Automated Authoring of Documents
Create safety-related documents with CHEMDOX – with utter simplicity. Ready for international use, with numerous CHEMDOX country packages.
Create documents for all products in your CHEMDOX database (substances, mixtures, articles, multi-component kits), including:
- Safety data sheet (SDS / MSDS)
- Labels
- Exposure scenarios (ES)
- Safety instruction cards / safety cards / operating instructions
- Technical datasheets (TDS)
- Inventories of dangerous substances
Templates are available to help with creating documents.
Once it has been created in one language, the document is then available in all languages for all countries with just a click of the mouse.
Quality Improvement
CHEMDOX helps improve the quality of your documents by automating and standardising the document authoring process.
- Based on templates
- Separation of data, logic and presentation (depending on the brand or distributor – White or Private Labelling)
- Numerous formatting and output options (tables, etc.)
- Workflow support (Draft / Final)
Extremely efficient Creation
- Document draft available immediately
- Document editing in your native language
- Automatic derivation ("translation") of documents for all countries or languages at the click of a button, without long waiting times
- Automatic versioning
- Automatic update of documents
- Batch generation or update of documents
By saving your own knowledge in the template, the authoring of documents becomes faster and faster over time.
Automation, but still flexible
Based on your templates – with the rules stored in them – you can author your documents very quickly. If required, the document can be customised for the specific product. You can save your changes into the template and apply them to other products.
Ready for international Use
Roughly 50 CHEMDOX country packages include everything you need for creating safety data sheets at the best-practice level (*):
- Relevant chemicals legislation (hazardous substance regulation)
- Relevant transport law (dangerous goods regulation)
- Relevant national regulations (occupational exposure limits, biological limits and other regulations on a best practice level)
- Relevant language(s) in the CHEMDOX phrase library for document generation, including legal vocabulary (H- and P-phrases, SDS headings, etc.)
- SDS templates, taking into account national regulatory requirements
(*) The exact scope of delivery can be found in the product description of the respective country package.
With CHEMDOX you can create safety data sheets for your export markets at the same level as you are used to from your home market. Safety data sheets are not only translated, but rather transformed, taking into account various country-specific requirements.
Country and Language Coverage
America
| Country | Country ISO Code | Language | Language ISO Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | AR | Spanish | es |
| Brazil | BR | Portugese | pt-BR |
| Canada | CA | US English, French | en-US, fr |
| Chile | CL | Spanish | es |
| Colombia | CO | Spanish | es |
| Mexico | MX | Spanish | es |
| USA | US | US English | en-US |
Asia-Pacific
| Country | Country ISO Code | Language | Language ISO Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | AU | British English | en |
| China | CN | Chinese (simplified) | zh-z2 |
| Indonesia | ID | Indonesian | id |
| Japan | JP | Japanese | ja |
| South Korea | KR | Korean | ko |
| Malaysia | MY | Malay | ms |
| New Zealand | NZ | British English | en |
| Philippines | PH | British English | en |
| Singapore | SG | Chinese (simplified) | zh-z2 |
| Thailand | TH | Thai | th |
| Taiwan | TW | Chinese (traditional) | zh-z1 |
| Viet Nam | VN | Vietnamese | vi |
Europe
| Country | Country ISO Code | Language | Language ISO Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | AT | German | de |
| Belgium | BE | German, French, Dutch | de, fr, nl |
| Bulgaria | BG | Bulgarian | bg |
| Switzerland | CH | German, French, Italian | de-CH, fr, it |
| Cyprus | CY | Greek | el |
| Czech Republic | CZ | Czech | cs |
| Germany | DE | German | de |
| Denmark | DK | Danish | da |
| Estonia | EE | Estonian | et |
| Spain | ES | Spanish | es |
| Finland | FI | Finnish | fi |
| France | FR | French | fr |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GB | British English | en |
| Greece | GR | Greek | el |
| Croatia | HR | Croatian | hr |
| Hungary | HU | Hungarian | hu |
| Ireland | IE | British English | en |
| Iceland | IS | Icelandic | is |
| Italy | IT | Italian | it |
| Lithuania | LT | Lithuanian | lt |
| Luxembourg | LU | German, French | de, fr |
| Latvia | LV | Latvian | lv |
| Malta | MT | British English | en |
| Netherlands | NL | Dutch | nl |
| Norway | NO | Norwegian | no |
| Poland | PL | Polish | pl |
| Portugal | PT | Portugese | pt |
| Romania | RO | Romanian | ro |
| Serbia | RS | Serbian | sr |
| Russian Federation | RU | Russian | ru |
| Sweden | SE | Swedish | sv |
| Slovenia | SI | Slovenian | sl |
| Slovakia | SK | Slovak | sk |
| Ukraine | UKR | Ukrainian | uk |
Middle East
| Country | Country ISO Code | Language | Language ISO Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | IL | Hebrew | he |
| Turkey | TR | Turkish | tr |
Africa
| Country | Country ISO Code | Language | Language ISO Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | MA | Arabic, French | ar, fr |
| South Africa | ZA | British English | en |
Templates & Styles
The basis for the output of documents are templates:
- LAYOUT e.g. positioning, tables, etc.
