We finally had our meeting with our supervisor after some time. We started out by discussing about our progression so far.
We were given a trial account to access Chempliance's database. One account is for admin (where they can edit the chemical inventory) and the other account is for guests (where they can view the updated inventory). We tried to explore the tabs that were available as much as we can. There was not much to explore when we logged in as guests. however, when we switched over to the admin's account, we were able to explore more in depth.
One of our tasks is to evaluate on the database by different companies. We have to find out the good points and the flaws of the databases that will be given. Our evaluations will comprise of the availability of tabs, accessibility, find out whether the resources are relevant, the print out option; whether the labels are in GHS format and whether the design of the label is appropriate. Finally, we have to evaluate on the information for each product provided; MSDS, supplier, quantity, CAS number, etc.
Basically, we had a criteria of a desired database. The followings are just some of the possible criteria:
1) The labelling should be in GHS format
2) It should be user-friendly (ease of access)
3) Layout is not complicated
4) Help support
5) Low cost
Now we moved on to the labelling. Labelling is part of chemical inventory management too. There is a standard that we should comply with. It has to be in GHS standard/format. Our task is to come out with our own label. We have to design it; just a rough sketch, following the GHS format. For our task, we will try to translate the name of the chemical, hazard statement, precaution statement in Microsoft Excel into a label. We are going to try to print out a label the next time we meet our supervisor if possible.
That's all for now~
