Chemical product information and safety document management system

The product specialist handles the specifications, safety documents and usage information of chemical goods.

Specifications, concentrations, purity, packaging, utilization limits and documents are stored in different files or systems. Proposals are prepared slowly, and the wrong property can lead to inappropriate material for the client process.

How the solution works

  1. The supplier document is linked to the specific material, specification and scope.
  2. The specialist verifies critical features, usage limits and presentation language.
  3. The approved version is transmitted to the processes that use it and to the required recipients.
  4. The change history allows you to restore what information was valid during a specific supply.

Key challenges

  • Technical specifications and product data split
  • Safety and technical documentation versions are under-controlled

Solution capabilities

Technical specifications

Each family of product has manageable concentration, purity, particle size and other critical parameters.

Limits of use

Product data stores the authorised uses, restrictions and technical criteria that are important to the customer.

Safety and technical documentation

Safety data sheets, specifications, certificates and other files are managed with version, language, market and validity status.

Packaging and Logistic Properties

The product includes packaging, weight, material class and other data required for logistics.

Approval control

A new or altered technical data is only published after approval by the responsible specialist.

Business context

Technical specifications and product data split
Specifications, concentrations, purity, packaging, utilization limits and documents are stored in different files or systems. Proposals are prepared slowly, and the wrong property can lead to inappropriate material for the client process.
Safety and technical documentation versions are under-controlled
Supplier safety sheets, specifications and certifications are updated at different times and across multiple channels. An outdated document may be provided to the customer and employees waste time checking the current version.
The exact specification helps the raw material to enter the customer's production
Prior to approving new material, the customer checks its properties and usage information. Easily submitted relevant documents speed up this data exchange. The sales team can continue technical debugging with a clear basis for which product and purpose the offer applies.

Core features

  • Technical specifications
  • Limits of use
  • Safety and technical documentation
  • Packaging and Logistic Properties
  • Approval control

Key integrations

Enterprise resource planning system (ERP)
Product codes, prices and order connection.
Supplier Data Sources
Technical Document Updates.
Business customer portal
Confirmed data and documents are provided to the client.
Quality system
Endorsements and non-compliance management.
Customer relationship management system (CRM)
Customer and technical contacts.

Potential impact (%)

The ranges indicate an illustrative relative change in the metric under the stated assumptions. Results depend on the starting position and actual use of the solution. Percentages for different metrics must not be added together.

Active time of proper specification or safety document verification

16–42%Decreasing

This illustrative scenario assumes that 40-70% of information searches and repeated cross-checks can be addressed. That share is assumed to fall by 40-60%. Company data is needed to verify both the addressable workload and the resulting change.

Uniform types of queries are compared to include correcting an incorrectly assigned document.

Cases where the wrong version has been provided to the required recipient

12–42%Decreasing

This illustrative scenario assumes that 30-60% of errors can be addressed through the data and rule checks described. That share is assumed to fall by 40-70%. Company data is needed to verify both the addressable share and the resulting change.

Confirmed inadequacies of submission and incomplete transfer actions are counted.

Conditional calculation scenarios. The assumptions have not been validated against client measurements.

When this solution is relevant

  • Specifications considered PDF and Excel
  • Customers often request safety data sheets and technical documentation
  • Versions of product parameters change
  • Technical proposal requires manual inspection
  • Planned Customer Self-Service

Implementation requirements

For the maintenance of technical and safety documents, reliable sources of suppliers, version approval and recipient lists are established. Specification or change of safety data sheet must reach customers and processes of affected products; the date of upload does not alter the validity and validation data of the document.

Further development options

  • Setting up recipients of the updated version
  • Verification of Document Application Limits

Frequently asked questions

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