The MSDS is passed to the chemical distributor who copies or modifies the original and passes it on to the downstream user. Failure or mistakes made in complying with the regulations can be extremely expensive. To date a majority of businesses in the United States still rely on a paper system for MSDS management. Paper systems require a tremendous amount of administrative resource to insure all the MSDS data is current and corresponds to the latest chemical inventory. Using industry standard browser technology a company can access all of their chemical management information via the Internet by the click of a mouse.
Clients determine what level of chemical management they desire.
In some cases clients using the Actio MSDS database can take advantage of aggressive distributor pricing by changing chemical suppliers more readily. Actio automatically secures and maintains the chemical list and MSDS database. The result is cost effective purchasing without the additional internal human resources needed for managing a supplier change.