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Managing MSDS’s Richard Sabacinski Tom Bojarski Small and Large Business Perspectives
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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 MSDS Globalization (2005 Harmonization Initiative) TSCA IUR Revamp
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Regulatory Issues Current 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
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The Business Environment Continued Economic Turmoil Continued Downsizing / Cost Cutting Existing Regulations / Agencies under attack by Federal Administration
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Definitions: Big vs. Small Company Not the Traditional Measures: Sales or Capitalization Process and Risk Driven
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How They Stack Up Number of Products Requiring MSDSs “Small”“Medium”“Large”
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How They Stack Up Number of Products Requiring MSDSs “Small”“Medium”“Large” Resources
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How They Stack Up Number of Products Requiring MSDSs “Small”“Medium”“Large” Resources
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How They Stack Up Number of Products Requiring MSDSs “Small”“Medium”“Large” Resources Risk
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The First Material Safety Data Sheet System
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The Automation Process ROI Analysis Travel Expense Management Functional Specification Design Evaluation Implementation
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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
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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
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The 6 C’s of Information MGT Creation Collaboration Control Capture Consumption
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The 6 C’s of Information MGT Creation
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The 6 C’s of Information MGT Creation Capture
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The 6 C’s of Information MGT Creation Control Capture
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The 6 C’s of Information MGT Creation Collaboration Control Capture
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The 6 C’s of Information MGT Creation Collaboration Control Capture Consumption
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The Most Important “C” Culture –Policies –Procedures –Education –Incentives
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Designing Your System Interface, Interface, Interface Custom is Always Better –can you afford the time and money?
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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
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Small Company Word Processing Program Manual mailings of MSDSs Data searches using programs like MS Explorer Fax utility off computer
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Medium Company MSDS Development/Distribution Software Expert System Integration into Business Systems Document Management dBase or FoxPro Templates or Standard Forms
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Large Company Enterprise Software Document Management Custom Solutions
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Implementation Importance of Training and Documentation Own vs. Rent
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Tom Bojarski Sales Engineer tom.bojarski@echostone.net www.echostone.net 6425-B Bannington Rd. Charlotte NC 28226 Phone: 704-341-7578 x102 Fax: 704-341-7632
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