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Chemical Industry Excellence Award Winner - Lanxess

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Chemicals
Applicable Functions	Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Regulatory Compliance Monitoring
Services	Data Science Services
Challenge	LANXESS Corporation’s Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) group supports global efforts to meet the highest safety standards covering more than 20,000 products in 52 production sites. The Pittsburgh HSEQ group is responsible for keeping all safety data sheets (SDS) current and compliant for 4,000 products in the United States, as well as for a few thousand more products produced in Canada and distributed in Mexico. They work together with other HSEQ groups in the EU, Brazil, China and Japan to author GHS compliant Safety Data Sheets in 39 different languages for destination countries around the world. The United States Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has mandated that companies implement the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). Read More
About Customer	LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 8.3 billion in 2013 and about 16,900 employees in 31 countries. The company is currently represented at 52 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals. LANXESS Corporation is part of the German LANXESS-Group and employs around 1,000 people in the United States. As an international specialty chemicals group, LANXESS considers safety a top priority. The company’s success depends fundamentally on its plants running smoothly, cost-effectively and in full compliance with legal requirements. Read More
Solution	Several years ago, LANXESS Corporation had switched away from an SAP solution and standardized instead on Sphera Intelligent Authoring™ as its enterprise-wide system for maintaining all regulatory content and creating safety data sheets. Specifically, LANXESS customized section 15 of its SDS system to give its customers all of the information that they needed regarding compliance with GHS, California’s Proposition 65 and other local, state, federal and international mandates. For example, the company’s HSEQ team uses country-specific GHS classifications to address the differences between GHS implementations in various geographic areas, such as OSHA and CLP (European Union)3 , and then automatically create SDSs in the required languages. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Chemicals

Applicable Functions

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Regulatory Compliance Monitoring

Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

LANXESS Corporation’s Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) group supports global efforts to meet the highest safety standards covering more than 20,000 products in 52 production sites. The Pittsburgh HSEQ group is responsible for keeping all safety data sheets (SDS) current and compliant for 4,000 products in the United States, as well as for a few thousand more products produced in Canada and distributed in Mexico. They work together with other HSEQ groups in the EU, Brazil, China and Japan to author GHS compliant Safety Data Sheets in 39 different languages for destination countries around the world. The United States Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has mandated that companies implement the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).

About Customer

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 8.3 billion in 2013 and about 16,900 employees in 31 countries. The company is currently represented at 52 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals. LANXESS Corporation is part of the German LANXESS-Group and employs around 1,000 people in the United States. As an international specialty chemicals group, LANXESS considers safety a top priority. The company’s success depends fundamentally on its plants running smoothly, cost-effectively and in full compliance with legal requirements.

Solution

Several years ago, LANXESS Corporation had switched away from an SAP solution and standardized instead on Sphera Intelligent Authoring™ as its enterprise-wide system for maintaining all regulatory content and creating safety data sheets. Specifically, LANXESS customized section 15 of its SDS system to give its customers all of the information that they needed regarding compliance with GHS, California’s Proposition 65 and other local, state, federal and international mandates. For example, the company’s HSEQ team uses country-specific GHS classifications to address the differences between GHS implementations in various geographic areas, such as OSHA and CLP (European Union)3 , and then automatically create SDSs in the required languages.

Impact #1	LANXESS Corporation was able to move with extraordinary speed to reach critical benchmarks and ensure that it is ready on time to comply with the latest regulations.
Impact #2	The HSEQ team in Pittsburgh operates with exceptional efficiency. They have used their Sphera solution to consistently keep up with demand for information about thousands of products across the U.S., Mexico and Canada with just five SDS authors and one contractor, even as they were moving forward with their GHS project.
Impact #3	The HSEQ team’s process not only ensures compliance but also helps LANXESS Corporation meet its primary business goals by fulfilling the needs of its customers, reducing risks and maintaining its market leadership position.

Impact #1

LANXESS Corporation was able to move with extraordinary speed to reach critical benchmarks and ensure that it is ready on time to comply with the latest regulations.

Impact #2

The HSEQ team in Pittsburgh operates with exceptional efficiency. They have used their Sphera solution to consistently keep up with demand for information about thousands of products across the U.S., Mexico and Canada with just five SDS authors and one contractor, even as they were moving forward with their GHS project.

Impact #3

The HSEQ team’s process not only ensures compliance but also helps LANXESS Corporation meet its primary business goals by fulfilling the needs of its customers, reducing risks and maintaining its market leadership position.

Benefit #1	60% of new SDSs and labels completed 9 months ahead of deadline
Benefit #2	Maintained and managed 4,000 products in the U.S., as well as a few thousand more products produced in Canada and distributed in Mexico in 39 languages for destination countries
Benefit #3	Sent out 120,000+ SDSs companywide in 2013

Benefit #1

60% of new SDSs and labels completed 9 months ahead of deadline

Benefit #2

Maintained and managed 4,000 products in the U.S., as well as a few thousand more products produced in Canada and distributed in Mexico in 39 languages for destination countries

Benefit #3

Sent out 120,000+ SDSs companywide in 2013

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Chemical Industry Excellence Award Winner - Lanxess

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