Manufacturers · Chemicals
One supplier change, and you see every affected batch.
Composition, cost and capacity sit on one record, so the margin you quote is the margin you keep.
Today
The reactor ran, the yield came in under plan, and the SDS on the customer portal still describes last year's composition.
Composition, classification, cost per tonne, batch evidence and the documents you ship all move at different times, maintained by different people.
- The ERP knows the order and the stock, but not the composition that drives classification, labelling and notification.
- Change control happens after the change, so a raw material substitution can break classification, label and SDS at once.
- Poison centre notifications and UFI codes fall out of step when composition moves beyond tolerance.
Margin per tonne stays unproven, documentation drifts from what you actually make, and a tonnage band or a restriction is discovered after it applies.
With Worldover
Worldover connects composition, classification and SDS output, live raw material cost, works orders, lot capture and yield on one record.
The document you ship and the batch you shipped describe the same thing.
- Composition drives classification, labelling, the SDS and the poison centre submission, so one change updates all of them.
- Works orders capture lots, in-process checks and yield, so cost per tonne is built from what the batch actually consumed.
- Change control runs an impact assessment across affected products, documents and customers before the change.
MRP · Material requirements and production planning
A production plan you can commit to.
Plan campaigns, not just quantities. Worldover™ MRP connects released compositions, intermediates, usable lots, supplier lead times and vessel capacity, so purchasing and production work towards the same customer dates.
Fewer last-minute shortages. Less stock bought just in case. More visibility of what your factory can deliver, before you promise the date.
Explore MRP for your factoryWhat do we need to make?
Orders and demand become production requirements from the approved formula and BOM.
What do we need to buy?
Usable stock and supplier lead times determine the shortfall, not a stock total alone.
When can we actually deliver?
Materials, machinery, labour and production sequence meet in the same plan.
A solvent delivery slips while three grades share a vessel. See which campaigns and orders depend on it, check usable part-drums, and review a revised sequence with the cleaning time and customer commitments in view.
Build your setup
These are the modules we typicallyoffer to chemicals manufacturers.
Start with MRP: production planning and inventory. Connect batch execution, quality, purchasing and regulatory workflows around the same production plan.
Starting from warehouse. We've pre-selected the modules that function runs on. Add or remove anything below.
MRP / MES
Making and moving the product. Batch execution, planning, stock and the warehouse.
Production Planning
Plan vessel capacity, campaign order and cleaning sequences from material availability and released lots.
See it for chemicals manufacturersInventory Management
See usable part-drums of solvent by lot and quality status before purchasing more, with live supplier pricing.
- Inventory overview
- Stock and non-stock items
- Request stock
MES
Capture charge weights, actual yields and lot history on the batch record, with in-process checks and release approvals.
See it for chemicals manufacturersDemand Planning
Turn customer demand by grade and delivery format into material requirements and production campaigns.
- Demand forecasting
- Sales velocity tracking
- Production planning integration
Warehouse Management
Track drums, IBCs and bulk stock through receipt, storage, picking and dispatch with scanned lot movements.
- Location management
- Receiving and putaway
- Pick, pack and dispatch
R&D / PLM
The product and formulation foundation. Where most customers start, because everything else reads from it.
PLM
Versioned substances, mixtures and specifications, with every affected batch and document linked to a composition change.
See it for chemicals manufacturersR&D Lab Software
Blend trials, raw material compositions, impurities and live costs, with regulatory screening before scale-up.
Add to your setupQMS
Deviations, CAPA, change control and approvals linked to batch evidence, supplier qualifications and the audit trail.
See it for chemicals manufacturersTesting Management
QC results and certificates of analysis linked to the lot, specification and release decision.
See it for chemicals manufacturersRegulatory · SDS authoring & classification
Classify mixtures and author multi-language SDSs from live composition, with CLP/GHS labels and reissue on change.
See it for chemicals manufacturersERP
The financial backbone, running on the same substance-aware records.
ERP
Orders, purchasing and finance on the same substance and lot records as production and dispatch.
- General ledger
- Accounts payable
- Accounts receivable
FP&A
Compare quoted and actual margins using raw material costs, charge weights, yield and delivery costs.
See it for chemicals manufacturersWhat we wouldn't sell you
- Quote Management: Bespoke BOM quoting is a contract manufacturing problem, not an own-product one.
