, and how they need to operate efficiently and remain competitive. Through the power of a global network, supply chain agility is achievable. TraceGains provides the world’s only holistic networked solution for global brands gaining speed and control over compliance and product development.
For 15 years, TraceGains has provided the world’s only holistic networked solution for global brands gaining speed and control over compliance and product development. Using the power of a network, brands collaborate on 425,000 ingredients/items from more than 55,000 supply chain locations creating greater agility, resilience, and joined sustainability within the business ecosystem that masters the modern supply chain.
Official Partners
Quality and compliance were never meant to be an administrative burden. Yet for years, they have been slowed down by manual checks, data scattered across systems, and constantly changing requirements. At the same time, expectations continue to rise. More client-driven demands, more processes to manage, and increasing difficulty finding the right people to handle it all.
Backbone is built around a simple idea. What if QA teams spent far less time on administration and far more time on real quality work, while systems themselves tracked tasks, deadlines, and obligations and only pulled people in when attention was actually needed?
We are building an AI-driven compliance backbone that connects standards, policies, product specifications, work instructions, evidence, and day-to-day actions into one living system. An AI assistant continuously understands this context, follows what needs to be done, and flags risks or deviations early so teams no longer have to rely on constant manual checks.
Instead of reviewing everything, QA managers are involved when it matters, when results fall outside expectations, priorities shift, or decisions are needed. This helps teams act faster, focus on what truly matters, and stay in control as requirements change.
The result is a new operating model for quality, where systems handle monitoring and follow-up, and teams focus on decisions, impact, and improvement. Backbone exists to make that shift possible, helping quality teams move from constantly proving compliance to leading quality at scale.