- RULES for the output of:
- Substance data and classification data from the substance database
- Texts, phrases or text blocks from the phrase library
- Graphics (e.g. symbols and pictograms for labelling) from the symbol library
- Supplier information (e.g. address, logo)
STYLES: You can also apply a style template to each template. This allows your documents to meet the different corporate design requirements without extra effort.
Phrase Catalogues and Pictogram Library
With CHEMDOX you can work with different phrase catalogues and extend existing catalogues.
CHEMDOX Phrase Catalogue
- Correct technical terms directly from legal texts. For all translations & countries.
- Text blocks and their translations including, e.g., hazards, safety advice, classification / labelling, product descriptions, disposal (waste directories), transport, ECHA descriptors, etc.
- Integration of variable data from the database ("store at temperatures of no more than {$MAX_STORE_TEMP}")
- Extend the phrase catalogue with your own custom phrases
Document Management
- Management of documents created in CHEMDOX
- Management of incoming documents (file storage)
- Distribution of documents (PORTAL App, SDS DISTRIBUTION App)
Safety Data Sheets - SDSs
- Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) for about 50 countries
- Automatic generation of national SDS "translations"
- Consistent with national regulatory texts and special requirements
- Automatic „Up-to-Date“ Check
- Automatic change history and list of abbreviations for section 16
- Electronic safety data sheet exchange (SDSComXML, SDBtransfer.de, individual exchange formats)
Labels for Identification
- Intuitive WYSIWYG editor for template editing
- Any desired format
- Any number of languages on a label
- Automated arrangement of hazard pictograms
- 2-level data maintenance
- regulatory
- production-related, logistical
- External LABEL App for logistics or production
- Default template as a starting point
- Open for integration with third-party systems
Exposure Scenarios - ES
- Exposure scenarios for substances and mixtures
- Processing of received exposure scenarios
- Efficient workflows
- Link SDS and ES to make eSDS
- Exposure Scenario Data Import (ESCom, Chesar, IUCLID)
- Standard template based on the ECHA example as a starting point
Hazardous Substances Directory
- Provision of safety information for the preparation of hazardous substances directories outside of CHEMDOX
- Transfer of logistics information to create hazardous substance directories in CHEMDOX
- Default template as a starting point
Safety Instruction Cards / Safety Cards / Operating Instructions – OI
- Reference to the main risks, prohibitions and orders
- Suitable for informing and instructing employees
- Standard template (deutsche Gefahrstoffverordnung §14 or TRGS555) as a starting point
Multi-component kits
- Automatic creation of "safety data sheets" for kits (cover sheet, individual SDSs of the kit components)
- Default template as a starting point
Technical Datasheet - TDS
- Reduce the effort during document creation, especially through:
- Creating own phrases for TDS
- Custom data fields for specific product properties
- Custom tables
- Default template as a starting point
Screenshots
Relevant information is organized in predefined but customizable tables
Information is well organized and displayed in clear tables
Phrases can be searched, selected, organized and added to the document with our phrase library
Your benefits:
Generate documents in no time, with a single click, for all your markets (about 50 countries)
Highly automated, without sacrificing flexibility in either content or layout
All documents – always up-to-date
What's next:
All necessary features for seamless hazardous substance management.
Open and easy to integrate. Handle required regulatory notifications easily and efficiently.
Numerous automatic classification calculators available.