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    Worldover, AI operating system for chemicals and cosmetics companies

    Glossary

    UFI Unique Formula Identifier

    A UFI is a 16-character alphanumeric code derived from a company VAT number and a chosen formulation number using ECHA's UFI Generator. It is printed on the label of hazardous mixtures in scope of CLP Annex VIII and links the product on the shelf to its Poison Centre Notification.

    Quick answer

    A UFI is a 16-character alphanumeric code derived from a company VAT number and a chosen formulation number using ECHA's UFI Generator. It is printed on the label of hazardous mixtures in scope of CLP Annex VIII and links the product on the shelf to its Poison Centre Notification.

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    How this connects to Worldover

    Replacing five subscriptions with one system you actually run the business on?

    Worldover is the AI operating system for chemicals, cosmetics and supplement businesses. One platform, one data model, custom-built around each team.

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    In more detail

    Identical formulations may share a UFI; distinct formulations must use distinct UFIs.

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    PCN

    Poison Centre Notification

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    CLP

    Classification, Labelling and Packaging

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    Chemical compliance software

    Generate, track and label UFIs as a byproduct.

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    Why Worldover 4 min read

    This is exactly the kind of glossary complexity Worldover is built around.

    The reason substance-based businesses keep tripping on glossary is not the regulation itself. It is that the product truth, the formulation and the documentation live in different systems that do not share one operating backbone. Here is how we handle it natively.

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    A 20-minute working session. Your SKUs, your customers, your documentation. No slide deck.

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    Worldover, AI operating system for chemicals and cosmetics companies

    The AI operating system for substances.

    Worldover is one system that replaces your ERP, PLM, QMS, LIMS, regulatory tools and more – and uses AI to orchestrate every workflow, at enterprise level. Designed for chemical, cosmetic and substance-based businesses.

    • 100% deployment success rate
    • Live in 3 months
    • 16 native modules, one data model
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    Used by industry leaders

    HUDA Beauty, Worldover customerICONIC London, Worldover customerThe White Company, Worldover customer
    WorldoverWorldover OS
    Portfolio · 4 sites · 24 markets
    + 1,186 more ingredients
    Substance record

    Citral

    CAS5392-40-5INCICitralEC226-394-6
    GHS07GHS09
    Stock on hand
    840 kg
    Reorder point
    200 kg
    Next batch
    RUN-4821 · 14 Aug
    • F-2214Rose Attar EDP45 kg18 Aug
    • F-2287Velvet Body Lotion22 kg22 Aug
    • F-2301Signature Shower Gel38 kg29 Aug
    Willow · your AI operator
    How's supply looking on Citral?
    Ask Willow across 1,190 ingredients...⏎

    Why Worldover

    A version of this is playing out 
    in your business , right now.

    These aren't edge cases. They're the normal operating conditions for brands, contract manufacturers, ingredient suppliers and distributors across cosmetics, specialty chemicals, food and nutraceuticals.

    Cosmetics · regulatory change

    The preservative just changed concentration in three EU markets.

    A regulatory update changes the permitted concentration of a preservative in three EU markets, effective in eleven weeks. Your quality lead searches the ERP for every affected SKU, finds seventeen, but cannot be certain the list is complete because the ingredient sits under two different INCI names across formulation records. The reformulation log lives in a spreadsheet. The brief is in a shared drive. The batch record is in a different system. By Friday evening there is a draft impact assessment. Nobody has touched the actual compliance documentation.

    Specialty chemicals · SVHC query

    The customer wants an SVHC answer by tomorrow.

    A specialty chemical distributor has just received a customer query about a substance on the SVHC candidate list. Their response depends on knowing which of their current product lines contains that substance, at what concentrations, in which formulations sold to which customers, in which markets. That data exists in four separate places: an ERP, a product database, a SharePoint folder, and a sales CRM that nobody has fully updated since the last rep left. The distributor is not short of systems. It is short of one system the business actually runs on.

    Food · FSMA 204 audit

    The traceability audit is six weeks out.

    A food contract manufacturer has a FSMA 204 traceability audit in six weeks. The regulation requires Critical Tracking Events to be logged at every point in the supply chain from grower to processor. Their current system tracks finished goods by lot. It does not log the upstream ingredient journey at the level of granularity the regulation now demands. The gap is not a data problem. It is an architecture problem. The truth the business depends on is split across too many places to be trusted.

    Nutraceuticals · NSF certification

    The reformulation needs a documentation pack, now.

    A nutraceutical brand is reformulating a product to meet NSF certification requirements for a new retail partner. The process requires identity testing documentation for every raw material, a certificate of analysis for each lot, a stability protocol, and a revised label claim review. All of that information exists. None of it is in the same system. The product manager is spending three days assembling a documentation pack that a properly designed backbone would have produced in minutes.

    The real problem isn't regulation. It's that the work is spread across too many systems – without one shared operational backbone.

    The full essay walks through why substance-based businesses are uniquely hard to run, why existing software has failed to solve it, and what an AI operating system actually means for this industry.

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    Worldover connects your product, customer and regulatory data into one system.

    Then Willow, our AI layer, tells you exactly what to do with it. One platform replaces the patchwork of tools keeping chemicals and cosmetics businesses in the past. Worldover becomes the central hub for your entire operation.

    ERP

    Finance, procurement, inventory and operations in one data model.

    PLM

    Formulation, specs, versioning and change control from concept to shelf.

    QMS

    CAPA, deviations, audits and supplier quality without disconnected modules.

    CRM

    Customer relationships, orders and commercial data tied to the product record.

    LIMS

    Testing, specifications, batch release and COA management in the same workflow.

    Regulatory tools

    Ingredient restrictions, registrations, notifications and global filing status in one view.

    Compliance tools

    REACH, GHS, CLP and other substance rules checked against your live product data.

    Document authors

    SDS, PIF, dossiers, CoA and labels generated from the same source of truth.

    Implementation

    Live in 3 months.

    1. 01

      Weeks 1 to 4

      Scoping and data model

      Map your systems and configure the foundational data model.

    2. 02

      Weeks 5 to 8

      Configuration and migration

      Build modules, migrate master data and run parallel testing.

    3. 03

      Weeks 9 to 12

      Training, testing, go-live

      Train your team, run final QA and go live with support coverage.

    Built for regulated industries.

    Substance-based businesses (cosmetics, chemicals, food, pharma and supplements) live or die by their formulations, their regulatory dossiers and their batch records. We understand the ontology of your business, so we can build a platform that fits exactly how it runs.

    Cosmetics

    Whether you're a global house or an independent brand, Worldover is the base for your entire operation, across all software needs. 

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    Chemicals

    The only software needed for chemicals. REACH, CLP and SDS authoring built in, from raw material to finished blend.

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    Food and Supplements

    Worldover handles your software needs across the business. HACCP, allergens and health claims handled, from formulation to label.

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    Pharmaceuticals

    Consolidate your tech stack into one system. GMP, batch traceability and global submissions in one regulated environment.

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    Backed by the world's best investors

    Chalfen Ventures, Worldover investor
    Index Ventures, Worldover investor
    Entrepreneur First, Worldover investor

    Enterprise-grade security

    SOC 2 certified

    SOC 2 certified

    Independently audited controls for security, availability and confidentiality.

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    See Worldover in action today.

    Give us 30 minutes. We'll show you exactly how Worldover would deploy in your business, with your processes, your data and your guardrails.

    • A live tour of the platform and Willow
    • Custom modules mapped to your workflow
    • Typically replaces 4–7 point solutions

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