Your setup
Warehouse Management + Inventory Management + Demand Planning + ERP
What it connects
Forecast, firm orders, the production schedule, raw material cover and shelf life.
How the workflow changes
Purchasing is driven by what's actually planned rather than by a reorder point set two years ago. Short-dated stock is visible before it's written off.
Scope note
Scientific simulation and molecular modelling are out of scope; the focus is operational chemical management.
Take this setup with you
Get your setup as a PDF.
The modules you've selected, what each one covers and how they connect, written up as a document you can share internally.
Worldover supports connected regulatory workflows, product documentation, approvals and the operational data behind them. It isn't a regulatory consultancy service.
Willow finds answers, prepares work and routes decisions using the live operating record. Material actions remain governed by permissions, approvals and audit history.
4 selected
See your setupWillow
The AI colleague insideyour chemicals manufacturer operation.
Because every workflow you pick above writes to one connected operating record, Willow can work from what's actually true today, not a copy of it.
Reads
Answers questions from your live formulas, documents, batches and customers.
Writes
Updates the record itself, drafting the formulation change or document and writing it back with its source and version.
Prepares
Drafts the document, the update or the reply so a person only has to check it.
Gets approved
Scoped permissions, human approval for anything material and a full audit trail of every action.
- 100%
- Deployment success
- 50+
- Enterprise customers across cosmetics, chemicals and supplements
- 4 to 7
- Point systems typically retired
- 12 to 16 weeks
- To a live Phase 1, not a multi-year programme
Research
Compared with the alternatives
If you're still building a shortlist, these break the market down side by side.
- ComparisonWorldover vs DatacorTwo chemical-specific systems, compared honestly.Read it
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- ComparisonWorldover vs Dynamics 365 for chemicalsWhat Dynamics needs bolted on to handle substances.Read it
- ShortlistBest chemical ERPs in 2026Ranked shortlist of chemical ERPs, with pricing bands and who each one suits.Read it
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Common questions
What chemicals manufacturer teamsask us most.
The questions that come up in nearly every conversation
A supplier has changed a raw material. What is affected?
The substance record links to every mixture, classification, SDS, batch, stock lot and customer, so the impact list is produced in a search rather than assembled by hand.
Is our classification and labelling still correct?
Classification runs from the current composition, so CLP and GHS outcomes, labels and hazard statements are recalculated against the change instead of being rechecked manually.
Which SDSs need reissuing, and to which customers?
Worldover holds which version of which SDS went to which customer, so reissues and customer notifications are generated from the record.
Can we still ship the stock we already have?
Lot level data connects composition, test results, release status and market obligations, so you can see which lots remain sellable and where.
Is Worldover for own-product manufacturers as well as toll and contract manufacturers?
Yes. Own-product manufacturers manage their portfolio, production campaigns and market obligations. Toll and contract manufacturers also manage customer-owned recipes, briefs and quotes, with permissions keeping each customer's IP separate. Both work from the same substance, batch and lot record.
Can we start with SDS authoring without replacing our ERP?
Yes. Start with composition, classification and SDS authoring, then connect quality, planning and operations as needed. Your existing ERP can stay in place while the agreed integrations keep product and operational records aligned.
How do QC results become certificates of analysis?
QC results sit against the lot and its agreed specification. Certificates of analysis are generated from those results rather than retyped, with release approvals and lot history kept on the same record.
Chemicals manufacturers: the questions people search
- What software do chemical manufacturers need?
- Chemical manufacturers need production planning (MRP or ERP) that understands recipes, yields and by-products, quality and LIMS data tied to the lot, and regulatory tooling for REACH registration, CLP classification, SDS authoring and poison centre notifications. The deciding factor is whether classification and labelling update automatically when a raw material or composition changes.
- How do you keep safety data sheets current across markets?
- You keep SDSs current by authoring them from the substance and composition record rather than editing documents, so a change to a raw material re-triggers classification, regenerates every affected language and market version, and flags which customers received the superseded version. Manual document control is where most multi-market SDS programmes fail.
- Can ERP handle chemical production planning?
- Generic ERP handles the money and the stock but usually not potency, variable yields, co-products or quality holds, so planners rebuild the schedule in spreadsheets. Chemical production planning needs the formulation, quality status and regulatory status of a lot in the same model as the plan.