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Administrators who want to learn how to get started with chemical products.

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The Chemical Products feature provides a centralized database of pre-approved chemical entries that users can select when adding or updating inventory, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and consistency across your organization.

1. Understanding the chemical products feature

The Chemical Products feature acts as your site's Local Chemical Products Catalog. This centralized database contains pre-approved chemical entries that users select when adding or updating inventory.

Maintaining a clean, validated catalog ensures that every container entry is linked to verified data—complete with hazards, regulatory codes, and physical properties—helping your organization stay compliant, accurate, and consistent.

2. Accessing chemical products

To access the Chemical Products catalog, follow these steps:

1. Go to Data Manager, then select Catalog, then choose Chemical Products.

3. Understanding industry applications

The Chemical Products feature supports different organizational needs across various industries:

• Academia: Require researchers to select from pre-approved catalog entries, eliminating inconsistencies in hazard tracking and labeling
• Manufacturing: Maintain verified product specifications and approved suppliers, supporting quality control and purchasing alignment
• Construction: Standardize flammable or corrosive product entries, keeping jobsite storage compliant with fire and safety codes
• Industry and research and development: Control sensitive or proprietary product data, limiting access while ensuring approved users can manage inventory