Gunze Ltd. Adopts "Sotas Chemical Survey" to Build Company-Wide Chemical Information Management Platform
Sotas Inc. announced that Gunze Ltd. has adopted its "Sotas Chemical Survey" service. This decision addresses challenges Gunze faced with decentralized chemical information management and the need for operational standardization. Amid stricter regulations and growing sustainability demands, Gunze aims to centralize group-wide information and enhance its management systems. Following a successful pilot, the service is now being rolled out to group locations, with an eye toward future adaptation to the CMP (Chemical substance Information traceability Management Platform).
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Sotas Inc., a developer of information infrastructure for the chemical industry, has announced that Gunze Ltd. has adopted its "Sotas Chemical Survey" service.
Background of Adoption
At Gunze, which operates numerous manufacturing sites and group companies, the management of chemical substance information and risk assessment responses were primarily handled at each individual site. This created challenges in centralizing information company-wide and standardizing operations. Additionally, there was a recognized need to improve the efficiency and control of managing chemical substance information contained in products and related documents.
Furthermore, recent legal and regulatory changes, stricter enforcement, and expanding sustainability standards have intensified demands for chemical substance management and information disclosure throughout the supply chain, requiring the establishment of a more advanced and sustainable management system.
To address these issues, Gunze decided to implement "Sotas Chemical Survey" to build a centralized management system for chemical information across the entire group and standardize its operational management. After a preliminary small-scale trial, the service is now being deployed to various sites within the group. Gunze will build a company-wide information management platform and further enhance its product information management to adapt to the next-generation supply chain information linkage platform, CMP.
About "Sotas Chemical Survey"
"Sotas Chemical Survey" is a service that provides features for survey requests, information collection, and data management regarding chemical substances in products. It also includes functions for creating and version-controlling documents like SDS, and checking compliance against a legal and regulatory database. The service supports information linkage across the entire supply chain, realizing greater efficiency and sophistication in chemical management tasks.
Sotas Inc. has also been selected as an application vendor for the CMP (Chemical substance Information traceability Management Platform), and the service is designed with industry standards in mind. The service utilizes the results of a subsidiary project by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization).
Service Adoption Status
While "Sotas Chemical Survey" was initially adopted mainly by chemical and materials manufacturers, its customer base has recently expanded to a wide range of clients throughout the chemical supply chain, from upstream to downstream. The service has shown a recent month-over-month (MoM) growth rate of 15%, demonstrating strong and continuous business growth.
Driven by the need for advanced management of chemical substances in products and greater information linkage across supply chains, adoption is expanding regardless of industry, with an increasing number of cases involving deployment to multiple sites and group companies.
Sotas states it will continue to accelerate business transformation support for more companies by providing value as an information platform geared towards CMP compatibility.
Background of Adoption
At Gunze, which operates numerous manufacturing sites and group companies, the management of chemical substance information and risk assessment responses were primarily handled at each individual site. This created challenges in centralizing information company-wide and standardizing operations. Additionally, there was a recognized need to improve the efficiency and control of managing chemical substance information contained in products and related documents.
Furthermore, recent legal and regulatory changes, stricter enforcement, and expanding sustainability standards have intensified demands for chemical substance management and information disclosure throughout the supply chain, requiring the establishment of a more advanced and sustainable management system.
To address these issues, Gunze decided to implement "Sotas Chemical Survey" to build a centralized management system for chemical information across the entire group and standardize its operational management. After a preliminary small-scale trial, the service is now being deployed to various sites within the group. Gunze will build a company-wide information management platform and further enhance its product information management to adapt to the next-generation supply chain information linkage platform, CMP.
About "Sotas Chemical Survey"
"Sotas Chemical Survey" is a service that provides features for survey requests, information collection, and data management regarding chemical substances in products. It also includes functions for creating and version-controlling documents like SDS, and checking compliance against a legal and regulatory database. The service supports information linkage across the entire supply chain, realizing greater efficiency and sophistication in chemical management tasks.
Sotas Inc. has also been selected as an application vendor for the CMP (Chemical substance Information traceability Management Platform), and the service is designed with industry standards in mind. The service utilizes the results of a subsidiary project by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization).
Service Adoption Status
While "Sotas Chemical Survey" was initially adopted mainly by chemical and materials manufacturers, its customer base has recently expanded to a wide range of clients throughout the chemical supply chain, from upstream to downstream. The service has shown a recent month-over-month (MoM) growth rate of 15%, demonstrating strong and continuous business growth.
Driven by the need for advanced management of chemical substances in products and greater information linkage across supply chains, adoption is expanding regardless of industry, with an increasing number of cases involving deployment to multiple sites and group companies.
Sotas states it will continue to accelerate business transformation support for more companies by providing value as an information platform geared towards CMP compatibility.