Case Study: National Cortina achieves automated, audit-ready supplier recordkeeping with TraceGains Supplier Management

How National Cortina Uses TraceGains to Digitize Their Library of Documents and Stay Audit-Ready

National Cortina, a second-generation importer and distributor of food and beverage ingredients founded in 1958, needed to manage complex supplier specifications and meet growing demands for product transparency and audited food-safety documentation. The company struggled with manual document storage on public drives, time-consuming follow-ups, and no automated way to track expirations or onboard new suppliers.

Adopting TraceGains Supplier Management digitized their document library, tracked expiration dates in real time, and automated supplier and customer notifications—making them 365 Audit Ready and requiring 77 suppliers to submit documents through the platform. The result: faster customer response and sales cycles, a single searchable repository, automated requests that cut phone follow-ups to about 25% of suppliers, stronger support, and measurable growth in volume.

National Cortina

John Raede

Chief Food Safety Officer