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Documents & Reports 20/07/2023

Manage Document Content

Manage Document Content View Document Content Process to view document content and document content code: Go to Manage Document Content Enter Document Design name Click Search This will display all the Document Content within the document. Change Document Content Process to change document content for a document: Go to Manage Document Content Select content to be edited – Select Edit Edit Content field to show new document content. (If you no longer want the content to...

Documents & Reports 20/07/2023

Manage document content guidance for the IFRA 50th Amendment

Manage document content guidance for the IFRA 50th Amendment This brief screen shot guide shows how to change the text to update the IFRA 49th Certificate to state IFRA 50th Amendment. Prior to changing the document content, the 49th IFRA certificate will display as above. The highlighted text will need to be amended to show the latest version: the 50th Amendment to the IFRA Code of Practice (published June 2020) Navigate to ‘Manage Document Content’ The below screen will appear. In...

Administration, Documents & Reports 20/07/2023

Manage Documents Required

Manage Documents Required Documents include Safety Data Sheets, Certificates and Specifications which contain business critical information which is required to be kept up to date and passed on to customers. Formpak automatically creates new versions of previously created documents and determines who needs them using the results of Automatic Processing. Documents can also be ‘required’ by manually being triggered by choosing ‘Print Later’ from Print a Document for an Item...

Documents & Reports, Items, Properties 20/07/2023

Manufacturing Instructions

Manufacturing Instructions Formpak has a feature that allows Manufacturing Instructions to be added to a Formulation. This allows the formulation developer to add specific details and order to the formulation so it is manufactured in the correct way. These details can be viewed in the Composition Design Tool (CDT) screen and also at the top of an Item Composition Report. By adding instructions for each Stage and then a Stage number to each component, you can group components together and give in...

Documents & Reports, Items 20/07/2023

Generate Item Matching List

Generate Item Matching List An Item Matching List is used to compare CAS numbers from raw materials on your Formpak system to CAS numbers present in a different set of data. After the comparison and processing, the new or modified information can be uploaded to your Formpak system. Generate an Item Matching List In Find Matching Items, select Composition Type Raw Material (this will include all your Raw Materials) and unselect Formulation. Click Search. When the results are displayed, check they...

Documents & Reports, Properties 20/07/2023

Globally Harmonized System (GHS)

Globally Harmonized System (GHS) The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) lays down a globally agreed method for classifying chemicals and mixtures based on their hazards. It also discusses how the hazard and safety information should be communicated on a Label and in a Safety Data Sheet. GHS is aspirational, not compulsory and has a building block approach. Different global regions are expected to adopt GHS in slightly different ways. In Europe, GHS has...

Documents & Reports, Properties 20/07/2023

IFRA Categories and IFRA Classes

IFRA Categories and IFRA Classes In the Properties tab of a raw material and a formulation there are two property groups relating to pre-IFRA 49th Amendment. Below are two screen shots which introduce the information contained in these property groups. These are also available to download in this PDF to give you capability to increase the size of the images. IFRA Categories IFRA Classes Last updated Dec 2019...

Documents & Reports 20/07/2023

Importing a Modified Standard Document

Importing a Modified Standard Document This guide explains how to import a zip file containing a modified standard document into Formpak. Documents will be sent from our team as a zip file. Download the file – please don’t unzip. Go to Batch Import Document Types Click Browse and select the downloaded zip file Select the following options: Add New Document Types – No Modify Existing Document Types – Yes Details to Modify – Update selected details Versioning Properti...

Documents & Reports 20/07/2023

Importing Documents

Importing a New Document This process explains how to import a zip file containing a new document into Formpak. Documents will be sent from our team as a zip file. Download the file – please don’t unzip Select Batch Import Document Types Browse and select downloaded zip file, Click Open, select options below: Add New Document Types – Yes Modify Existing Document Types – No Click Import Leave ‘Save as a new version’ blank – when testing Once the file is i...

Documents & Reports 20/07/2023

Document Type

Document Type A Document Type contains the key details about how the document is supplied, versioned and re-supplied. A critical part of automatic updates (versioning) of documents is the Versioning Properties and these are specified in the Document Type. The Document Type also captures which Document Design and Document Supply Condition are used. An example of a Document Supply condition can be phrased as ‘send the Safety Data Sheet for all sales and all samples of items, and resupply new...