Actio Introduces Gatekeeper; Comprehensive Chemical Management for the Enterprise.Business Editors HAMPTON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004 Actio Corporation today announced Actio Gatekeeper In an H.323 IP telephony or video environment, a gatekeeper is a device that manages domains and provides call control. It is used to translate user names into IP addresses, to authenticate users and to manage network resources. , a new module in Actio's portfolio of chemical management solutions. Actio Gatekeeper is a preliminary chemical screening, approval tracking, inventory management and chemical accountability solution. Chemical consumers today spend between 2 and 10 times the chemical's cost handling the chemical inside the enterprise. This expense is an amalgam of pre-purchasing review costs, purchasing costs, regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. and storage costs. Chemical handling expenses adversely affect product pricing and gross margins for all businesses large and small. Actio Gatekeeper is an expert system that is designed to automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. the process flow of bringing new chemicals into the enterprise. The process begins by prescreening a chemical against a wide range of government and health related lists. Enterprises can upload their own criteria to initiate or manage corporate objectives like banning carcinogens Carcinogens Substances in the environment that cause cancer, presumably by inducing mutations, with prolonged exposure. Mentioned in: Colon Cancer, Rectal Cancer or reducing hazardous air pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. . Once the chemical has passed the rigorous prescreening process, a decision matrix routes the request to all the individuals in the enterprise required to review or sign-off on the purchase decision. Gatekeeper is a key component of the Actio chemical management solution. Clients who subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; MSDS MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets, see there Vault vault, ceiling over a room, formed in any one of a variety of curved shapes. Nature of Vaults A vault is generally composed of separate units of material, such as bricks, tiles, or blocks of stone, so shaped or cut that when assembled they form a , will have their hazardous material communication automatically managed as Gatekeeper triggers the acquisition and assignment of the MSDS to the client's Vault. "Gatekeeper is the natural extension of our chemical management solution," stated Russ McCann, president of Actio Corporation, "our customers have requested an expert system that manages all aspects of the chemical life cycle, Gatekeeper rounds out our product line and offers unparalleled accountability and chemical control to our client base." Gatekeeper also provides product life cycle management with a chemical centric view. This tool is especially useful for the biotechnology and semiconductor markets where chemicals are the primary ingredients for producing new products. The product view let's you establish a BOM (build of materials) containing all the chemical and non-chemical components of a product. A common area enables collaborators working at different locations to share information, upload supporting documentation and keep an audit trail of the development process. Pricing and Availability Actio Gatekeeper will be available at the beginning of the third calendar quarter 2004. The estimated price for the service will be based upon the number of users utilizing the system within a client company. About Actio Corporation Since 1996, Actio has been helping companies in a wide range of industries cost-effectively manage the complexities surrounding the use of chemicals in the workplace. Actio is a leading provider of chemical management solutions delivered as an ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). (application service provider). Our chemical management portfolio manages all phases of the chemical life cycle, enables corporations to use a "best practices" approach to chemical handling and manages the regulatory requirements surrounding the use of chemicals in the workplace. For more information about Actio Corporation, visit www.actio.net. MSDS VAULT, ACTIO REGULATOR regulator, n the mechanical part of a gas delivery system that controls gas pressure that allows a manageable flow of drug vapor to escape. regulator see reducing valve. and INTELLIGENTEXT are registered trademarks of Actio Corporation. MSDSXCHANGE, ACTIO GATEKEEPER, MSDS VAULT LABELMAKER are trademarks of Actio Corporation 2004. All Rights Reserved. Other trademark names are used only in an editorial fashion, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. |
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