CISPro's New Tier II Enhancements Enable Better Hazardous Materials Management
 Enhanced Tier II reporting capabilities for CISPro Global and CISProLive are now available that enable users to more accurately and automatically track, calculate and report hazardous chemicals on site to address government reporting requirements.
Tier II chemical inventory reports are required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), which is also known as the Superfund Amendments & Reauthorization Act (SARA). EPCRA requires organizations that have hazardous chemicals on site to submit reports about those chemicals to various state and local agencies.
Now resident in CISPro Global and CISProLive, the enhancements deliver user-customizable Tier II reporting templates with fields for average daily amount, maximum amount, hazard categories, number of days on site, storage location, type of storage, as well as pressure and temperature conditions.
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Perform Real-Time End-to-End Tracking of Cylinder Gas with CISPro
CISPro Global and CISProLive enable users to perform real-time tracking of cylinder gas in inventory, providing complete continuous accountability of all cylinders any time, any where. Users know exactly when cylinders were received, when empty cylinders were picked up for return by the vendor, and who signed the paperwork . Now, all inventory can be managed in the same inventory system, from chemicals, biologicals, instruments, and supplies to compressed cylinder gasses.
Using the bar code identification on the manufacturer’s label or ID tag along with CISPro’s unique tracking number, CISPro captures the cylinder data into a robust web-based database. Once in the CISPro database, users can check the status and location of any cylinder with absolute, validatable assurance that the cylinder data is correct. This means that no more cylinders are lost either at the organization’s site or in transit during shipping, thereby eliminating shipping and receiving disputes. In addition, because the exact status of all cylinders is known, the organization eliminates over purchasing of gasses, resulting in greater purchasing efficiency.
The ability to perform real-time tracking of cylinder gas by manufacturer label provides continuous accountability while eliminating lost cylinders.
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Design your own Instrument Maintenance & Calibration Inspections with IMCSLive
Today's laboratory contains a diverse collection of instruments, equipment, computers and other tools used to manage lab activities, samples, supplies, reports, and more. Ensuring that every piece has been calibrated and maintained correctly can be time-consuming at best, a dark hole in lab productivity at worst. When your inspection questions go beyond a standard checklist to those such as "Does the valve work?" or "What is the pressure of the condenser?", your workload can slow to a crawl.
IMCSLive solves that challenge by enabling you to create site-specific inspection protocols and design inspection checklists that are configured to your organization's needs and integrated with your laboratory systems. Now, you can not only breeze through maintenance and inspection events, but also track, monitor and report those events automatically using an extensive array of customizable templates and reports.
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Increase your Productivity and Efficiency with Paperless, Mobile Field Safety Inspections
 A mobile electronic field inspection tool, Site Inspection Live simplifies and expedites the capture of maintenance and safety inspection data. Facility, Safety, Laboratory and Quality Control personnel can schedule inspections, collect inspection data anywhere using a Windows Mobile handheld device, and automatically compile inspection reports that address regulatory requirements. Automated wizards and forms walk the user through template development and inspection processes.
• Perform fast, remote inspections for any type of asset or process
• Conduct audits anywhere, any time
• Automatic reports for regulatory requirements
Site Inspection Live's unique Inspection Designer feature is at the heart of the system. Inspection Designer delivers a rich set of tools that allow you to create inspection forms for a wide variety of question types, including plain text, numeric, yes/no, and option list, as well as for a range of user-defined criteria, including asset, location, route or target.
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Best Practices Tip for the Month
Calculating the True Costs of Chemical Inventory Management
Inventory Costs Involve More than Just the Cost of the Materials and Include Activities Associated with Management of that Inventory
 Quantify Inventory Management Costs
Chemical purchases and management are often perceived as being a small percentage of overall operating costs, while in reality they can have a significant impact.
Every company incurs quantifiable costs for equipment, materials, labor, liability, safety training and compliance efforts at every stage in the chemical inventory management lifecycle. Putting a monetary value on each of these items helps to quantify and thus to understand the actual costs and the true impact of chemical inventory at your organization. Implementing a Best Practices inventory system helps labs to develop an ROI that justifies the purchase of that system.
Develop Accurate Cost Awareness
There are three components to chemical inventory management: management, procurement, and disposal.
• The management of the chemical inventory can include costs associated with tasks by lab staff and lab management that involve tracking and reporting chemical inventory.
• Procurement costs are those associated with purchasing tasks, both by lab personnel and purchasing department staff.
• Disposal costs are those associated with not just container disposal in accordance with government and regulatory requirements, but also disposal of expired chemicals.
A survey by Chemical Strategy Partnership entitled Chemical Management Services (CMS) Industry Report 2004 found that chemical management costs between $1 and $10 for every dollar of chemical purchased. This means that an organization purchasing $300K in chemicals also spends an additional $300K to $3M managing those chemicals. These high costs are due to the hidden expenses required to manage those chemicals, such as compliance, safety, disposal and floor space. Thus, cost containment is key. The survey also found that organizations with effective chemical inventory management solutions reported net savings of 5-20% in the first year of implementation. Over the first three years, most providers estimated a 5-10% savings per year or more.
Manage Chemical Costs More Efficiently
It is easy to underestimate what is being spent on chemical inventory because few organizations ask the right questions in the first place, making it difficult to ensure that they have the right answers. Knowing the questions that will achieve meaningful answers can enable your organization to develop an accurate understanding of the true costs of your total chemical inventory management. A Best Practices chemical inventory system can help the organization to manage both the actual inventory and associated activities better, resulting in more efficient, more effective processes at lower cost.
Maximize your Chemical Return-on-Investment
You should be able to reduce the amount of chemicals purchased if you can determine where pockets of excess inventory exist, but the most important goal is to gain control of the processes associated with chemical inventory management to achieve cost containment. An efficient solution can significantly lower your inventory management costs.
To find out more about how you can succeed at chemical inventory management, please request a complementary copy of ChemSW's white paper entitled Best Practices in Chemical Inventory Management, click here.
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