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Administration, General, Items 05/12/2024

Instant Search for Items includes Item Class Filter

Instant Search for Items in CDT now includes Item Class Filter The Instant Search now has the functionality to filter Items by Item Class in the Composition Design Tool (CDT) when searching for Items. Each User can set their own default settings for the required Item Classes as well as the Deep Search. Select Item Class in the Instant Search and a box will appear. Select the relevant Item Classes to show in the Instant Search so only materials which are in the selected Item Classes will appear i...

Documents & Reports, Items, Properties 01/08/2024

Creating a Poison Centre Notification Dossier

Creating a Poison Centre Notification Dossier As you may be aware Article 45 Annex VIII of the CLP regulation includes a provision to submit Poison Centre Notifications and this applies only in the EU. EU companies that supply hazardous CLP goods must make a Notification and provide a UFI (Unique Formula Identifier) on Safety Data Sheets and labels. GB adopted CLP and accidentally included the regulation on mandatory Poison Centre Notifications, but this regulation is going to be reversed. GB co...

Documents & Reports, Items, Properties 01/08/2024

California Proposition 65 Properties

California Proposition 65 Properties California Proposition 65 legislation requires companies to list certain substances contained within their products that are listed on the Proposition 65 Chemical List as causing potential harm. MC/Prop65 is set up as a Property and applied to relevant Raw Materials with a calculation to list components within Formulations. You should have this MC/PROP65 Property already available within your Formpak Software. Manually apply the Property to the CP65 Materials...

Administration, Documents & Reports, Items, Suitability 08/05/2024

Invalid Components and Composition in CDT is Illegal Error Messages

Invalid Components and Composition in CDT is Illegal Error Messages The error messages may occur when a User attempts to Save and Check In an existing Formulation. Formpak will check the Item in the Composition of the Formulation to ensure only permitted Item Classes are used in the Composition. Also the error may occur if a User attempts to Modify an existing Composition of a Formulation and the User does not have the required Permission. If the User attempts to Save and Check In Components whi...

Documents & Reports, General, Items, Properties 08/05/2024

Transaction Rollback Error Message

Transaction Rollback Error Message The most common reason for a ‘Transaction Rollback’ error is that a Property and or Property Group which is specified in a document has been removed or does not exist, as Formpak looks to these to see if there is a value to show on the document. If you have recently changed or removed any Property/Property Group and require assistance please contact support@formpak-software.com May 2024...

Classification, Documents & Reports, Items 27/03/2024

How to make my SDS look like my supplier’s SDS

How to make my SDS look like my supplier’s SDS When adding a Complex Mixture, such as a Third-party Fragrance or Flavour Formulation, for which the full Composition is not known, it should be added as a Raw Material in Formpak. The information that can be entered will be based upon the supplier’s documentation. The more information available, the better your chances of replicating your supplier’s material properties but this is subject to pitfalls along the way. Few suppliers will give the...

Documents & Reports, General, Items 27/03/2024

SDS Safety Data Sheets

SDS Safety Data Sheets A Safety Data Sheet (SDS), previously known as a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), is a critical document that provides information on the safe handling and use of chemicals and their mixtures such as formulations. A SDS is typically only legally required to be provided for substances and mixtures which are hazardous. Hazards are most often determined according to legislation related to GHS, based on the rules adopted by a specific region. However, a SDS can also be reque...

Items 30/01/2024

Item Uses

Item Uses Items Uses functionality limits the visibility of Items within the Composition Design Tool when formulating. For example a Formulation Developer may have access to a number of different Item Classes but if Item Uses is set up the Formulation Developer may only have access to one Item Class within the CDT. Setting up Item Uses The settings for Item Uses are located in Application Settings navigate to Manage Application Settings and select Yes for Formulations and or Raw Materials and Sa...

Items, Properties 11/01/2024

Item Origins

Item Origins Item Origins is functionality within Formpak whereby the same Raw Material may be managed from different origins e.g. Natural, Synthetic, Carryover. This may be useful where a customer permits a natural origin, but prohibits a synthetic origin, or if legislation allows trace carryover amounts, but prohibits directly added. For example – Origins of Estragole. Natural Tarragon oil contains 80% Regulatory Estragole. Synthetic Estragole contains 100% Regulatory Estragole. Note that Ta...

Administration, Batches, Items, PCN 14/11/2023

Manage Item Code Sequences

Manage Item Code Sequences Item Code Sequences can be used to assign codes to items automatically. Item Codes can be alphabetical, numeric or both. Items Code Sequences can be assigned to Users, Item Classes and combinations. This means e.g. A formulation developer can have unique codes assigned to their formulations automatically, or all formulations of a particular class have the same code structure, assigned automatically. On this page you can select an item code sequence to view or modify, o...