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How Zircoa Inc brought SDS compliance in-house with Enhesa
From outsourced and paper-based to fast, accurate and fully in-house — how Zircoa Inc. transformed its SDS authoring, management and compliance process with Enhesa.
What Enhesa SDS solutions delivered
In-house SDS control
Brought SDS authoring, management and translation in-house, eliminating reliance on slow, costly outsourcing.
Automatic regulatory updates
SDS Author ensures SDSs update automatically when regulations change – via a single “accept change” notification, no manual research required.
Centralised, searchable SDS storage
SDS Manager stores, organizes and distributes SDSs securely from a cloud-based system, with offline access for emergencies.
The challenge
Outsourcing the creation of safety data sheets was a process Zircoa wanted to change.
The company’s safety and compliance department needed a digital system that allowed team members to make quick, one-off edits — such as a simple number change — without having to re-author the entire SDS. The antiquated paper process their vendor used was becoming inefficient and costly.
Before Enhesa
Zircoa’s broad product portfolio made fast, accurate search essential — but finding a product by name, number or manufacturer in the paper-based system was taking too long. Keeping up to date with regulatory and compliance changes added further pressure, requiring extensive research that was proving increasingly difficult to manage internally.
Zircoa needed a compliance partner that could handle complex regulatory updates and a platform that put control back in their hands.
Why Zircoa chose Enhesa
Ease of use, from day one
After an extensive review of available solutions, Zircoa selected SDS Author and SDS Manager for their ease of use and intuitive design.
The platform gave the team the control to quickly edit and update product SDSs and keep productivity high — without a long learning curve.
Staying current without the research burden
A key capability for Zircoa was the ability to stay compliant without having to manually track every regulatory change. Enhesa’s experienced regulatory compliance specialists took the regulatory burden off Zircoa entirely.
When there is a new regulation or chemical update for an SDS, the team simply selects “accept change” when they receive the notification through the software and the record is automatically updated.
Fast, accurate product search
The ability to quickly search and retrieve a product record by name, number or manufacturer was a significant improvement over the previous system.
The software’s broad search capability, which quickly produces the desired record, proved particularly valuable for Zircoa employees. What once took too long in a paper-based process now takes minutes.
“The ease with getting everyone up to speed on the system was impressive. It was a smooth transition. The software is very intuitive. What I appreciate most is the excellent support I receive from the Enhesa team. Any questions or concerns I have are addressed immediately with a simple phone call.”
Lenny Francis EHS Specialist, ZircoaThe results
From outsourced to in-house
Since implementing Enhesa’s SDS solutions, Zircoa made a seamless transition bringing the SDS authoring, management and translation process in-house.
The intuitive design and ease of onboarding made this possible from day one. Making simple document edits now takes minutes to produce a new SDS — a task that previously required outsourcing entirely.
Regulatory confidence, always
Zircoa now feels confident that it is in compliance and up to date with ever-changing regulations. When compliance questions arise, the team knows that experienced support from the Enhesa regulatory team is just a phone call away.
“They willingly take extra time to explain, so that I understand where I made a mistake and how to correct it. They want me to be able to take full advantage of the software.”
Support that goes the extra mile
The quality of support has been a standout for Lenny. When he needed additional training time, Enhesa accommodated this by rolling his training allowance over to the following term — because getting customers to use the software to its fullest is as important to Enhesa as it is to Zircoa.
Fast in-house editing for products with similar ingredients
Automatic SDS updates when regulations change
Confident compliance without extensive manual research
About Zircoa Inc
Founded in 1952, Zircoa engineers and manufactures specialty ceramic materials for a worldwide customer base. Their products are made from a combination of Zirconium Oxide and one of four stabilizers. Zircoa uses traditional ceramic processes to shape these formulas, including pressing or casting, producing products across three categories: Technical Ceramics, Specialty Refractories and Granular Forms.
See how Enhesa can help
Managing SDS compliance doesn’t have to mean outsourcing control. See how SDS Author and SDS Manager can transform your compliance workflow.