Chemicals · QMS
QMS for chemical distributors
Today
A supplier issues a lot recall, and working out which tanks, drums and customer shipments it reached, after you've blended and repacked it several times over, takes days of paper chasing.
Generic quality systems manage supplier audits and documents. They don't track what happens when a tanker is split into drums or two lots are blended, which is exactly where traceability breaks in distribution.
With Worldover
Worldover QMS connects supplier approval, incoming inspection, blending and repacking records and dangerous goods handling to the resulting stock and the shipments it becomes.
A release decision is evidenced in seconds, and a recall is contained to the exact stock and customers affected, in both directions.
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The problem
Why generic QMS failschemicals distributor teams.
Repacking is where genealogy breaks
Splitting a bulk delivery into drums, or blending two supplier lots to fill an order, usually happens without a system record, so the new stock has no traceable origin.
Supplier approval is a file, not a control
An approved supplier list exists, but nothing stops a delivery from an unapproved or lapsed supplier being received into general stock.
Dangerous goods checks sit outside the release decision
Classification, packing group and segregation requirements are known to the warehouse team but aren't part of the recorded release check.
A working day
A supplier recall notice
A supplier recalls a lot of a raw material you received, some of which was blended into a house-brand product and some repacked into drums as-is.
Today: quality traces the delivery note, asks the warehouse which tanks it went into, and checks despatch records by hand for every customer that might be affected.
In Worldover: the incoming lot shows every tank, blend and repacked unit it fed, and every shipment those units became.
Affected stock still on hand is placed on hold immediately, and the exact list of affected customer shipments is generated.
The corrective action links back to the supplier record, so future deliveries from them are checked against the known issue.
How it runs
How QMS worksinside Worldover.
01
Supplier approval gates receipt
Incoming stock is checked against current supplier approval status before it's accepted into inventory.
02
Incoming checks post to the lot
Inspection results, certificates of analysis received and any deviations attach to the specific delivery.
03
Repacking and blending are logged as genealogy events
Every split, blend or relabel creates a traceable link from the resulting stock back to its source lots.
04
Dangerous goods data travels with the lot
Classification, packing group and segregation rules are held on the record and checked at receipt, storage and dispatch.
What's in it
The detail behindQMS.
Testing Management
Test protocols, scheduling, results and approvals with full audit trail.
Test protocol library
Pre-built and customisable protocols (stability, compatibility, microbial and others) with configurable parameters and pass/fail criteria.
Test scheduling
Schedule tests against formulations, raw materials and finished products, with status tracking and automated reminders.
Results management
Record and approve results with a full audit trail, linked back to formulations, products and batches.
Approval workflows
Configurable approvals with role-based sign-off.
Test reporting
Reports for internal QA and external regulatory submission.
Integration with formulation and PLM
Results feed release decisions and regulatory documentation directly.
QMS
Training, document control and CAPA. Supports FDA 21 CFR Part 11.
Training
Monitor training for individuals and the team as a whole as the operation scales.
Auto-reminders
Automatic reminders for outstanding training items.
Document control
Change management across SOPs, batch documentation, training records and health and safety, with 21 CFR Part 11 electronic records and a full audit trail.
CAPA reporting
Customisable CAPA covering corrective and preventive actions, deviations and change control, supporting 21 CFR Part 111 record-keeping.
The difference
Why the substance recordmakes the difference.
Distribution multiplies traceability risk every time stock is split, blended or repacked. Holding the substance and lot as the constant through all of that's what turns a recall from a warehouse-wide search into a precise, evidenced list.
Better together
What changes when QMSshares a record with the rest of your setup.
QMS + ERP
Only released, in-date lots are available to pick and dispatch.
Explore ERPQMS + Regulatory
Release includes a check that the correct document for the destination market is current.
Explore RegulatoryQMS + PLM
Blend specifications and repack instructions are the basis for the quality checks applied.
Explore PLMWillow
What teams actually askonce the record is in one place.
- Trace this delivered drum back to the incoming tanker lot it was repacked from.
- Which customer shipments contain material from this recalled supplier lot, directly or via a blend?
- Which suppliers have an approval that lapses in the next 90 days?
Willow doesn't replace expert judgment. It removes the searching, re-keying and chasing between the systems that hold your answers.
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We'll walk through your current workflow, then show the same workflow running on one record.
Research
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