Acids stored next to bases — one inspector visit and the fine costs more than a full year of rent.
Chemicals
One misplaced drum can shut the whole warehouse down. Compliance is not paperwork here — it is the line between open and closed.
The three biggest headaches
Customer asks for the SDS, you dig for half an hour, and the shipment sits stuck at the dock.
Hazmat transport needs certified carriers — hire one without the right papers and the cargo gets seized on the road.
Recommended apps, in rollout order
- WMS · WarehousingPhone-guided receiving, putaway, picking, packing, shipping, and counts — mistakes blocked at every step.
- Documents · DocumentsEvery app stores its files here: standardized, searchable, with quotas.
- TMS · Transport ManagementPlan, dispatch, track live, capture PODs, and reconcile freight — office and drivers in sync.
A typical day
- 1
Morning: scan the compliance board — segregation alerts, expiring SDS sheets, carrier permits — done in one glance.
- 2
Midday order: the system auto-assigns segregated locations by hazmat class and blocks any incompatible mix.
- 3
Afternoon shipment: SDS auto-attached, only certified carriers dispatched, transport docs complete in one go.
- 4
Before leaving: every hazmat move today is logged and archived — ready whenever the inspector asks.