Why outsource your MSDS authoring?

Many chemical manufacturers and distributors debate whether or not to author their SDSs and MSDSs in house, or instead outsource the process to an MSDS authoring company. There are several advantages to outsourcing your MSDS authoring. An Empagio study of executives discovered the top three reasons companies outsource. A high quality chemical product compliance firm can provide all three:

1. Increased Efficiency. By outsourcing MSDS authoring, use can use highly trained specialists to handle the production and editing of MSDSs. This allows your company to use its existing personnel for more mission-critical tasks.

2. Saving Time. A knowledgeable and experienced chemical product compliance team can greatly reduce regulatory turn-around time allowing your company's products to reach markets faster. They can do this because they have already spent the time to research their regulations and have become more efficient through their experience.

3. Cost Savings. Regulatory compliance is an industry with high one-time fixed costs. There are the costs in learning the regulations. There are costs to taking courses in order that MSDS authors have the most up-to-date skills. There are the costs in regulatory and health and safety databases. There are costs in time with developing relationships with officials at various government agencies. A regulatory compliance company can spread these fixed costs among a large client base, which greatly reduces the fixed costs any one individual company must bear. A quality chemical product compliance firm can reduce your company's regulatory costs by 50-65%.

By using an MSDS authoring firm, you can greatly reduce the costs of non-compliance. Non-compliance with health and safety law can be expensive. Recently aerosol products were pulled off of shelves for failing to meet a proposed rule on flame extension and flashback. In another example a
company was convicted on three charges for a label failing to contain a net quantity declaration.

Having your product held up at a border, removed from store shelves and/or having your company fined detracts from your company's bottom line and reputation along with yours. Outsourcing to quality MSDS authors and chemical product compliance companies will help you avoid costly errors.