Hazardous chemicals: SDS-FullService helps keep them under control
Every SWS Wins the "Sustainability" award at the Digital360 Awards 2024 with the project "Digital Efficiency in the Control of Hazardous Chemicals" reporting on the experience of client E.Miroglio
Hazardous chemicals: control improves when automated and digitalized - from the Zerounoweb article
Every Software Solutions Innovates the management of "inconvenient" substances, managing to add value through bold innovation that gives traceability and replicability
Managing potentially hazardous chemicals is a priority in all companies that have them in their processes. Sometimes they cannot do without them and must find agile solutions to ensure that this feature does not become a hindrance. Technology can help, and the experience of E.Miroglio proves it. Indeed, this company in the Fashion textile supply chain has chosen to focus on automation and innovation to optimize the performance of supply control and chemical use processes.
It did so by partnering with Every Software Solutions srl its SDS-FullService, an innovative and effective service for automatically extracting data from SDSs and lists of substances to monitor. In fact, it was among the projects selected as winners of the 2024 Digital360 Awards in the B2B and e-Supply Chain Solutions category.
Integrating innovation into innovation
In the broader context of digital transformation, E.Miroglio introduced new and concrete operational and management methodologies, going to work on one of the weak links in its production chain. The manual management of SDSs and banned or restricted substances was in fact extremely costly, both in terms of time and resources, as well as exposing it to errors and potential risks.
By automating the process and digitalizing the necessary information, a solution such as SDS-FullService maximizes operational efficiency and datareliability, allowing E.Miroglio effective and complete control over chemicals, even reducing their use in some cases or replacing them with safer and more compliant alternatives.
A technology solution with high business impact
From a more purely technological point of view. SDS-FullService is based on a SaaS solution delivered in the Public Cloud. It implements application processes by configuring content, actions and permissions, without ever forcing binding customizations.
It is a solution that can be integrated with many other business applications and ensures 24×7 operation, never at the expense of security, constantly updated and integrated by design.
There are two major innovations, concatenated with each other. The first is the tool called ChemParser for the automatic extraction and digitalization of SDS data, which makes it possible to transform static information found in classic PDFs into structured, normalized data. And then there is Watchlist Monitor, a system that compares the client's chemical database with public, private and industry lists of hazardous chemicals.
Scalability and replicability: possible evolutions
Thanks to these two elements, about 300 SDSs have been turned into a database of more than 1,000 substances and mixtures at E.Miroglio, and compliance with more than 6,000 hazardous substances is now constantly monitored.
The most valuable output is periodic reports, coupled with the ability to have direct access to extensive documentation on more than 30,000 substances. These numbers mean simplification, efficiency, regulatory compliance, and adherence to the high standards required by customers and the Certifications acquired. And also savings in time and human resources, because the management process has visibly improved, becoming an example for the industry.
Its most obvious and "envied" peculiarities are its ability to transform data taken from SDS PDFs into structured and indexed digital datasets suitable for searches, comparisons, reports and integrations with other business applications. This results in more agile traceability and also unprecedented replicability. The structure and design of the solution also make it configurable and integrable with Substance Restriction Lists from other industries, allowing it to span and extend into any industrial context, Italian or foreign, that makes use of chemicals.
