Global Materials Compliance Handbook

To deal with global legislation pertinent to hazardous chemicals and/or dangerous goods, more and more organizations are developing their own Materials Compliance Systems (MCS). Creating an MCS from scratch can be labor intensive and typically takes several years. The resulting MCS, if not designed and implemented properly, may lack key integration points to other key systems within the organization, only address a small portion of legislation pertinent to the organization's activities, and become outdated within a relatively short period of time. Until now, the need for a standard set of guidelines for these systems at the global level has not been available.

Global Materials Compliance Handbook consolidates all relevant regulatory issues that affect a business, e.g., purchasing, research and development, testing, manufacturing, selling, documenting, and distribution of regulated materials. It features clearly organized, in-depth coverage of all aspects of the MCS, making it the most comprehensive text available. Country-by-country regulatory coverage includes:

• Requirements for chemical registration, notification, and listing
• Requirements for Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and product labels
• Requirements for transportation, import, and export

The book's second section on materials compliance systems describes:

• The impact on supply chains of the new, tougher security environment
• MCS management: policy, planning, implementation, monitoring, and review
• MCS information systems

Global Materials Compliance Handbook does more than just collateinternational laws; it features regulation analyses across national borders and provides practical tools for setting up a current, workable MCS. Thorough and easy to understand, this text should prove an invaluable resource for successfully meeting international materials handling requirements.

Whether a company operates global facilities or just imports/exports goods to the United States, personnel and advisors must understand regulatory requirements. Most companies that ship or receive goods internationally have developed MCS that address regulatory requirements; however, these typically are labor intensive, independent of other company systems, adequately address only their primary location, and are not updated in a timely manner. Supply chain logistics is complicated, and this book details how to avoid security holds on shipments and gives sound advice on how to cope if another "9/11" occurs. The book provides easy to understand guidance to shipping/receiving personnel, safety inspectors, transportation and logistics managers on the movement of hazardous cargo from one location to another ensuring compliance to the maze of regulatory requirements.