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Managing MSDS’s

Small and Large Business Perspectives. Managing MSDS’s. Richard Sabacinski Tom Bojarski. Regulatory Issues Current and Near Future 1. Senator Enzi’s (et.al.) push for “better” MSDS’s OSHA’s Imminent Publication of three MSDS Guidance Documents

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Managing MSDS’s

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  1. Small and Large Business Perspectives Managing MSDS’s Richard Sabacinski Tom Bojarski

  2. Regulatory IssuesCurrent and Near Future 1 • Senator Enzi’s (et.al.) push for “better” MSDS’s • OSHA’s Imminent Publication of three MSDS Guidance Documents • MSDS Globalization (2005 Harmonization Initiative) • TSCA IUR Revamp

  3. Regulatory IssuesCurrent and Near Future 2 • Mass Tort / Tort Reform • Chemical Weapons Convention • State Legislation • International Legislation • EC White Paper • EC Disinfectants • China Inventory • Significant amount of activity

  4. The Business Environment • Continued Economic Turmoil • Continued Downsizing / Cost Cutting • Existing Regulations / Agencies under attack by Federal Administration

  5. Definitions: Big vs. Small Company • Not the Traditional Measures: Sales or Capitalization • Process and Risk Driven

  6. Number of Products Requiring MSDSs How They Stack Up “Small” “Medium” “Large”

  7. Number of Products Requiring MSDSs How They Stack Up “Small” “Medium” “Large” Resources

  8. Number of Products Requiring MSDSs How They Stack Up “Small” “Medium” “Large” Resources

  9. How They Stack Up “Small” “Medium” “Large” Resources Number of Products Requiring MSDSs Risk

  10. The First Material Safety Data Sheet System

  11. The Automation Process ROI Analysis Design Evaluation Travel Expense Management Functional Specification Implementation

  12. ROI Analysis • Do Not Skip • Consider Using People Before Machinery • Pick a Single Area with Tangible ROI • Provides Metrics for Measuring Success • Keep it Simple

  13. The Nature of People • People Want to Go From Driving a Yugo to the Starship Enterprise • People Want to Automate Existing Processes Without Redesign • People Like to Take the Simple and Make it Complex

  14. Creation The 6 C’s of Information MGT Consumption Control Capture Collaboration

  15. Creation The 6 C’s of Information MGT

  16. Creation The 6 C’s of Information MGT Capture

  17. Creation The 6 C’s of Information MGT Control Capture

  18. Creation The 6 C’s of Information MGT Control Capture Collaboration

  19. Creation The 6 C’s of Information MGT Consumption Control Capture Collaboration

  20. The Most Important “C” • Culture • Policies • Procedures • Education • Incentives

  21. The Typical Wish List • MSDS Management • MSDS Creation • New Chemical Approval • Chemical Inventory Management • Report Generation • Labeling • Integration with Third-Party Compliance Data • Integration with Other Core Business Systems

  22. The Final Wish List • Cut Your Wish List in Half • Determine What Absolutely Have to Have • Make Sure to Include These Items • A Superb Interface • The Ability to Replicate Data and Documents to Multiple Locations

  23. What Is Great Software? • Great Software is Best Practices in a Bottle • The “Bottle” is Very Easy to Fill and Very Easy to Drink From

  24. Designing Your System • Every Software Product Has a “Soul” • Typically Software is Originally Built for a Specific Purpose for a Specific Industry or Customer • Make Sure the Soul of the Software Aligns with Your Wish List

  25. Designing Your System • Interface, Interface, Interface • Custom is Always Better • can you afford the time and money?

  26. Designing Your System • Selecting Your Vendor • Years in Business? • Percentage of the Market? • Any Happy Customers? • Domain Expertise Coupled with Great Technology? • Frequent Updates to Their Products? • Who Integrates with Them? • Involve IT and Procurement

  27. Small Company • Word Processing Program • Manual mailings of MSDSs • Data searches using programs like MS Explorer • Fax utility off computer

  28. Medium Company • MSDS Development/Distribution Software • Expert System • Integration into Business Systems • Document Management • dBase or FoxPro • Templates or Standard Forms

  29. Large Company • Enterprise Software • Document Management • Custom Solutions

  30. Implementation • Importance of Training and Documentation • Own vs. Rent

  31. Tom Bojarski 6425-B Bannington Rd. Charlotte NC 28226 Sales Engineer tom.bojarski@echostone.net www.echostone.net Phone: 704-341-7578 x102 Fax: 704-341-7632

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