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Accelerate Innovation and Compliance with Datacor Formulation Management

Written by Jinelle Cioffi | May 7, 2025

In today’s fast-paced and highly regulated chemical manufacturing environment, Research and Development (R&D) teams need more than just great ideas, they need the tools to safely and efficiently turn innovation into reality. Datacor’s Formulation Management and Regulatory Control solution delivers exactly that: a purpose-built solution for accelerating product development, ensuring compliance, and reducing operational risk.

Empower R&D with Secure, Scalable Innovation

Datacor Formulation Management offers R&D teams a flexible, secure environment to design, test, and cost formulas, without disrupting live operations. Built as a “sandbox” separate from your core ERP system, this module allows chemists to simulate ingredient changes, perform real-time cost analysis, and version-control their work, all before a formulation is released to production.

“Companies often iterate through several versions of a formula to get a product that they and their customers agree is satisfactory,” says Daniel Reilly, product manager at Datacor. “What our solution does is keep those experimental chemistries out of the production system, providing safety and speed.”

Why It Matters

  • Faster innovation cycles: Trial new formulas without the risk of affecting production.
  • Data-driven decision making: Instantly calculate costs and share quotes with customers.
  • Streamlined handoff to production: Promote approved formulas directly to Datacor ERP with no re-entry or manual data transfer.

By giving R&D teams the freedom to explore without operational constraints, Formulation Management removes the traditional barriers between innovation and execution. This integrated approach not only speeds up time to market but also ensures that every formulation is built on accurate, accessible, and compliant data from the very beginning. As a result, manufacturers can reduce development costs, minimize risk, and bring high-quality, regulatory-ready products to market with greater confidence and consistency.

Automate Compliance and SDS Creation

Staying ahead of evolving regulations, like OSHA’s revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) aligning with Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Revision 7, is critical. The Regulatory Control module works in tandem with Formulation Management to automate the creation of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) and GHS-compliant labels using data directly from your sandboxed formulations.

No more manual data gathering or formatting. The system extracts the relevant properties, applies rule-based formatting, and generates compliant documents, dramatically reducing the burden on regulatory and QA teams.

“We’ve taken away the pain points of having different silos of information, which could save hours of work,” notes Reilly.

Why It Matters

  • Maintain regulatory readiness: Keep up with changing standards like GHS Revision 7.
  • Reduce compliance workload: Automate SDS and GHS label creation
  • Ensure data integrity: Synchronize regulatory and product data to prevent costly mistakes

Drive Efficiency and Reduce Risk Across Operations

Datacor Formulation Management and Regulatory Control is more than a set of tools, it’s a competitive advantage. By aligning R&D and compliance functions within a single solution, manufacturers can significantly cut development cycles, reduce costly rework, and ensure consistent documentation across departments and locations.

Key Benefits:

  • Develop and test formulas in a secure, sandboxed environment
  • Accurately quote costs and resize formulas with confidence
  • Track and version-control formula changes across their lifecycle
  • Automatically generate compliant SDSs and GHS labels
  • Eliminate duplicate data entry with ERP integration
  • Protect intellectual property with layered access control

Discover how Datacor Formulation Management and Regulatory Control can help you accelerate product development, simplify compliance, and safeguard your operations. Contact your Customer Success Manager today.