Formulation BOM with theoretical and actual yield, batch traceability, MSDS and SDS management, hazmat compliance, storage class enforcement and by-product tracking. ERPDrive is built for specialty chemicals, agrochemicals, dyes, paints, adhesives and intermediate manufacturers.
A chemical plant is not a discrete assembly line. Reactors charge solvents and reagents by weight or volume, run through temperature and pressure profiles, and yield a main product plus co-products, by-products, effluents and recoverable solvents. Actual yield swings with raw material purity, operator discipline and ambient conditions. Standard costing built on an idealised recipe diverges from reality within weeks, and a plant that does not capture actuals soon stops trusting its own numbers.
Around the process sits heavy regulation. PESO licenses, consent to operate from state pollution control boards, hazardous waste authorisations, Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, Factories Act, chemical accident rules and transporter requirements all demand paperwork rooted in what actually happened on the plant floor. An Excel-based plant takes a week to prepare each return. An ERPDrive plant pulls the return from transactional data in hours.
ERPDrive handles recipe-based formulation, batch genealogy, MSDS and SDS control, hazard classification, storage segregation, by-product valuation, effluent logging and plant-wise regulatory reporting in a single system, alongside GST, costing and finance.
Every feature is built for the realities of specialty, agrochemical and intermediate plants.
Recipes are expressed in percentage or weight, with theoretical yield, expected loss and expected by-product output per batch. At batch close, actual charged quantities, reactor outputs and losses are recorded. Yield variance reports flag batches and shifts that drift from the target, helping plant heads tighten process control.
Every drum, tanker, carboy and bag is tagged with a unique batch number linked to its raw material lots, reactor run, operator, test results and customer dispatches. Recall or deviation queries produce a full forward and backward trace in minutes, which protects supply contracts and passes customer audits.
Each chemical item holds a version-controlled MSDS or SDS, with review dates, language variants and hazard class. Outbound documents and e-way bills can auto-attach the current MSDS. Customers and transporters receive the correct hazard data, and internal teams see incompatibility warnings before storage moves.
Items carry hazard class, UN number, packing group, flash point, pH and incompatibility list. Warehouse bins carry allowed class lists. Putaway, transfer and picking actions check compatibility in real time and block unsafe moves. This supports PESO, pollution control board and insurer inspections without scrambling.
Formulation BOM captures expected by-products and co-products. Actuals are recorded at batch completion with their own item codes and batch numbers, valued at cost or net realisable value. Effluent generation is logged per batch, feeding pollution control returns. Recovered solvents are routed back as virgin-equivalent or recovered-grade stock for the next run.
Each plant carries its own PESO license, consent to operate, effluent quota, hazardous waste authorisation and approved product list. Production is constrained to permitted items per site. Monthly and annual pollution control returns, hazardous waste returns and chemical accident returns are generated directly from consumption and output data.
How ERPDrive captures every gram, every reactor run and every regulatory artifact.
Tankers and drums arrive with supplier COA. GRN creates a new raw batch, captures net weight, density, purity and COA link. Hazard class drives putaway suggestions and the system refuses incompatible bin assignments.
A production order for a resin intermediate opens a batch ticket. The formulation BOM lists charges in percentage and kilogram. Weighbridge and tank level inputs record actual quantities charged. Reactor parameters (temperature, pressure, reaction time) are logged to the batch.
On batch close, main product weight, by-product weight, solvent recovered and effluent generated are entered. Yield percentage is calculated against theoretical. Variance beyond tolerance triggers a deviation ticket for the plant head to review before the next run.
QC samples the finished batch, runs assay, colour, moisture, viscosity and other tests, and releases it. Released stock moves to a storage class that matches its hazard profile. Quarantine, rejected or rework statuses are enforced and visible on dispatch screens.
Sales orders pick batches under FEFO. Invoices, e-way bills and transporter LRs auto-attach the current MSDS, hazard class, UN number and safe handling instructions. Monthly PCB and hazardous waste returns are pulled directly from the batch data, not reconstructed in Excel.
Common questions from chemical manufacturers evaluating ERPDrive.
Chemicals rarely produce a clean one-to-one output. ERPDrive's formulation BOM supports percentage-based recipes, theoretical and actual yield per batch, expected by-products, solvent losses and density conversions. When a reactor runs, the system captures actual quantities charged, reaction parameters, final output weight and yield percentage. Costing adjusts automatically so standard cost reflects real plant behaviour, not an idealised recipe.
Yes. Each chemical item carries an MSDS or SDS document in the item master with version control, review dates and language variants. Hazard class, UN number, packing group, flash point, pH, storage temperature and incompatibility list are captured. Outbound invoices and e-way bills can auto-attach the current MSDS. Transporters receive the right hazard documentation, and warehouse teams see incompatibility warnings before storing new materials.
Yes. Each raw material and finished good is tagged with a hazard class such as flammable, oxidiser, corrosive, toxic or reactive. Warehouse locations carry their own allowed class list. When a putaway is attempted, ERPDrive checks compatibility and blocks placement of an incompatible material next to an existing stock. This prevents accidents during factory inspections and supports fire safety audits by PESO, state pollution control boards and insurers.
Chemical processes often generate by-products, co-products, effluents and recoverable solvents. ERPDrive's formulation BOM includes expected by-product output per batch. Actual outputs are captured at batch completion, moved to inventory with their own item codes and batch numbers, and valued at cost or net realisable value. Effluent quantities feed into pollution control returns. Recovered solvents can be recycled into the next batch, with full traceability of how much virgin versus recovered material is consumed.
Yes. Every raw material drum, every intermediate reactor charge and every finished tanker, carboy or bag carries a unique batch number. Forward traceability tells you where each raw batch ended up. Backward traceability tells you which raw batches went into a customer complaint. This protects you when a buyer flags off-spec material, when a regulator asks for genealogy, or when you need to recall a specific lot from the market without disrupting unaffected stock.
Yes. Each plant in ERPDrive carries its own PESO license, consent to operate, effluent quota, hazardous waste authorisation and list of approved products. Production at each plant is constrained to items permitted for that site. Monthly and annual returns for state pollution control boards, hazardous waste rules and chemical accident rules are generated from consumption and output data per plant. Owners get consolidated views across plants while each unit stays inside its own regulatory envelope.
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