In today's globally competitive business environment, companies must continually analyze their spending decisions and focus on core competencies to drive future revenue growth. Actio's CMS core competencies is the production, dissemination and management of material safety data sheets. Whether the MSDS needs to be generated in multiple languages or English alone, Actio offers the perfect outsource solution-MSDS Author.

For a fraction of the cost of authoring your own MSDS, Actio prepares a web enabled MSDS with your logo available through a link on your web site. Quarterly reference checks by Actio reacts to potential changes in health and safety information and keeps your MSDS up-to-date. MSDS Author utilizes the same database architecture of MSDS Vault, taking advantage of Actio's IntelligenTEXT so all of your MSDS will be searchable, have a standard uniform appearance, and be linked to a glossary of over 100,000 key words and terms. Your MSDS makes a statement about your company, MSDS created and managed by Actio demonstrate the highest standard of professionalism, most accurate up-to-date content and over-riding concern for worker safety.

Last year the United Nations recognized the need for global conveyance of hazardous information by adopting "The Globally Harmonized System for the Labeling and Classification of Chemicals". Actio is at the forefront of this solution. Our database driven MSDS platform provides unparalleled flexibility in adapting to new regulations and formats, without the high cost of MSDS recreation.

In many industries, technical data sheets that accompany the MSDS provide additional information regarding the use and application of a product. In the pharmaceutical industry, a package insert is frequently used in conjunction with the MSDS. Actio's MSDS Author integrates technical data sheets and package inserts with the MSDS directly on the clients web site.

For many companies the distribution of material safety data sheets is extremely costly- factor in fax charges, postage charges, printing charges and the overhead needed to respond to an MSDS request. MSDS Author functions as central command center where an MSDS can be printed, faxed or emailed from a single point of access.