One would be excused for assuming that a number of companies have chosen to manage their safety data sheets, SDS’s, electronically just out of the concern for OSHA compliance or the general need for transition to GHS. In as much as this is one of the reasons, you need to appreciate that the majority of the companies are opting for the management of their safety data sheets electronically for the fact that is makes so much business sense. Going by what reports have been given by a majority of the firms that already have the systems in place, this is one of the systems that when you will deploy in your business will quite add to your value as a business and have a positive effect on your NPV. The following are some of the benefits that most of the customers who have had these systems deployed report to be about the systems.
One of the benefits we will look at first that comes with the availing of the GHS, SDS management systems in place is that of the savings on time that it affords. Ask anyone and they will tell you that time is actually one quite precious a commodity and more so when you look at the life of the safety professionals, who will have quite a host of compliance tasks to oversee, this will even be more of a keen need. With a good electronic system that has an equally large database of the safety data sheets will indeed make the job easier and as well faster. This is for the fact that by having such systems these professionals will be spared of the responsibility of going about some of the menial tasks that take them so long when they are about their duties. And it just doesn’t end at that for you need to also consider the fact that once a good management system has established the products a company handles, the updates to the safety data sheets will be pushed to them automatically. What’s more is the fact that given that the good data management systems are always mobile enabled, one will be able to access real time information on chemicals that they need right from their laptops, tablets, and as well other mobile devices.
Alongside time savings, the use of the electronic safety data sheets happens to be a benefit for the fact that they happen to save on your money as well. This is considering the fact that by having these systems in place you will have eventually taken out of the role of responsibilities for your employees, professionals in safety, the need to address the menial tasks and as such they will be able to concentrate more on the professional aspects of their job which in turn translates to heightened productivity for your business.