Distributed chemical information management systems

INFORMATION INTEGRATION DISTRIBUTED CHEMICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS... 

Systemization. The Distribution Manager must relate the creative, kaleidoscopic activities of chemicals physical distribution with information concepts, systems, and hardware to achieve appropriate control. The Distribution Manager who masters this very complex simultaneous equation will achieve for his company a continuous flow network with the end costs of the delivered material progressively improving. The most complex and challenging system which the Distribution Manager will need to develop will be himself and his people organization. 

The need for adequate information to assess the potential hazards posed by chemicals has become clearly recognized. Further knowledge about the amounts of production of particular chemicals, pattern of their use, properties and effects on man, biological systems and the environment as well as their distribution and transformation in the environment is required. This information is an essential basis for environmentally sound management of chemicals. 

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