MSDS Author - (M)SDS Authoring Tool

To meet global regulatory compliance demands, many manufacturers today, such as Behr Process, ITW Devcon, Kester Solder and Saint Gobain, are authoring and distributing (M)SDS information to customers in record time – improving time to market. (M)SDS Author is a professional service and software platform that composes, publishes, and distributes finished product (M)SDS documents in various formats and languages. MSDS Author leverages the information from the raw materials (M)SDS stored in (M)SDS Vault to generate an up-to-date finished product (M)SDS for easy reference for customers and resellers.

Challenge

To meet GRC (Global Regulatory Compliance) demands and hazard communication, companies that manufacture products containing hazardous materials are required to provide accurate, timely product safety information to their customers in accordance with regulatory requirements. This requires the manufacturer to prepare, and make available, prior to the release of that finished good, an accurate (M)SDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) document and, depending on the industry, supporting documents like a package insert or a technical data sheet.

Authoring and distributing (M)SDS information for your customers is complex. Raw material information, used to create your (M)SDS, based on your unique product formulation, must be up-to-date and accurate. Producing an extended SDS under REACH requires downstream exposure scenarios based upon customer usage. Once all the information is collected, the content must be analyzed against a variety of regulatory and research materials to determine whether any materials pose particular hazards which are elaborated upon in a very comprehensive, custom detailed (M)SDS. Continued management of this (M)SDS information requires that revisions be made if product formulations or global regulations change.

Soon you realize that managing the authoring, analysis, distribution and update process of (M)SDS information is not only complex, it is also time consuming, resource intensive and costly.

Solution

(M)SDS Author is a professional service and (M)SDS authoring tool that creates compliant (M)SDS’s on finished goods containing hazardous materials – communicating risk associated with human and environmental safety, ensuring worldwide compliance, and lowering the total cost of ownership for producing these complex regulatory documents.

For a fraction of the cost of authoring your own (M)SDS, (M)SDS Author uses the raw material information stored in the (M)SDS Vault database to create (M)SDS information relevant to your unique product formulations. This information is then analyzed against Actio’s massive aggregation of regulatory content to identify potential hazards, health effects, and compliance requirements. The outcome is a comprehensive, custom, detailed database of your product information, which is used to generate (M)SDS for your customers around the world.

(M)SDS Author leverages the Actio platform’s database-driven technology, IntelligenTEXT™, which organizes (M)SDS data in defined fields in a database. Not only does IntelligenTEXT™ facilitate unlimited search, analysis and reporting capabilities, it also creates a dynamic content environment that can quickly respond to change. A change in your product formulations, supplier (M)SDS data, or global regulations simply requires an update to the platform’s centralized database. The updated information is immediately accessible to generate accurate, (M)SDS documents for your customers in the formats and languages required.

Unlike paper-based processes or systems that provide (M)SDS information as a static document, such as PDF format, (M)SDS Author uses standard forms already in the system to pull information from defined fields in the database to present (M)SDS-compliant information to users – eliminating the high cost of (M)SDS re-creation to satisfy local market requirements.

The result? Your customers have round-the-clock, online access to accurate, up-to-date (M)SDS documents – at a fraction of the cost than if you did it yourself.

Benefits

As an outsourced service, (M)SDS Author automatically generates an (M)SDS on a finished good based on raw material information stored in (M)SDS Vault and the finished good product formulation
(M)SDS Author conducts extensive research with industry standard references and leverages a library of more than 2000 standard phrases creating an accurate and concise (M)SDS
Once generated, each (M)SDS supports a wide range of global formats and languages – ensuring 100% global compliance
With frequency of distribution determined by the manufacturer, the platform automatically distributes (M)SDS information via email, fax, or direct link to a customer’s online catalog or product information page
Professionally branded (M)SDS with company colors and logo enhances your corporate image
Delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS) with no hardware and software to purchase and maintain providing faster time to benefit and lower total cost of ownership