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MSDS Authoring is designed to generate globally compliant and multi-lingual Material Safety Data Sheets (M)SDS’s largely without human intervention. The key features and benefits of the Hazox® document authoring solution include:
Modular Approach to MSDS Creation
Hazox employs a modular approach to authoring, using templates, standard phrases, ingredient or finished product information selected by predefined rules, and/or parts of other documents. By constructing documents from these building blocks, changes that affect an entire group of (M)SDS's, or a class of products, can be made very quickly.
Rules-Based Logic
When a document is required for a newly created mixture or product, it can be generated automatically using a template and rules that insert values based on a product’s formulation data. These values can be either numeric (such as flash point, PEL, TLV) or text (such as hazard statements, or disclaimers). Further processing can be performed by executing calculations on numeric values, or flagging instances of mutually exclusive phrases within the document, such as ingredients which might have incompatible hazard statements.
Product Formulation
Formulation is the background process for rules-based authoring, utilizing data on finished products or product components from a chemical information database. As product recipes are altered, changes in formulation data will trigger corresponding updates to (M)SDS’s if necessary. When used in combination with MSDS Dispatch™ and interfaced with core business systems, formulation sends new or changed product documents to customers automatically in response to recipe changes made at the point of manufacture. For companies whose business requires frequent changes in product formulation, the Hazox® formulation engine offers a cost-effective way to ensure continued regulatory compliance.
User-Definable Chemical Information
The foundation for the formulation background process is a database containing basic information about each chemical, with an unlimited capacity for user-defined data elements. These elements can include (but are not limited to) chemical name, CAS Number, designations for mixtures & components, trade secrets, specific gravity, hazard class & links to regulatory lists.
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