The Key Compliance Features of Cloud ERP for Chemical Manufacturing

The delicate task of doing the balancing act between the pitfalls of adhering to these standards and retaining a competitive edge needs to be carried out with utmost care. A good cloud ERP for chemical manufacturing facilitates this process and helps companies to progress smoothly in this quest. Compliance costs are reduced and the business becomes more viable as well as profitable. Automation of the complex compliance procedure helps companies achieve this goal with finesse. This also allows managers to focus on matters that matter more like errors creeping into the data captured. Read on to know of the 6 features that your cloud chemical manufacturing should have.

The stringent compliance standards expected from chemical manufacturing companies are making it increasingly difficult for companies to retain their competitive edge. The host of legislations in place on a national as well as global scale present a conundrum to companies in this sector. Companies must already be well acquainted with legal bindings like SARA Title III, OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, the REACH legislation of the European Union.

You should be able to trace product ingredients as well as the final output with precision in both the backward and the forward lot. The ERP for chemical industry should be able to accommodate instructions for operation and technical sheets as defined by the end user. Control over the sub-lots and lots are also highly desirable.

Another wanted feature is audit trails where the process of obtaining, using, managing and securing the data is clearly demonstrated. Archives of data of previous years are also important, so keep that in mind.

Make sure that the internal workflow is secured by digital signatures. This ensures compliance with a number of audits. Make sure the digital signatures are linked permanently to objects and there is no way for them to be manipulated.

Processes linked to quality control need to be integrated into totality and the whole paperwork involved with the activity needs to be automated. Key terms to keep in mind as far as this feature is concerned are enforcement of inspection results at all of the vital points, orientation through rules etc. 

Make sure your system is flexible enough to accommodate both digital and scanned signatures, as and when required. For documents like analysis certificates and technical sheets, this is a matter of utmost necessity.

Make sure that your ERP provides advanced security features in order to prevent unauthorized access of and use of the system both externally in addition to internal sources of attack. Your system should log you off automatically after an amount of time has passed. All activity of users should be recorded in appropriate logs and the system should block the user after too many login attempts that fail.

These are just some of the features that should be kept in mind. There are many more that you will need in your daily activities. Be sure to check out the demo of Expand ERP which provides many advanced security and compliance features of ERP for chemical manufacturing.

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