Three Reasons Why You Really Want Chemical Companies To Trace Their Products
Chemical industry asset traceability is a set of tools that a chemical company uses to trace every barrel, every gallon, and every liter of every chemical they produce. While it is not entirely required by law, it is in a chemical company's best interests to track their products anyway. When you order a particular product from a chemical company, you want to know where your shipment is too. The following reasons reflect especially important ideas in regards to chemicals produced.
If You Can Trace It, It Can Be Stopped
Some chemicals have the misfortune of being ingredients in bombs. Domestic and foreign terrorists have the knowledge and the ability to mix certain chemicals that can create quite the force of destruction when detonated, or create toxic gases that can kill hundreds to thousands of people within miles of the bomb's detonation. If the chemical companies that make these chemicals separately unwittingly ship specific agents to the same consumer but all of them use tracking and traceability systems, then the recipients end up flagging Homeland Security online. Homeland Security will track at least one of those chemical shipments to the end while forcing the other chemical companies to cancel their shipments and orders to that customer. Hence, a terrorist act can be avoided using a simple tracing/tracking tool for shipping.
Chemicals That Go Missing Can Be Recovered
Imagine a couple barrels of ammonia going missing. Maybe a pallet of liter-bottles of sulfuric acid cannot be accounted for. Whatever ends up vanishing into thin air can be recovered if it has tracking labels attached. If a chemical company also embeds tracking chips into containers or pallets, the suddenly missing chemicals can be tracked and found. This is good news for customers who may be wondering where their orders are. It is also good news for the chemical companies who could be fined if they do not recover the missing products.
Thefts, Leaks, and Damaged Goods Are Tracked Too
People steal the strangest stuff. They will even steal barrels of motor oil or toxic residue from a nuclear power plant. When those containers are tracked and traced, they can be recovered before anyone really gets hurt or incredibly sick. If containers leak, they generally have to be emptied and destroyed, but not before they are properly recorded for the government inspectors. Damaged containers must also be stamped and recorded for government safety purposes. If a chemical company already does all of the above with their assets and products, then keeping track of the damaged or leaking products reduces government suspicion of terrorist activity.
Contact a chemical industry asset traceability service for more help.
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