Flexibility
with Inventory Ordering and Reordering Tasks Saves Time, Reduces Headaches
Doing a better job is not just a case of using a better workflow to streamline
how you perform a task, it can also mean using the right software to achieve
those ends. But it doesn't stop there since there are many types of software
that could help you perform a specific task better. So, you need to ensure
that the right software is right for you and your organization's needs.
A critical element in the mix is ease-of-use and flexibility -- terms
that just about every vendor flings around. What they should mean is that
you can streamline your tasks and workflows using that software. CISProLive's
utilizes Best Practices to deliver that ease-of-use and flexibility with
your online chemical inventory ordering and reordering tasks.
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Optimize
Inventory Equipment Categorization
If you need a better way to categorize your inventory equipment, IMCSLive
now delivers that capability. IMCSLive allows you to optimize equipment
categorization, enabling you to not only easily define and bundle equipment
into assemblies, but also:
• Easily reassign equipment to new assemblies while maintaining instant
access to the correct calibration history records
• Address instrument systems as a whole set, or separate out the individual
parts into different sets
• Define the process or assembly, designate different systems for different
processes, and easily switch components between assemblies
• Attach research information, such as chromatograms or spectra associated
with a particular column, instrument or component
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New
TrainingLive Course Provides the Latest Reactives Handling Techniques
Ensure
that your staff are current on how to handle reactive chemicals in the
lab. A new TrainingLive course, Reactives, covers the
hazards of working with highly reactive chemicals that can produce violent
reactions including the formation of highly toxic products (especially
gases), development of high pressures or temperatures, spontaneous development
of heat, or explosions. The categories of reactions covered include: self-polymerizations,
reactions with water, pyrophorics, peroxide formation, incompatibles and
oxidizers, shock sensitive chemicals, and high explosives. Information
is presented about the special hazards, recommended handling, environmental
precautions, and storage considerations for each category.
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New
ControlChartProLive Delivers a Comprehensive, Hosted Version of our Popular
ControlChart Pro Solution
 ChemSW
has just released ControlChartPro
Live, a new
on-demand, hosted version of our best-selling, best-of-breed ControlChartPro®
solution. Designed to quickly and easily generate analytical control charts
for laboratory quality control programs, the on-demand solution enables
a low cost of entry, zero installation, and more accessible data. Now, chemists
and QA personnel can spend less time tinkering with software and more time
doing analyses and evaluating quality that supports organizational goals.
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out more
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Best
Practices Tip for the Month
How
to Succeed in Chemical Inventory Management Using Cost and Time Savings
Using the Right Type of Laboratory Chemical Inventory System Can Optimize
Inventory Management and Reduce Costs M anage
Chemical Costs More Efficiently
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. Lack of information on chemical usage affects the
ability to manage chemical costs efficiently, leading to underestimating
the resources required. For instance, if a chemical in existing inventory
can’t be found, then more must be ordered. If misplaced chemicals are
found after expiration, they must be discarded, resulting in wasted inventory.
And, chemicals that are not retested in a timely manner before expiration
must also be discarded. Discards increase expenditures.
Take
Control of Chemical Management
Taking control of chemical management with a shared, real-time inventory
solution that uses bar-codes to ensure accuracy, provides quick access
to in-house materials. Users know what’s in stock and where to get it.
Management knows how fast materials are being used and what they cost.
Accounting knows when to order more and how much. It sounds so easy and
straightforward, and it should be, but certain things need to occur to
make this shared inventory solution work. For starters, chemical management
requires basic compliance: the system must be used the way it is supposed
to be used.
Deploy
Time-Saving Software Solutions
Successful chemical inventory solutions deliver a system that’s easy to
use and easy to integrate with other systems in the organization. Users
shouldn’t need to go through hoops to pull items from inventory. Training
should be minimal; an easy to use system is one that doesn’t require much
training, is easy to remember how to use, and takes only a few hours to
learn. Above all, keep in mind that the right software saves time. Electronic solutions
expedite processes in ways that manual records can not. An integrated
inventory solution takes minimalistic approaches, such as Excel spreadsheets,
and launches your capabilities into the stratosphere.
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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