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7 Steps To Manage Your Chemical Inventory With Software

If you’re dealing with chemicals in your business, you have an obligation to store and transport these chemicals safely. Also, you need to comply with various government laws and regulations that include keeping a proper record of hazardous chemicals. Here, we’ll cover how you can use off-the-shelf inventory management software to manage your chemical inventory.

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7 Steps To Manage Your Chemical Inventory With Software

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  1. 7 Steps To Manage Your Chemical Inventory With Software

  2. If you’re dealing with chemicals in your business, you have an obligation to store and transport these chemicals safely

  3. You need to comply with various government laws and regulations that include keeping a proper record of hazardous chemicals

  4. Obligations when dealing with chemicals in Europe, Australia and the United States Laws using barcoding and inventory management software MANAGE YOUR CHEMICAL INVENTORY Inventory management solution

  5. Hazardous Chemical Storage Laws Around the World

  6. Dangerous chemicals need laws to regulate their use

  7. • There is a national model for Work Health and Safety Regulations Determine whether a chemical is hazardous. If it is hazardous, it must be correctly classified Supply a safety data sheet for each chemical Chemicals must be accurately labelled • AUSTRALIA • •

  8. • EU regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures CLP Regulation Register chemicals with the European Chemicals Agency REACH regulation • EUROPE • •

  9. • Hazardous chemicals are tightly regulated by federal law Must submit chemicals to the tsca inventory Keep records of any complaints of health or environmental harm Report the production and use of chemicals in large quantities to the epa • UNITED STATES • •

  10. Compliance with Hazardous Chemical Laws Using Technology

  11. 1. Importers and manufacturers are treated alike. 2. Chemicals must be classified correctly. 3. General records must be kept about the effect, production and use of chemicals. 4. Chemicals must be labelled in accordance with European or international standards. 5. A safety data sheet must be supplied for each chemical. LAWS CHEMICALS AROUND THE WORLD

  12. Managing Chemicals with Inventory Management Software

  13. Low-cost chemical inventory management solution using barcode readers and a cloud inventory application called EMERGE App

  14. • Barcode printing and scanning system is a software and hardware combination There are many brands and models of barcode printers and scanners to choose from Zebra and SATO are two popular brands that have many desktop models to choose from Choose a handheld barcode scanner Small and medium-sized businesses, you generally need a cordless or corded barcode scanner Pick your barcode label software 1 • CHOOSE YOUR BARCODE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE • • • •

  15. 2 CHOOSE YOUR BARCODE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE • • • • User-friendly interface Sensible business workflow Wallet-friendly Scalability and flexible

  16. 3 ADD YOUR HAZARD CLASSES Get started with EMERGE App • Click on Categories in the Product module Then click on New Category Add hazard classes according to GHS or CLP regulations • • • Focus on products Add hazard classes Adding the brand of the chemical • •

  17. 4 ADD YOUR CHEMICAL PRODUCTS • If you click Add a New Product, you’ll be presented with a new product record Enter or paste the barcode number into the SKU field • Adding your chemical products Go the Product module and click on Products • •

  18. • • Select the appropriate hazard class for the chemical Check the Batch Item box You can set up batches at the General Setup screen Select a chemical product, add a batch name • •

  19. EMERGE App will automatically tabulate weight and CBM for the shipping packing list

  20. 5 ATTACH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS • • Fulfil regulatory requirements for record- keeping and reporting Click on a chemical product in the product screen Click on tasks & notes to add text descriptions Uploading of files such as the safety data sheet or complaints • •

  21. 6 ADD RAW MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION ORDERS • You add raw materials as you would with your chemical products Click on Raw Materials in the Product module •

  22. • Go back to the chemical product and select the raw material checkbox Present a list of raw materials •

  23. • Go to a product and click Produce From Raw Materials Click Produce to begin production •

  24. 7 IMPLEMENT YOUR BARCODE WORKFLOW • Scan the barcode in the product or SKU fields in EMERGE App You can use barcode scanning to quickly dispatch chemical products in a shipment •

  25. • • Pick a shipment and click on the Dispatch button Grab your barcode scanner and start scanning your chemical containers The quantity will increase by one if the barcode matches the product • click Dispatch to continue with the shipment

  26. Businesses that deal with dangerous chemicals need to comply with record keeping and reporting requirements

  27. MORE INFORMATION www.emergeapp.net/traditional-businesses/7- steps-manage-chemical-inventory-software/

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