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Dangerous goods data

Transport data entered once, from the approved SDS.

The UN number, class and packing group for each product are already in your approved SDS. Retyping them into the order, the warehouse system and each carrier's site is where mismatches start. An integration hub enters them once and passes them on, and your trained staff check the result.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

From the approved record

Transport information comes from the SDS records your regulatory lead approved, not from a copy.

Mismatches held

If the order and the SDS disagree, the shipment waits for a person before anything is booked.

Checked and signed by your staff

Shipping documents are prepared from the data for your trained dangerous goods staff to check and sign.

Built on published APIs

Each carrier, ERP and warehouse connector uses the system's published API. We check yours before we quote.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

Example projectAPI

Dangerous goods data hub

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A chemical distributor retypes UN numbers, classes and packing groups from the SDS and the order into two carriers' systems and its warehouse system, and a mismatch holds shipments at the dock.

// What we would build

An integration hub that takes the transport information from the approved SDS records and the order from the ERP, and passes it to the warehouse system and the carriers' booking APIs, so it is entered once. Shipping documents are prepared from this data for your trained dangerous goods staff to check and sign. Each connector is built on the system's published API; we check yours before we quote.

// What is in it

Transport information taken from your approved SDS records, never retyped
Orders from your ERPs joined with that information for each line
Bookings and shipping document data sent to the carriers and your warehouse system
Mismatches held for a person before anything leaves the dock
A log of every message, with alerts when one fails

// Stack

Node.js
PostgreSQL
OpenAPI
ERP APIs
Carrier booking APIs
AWS Canada

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$77,900 to US$119,000, delivered within 19 weeksCAD 110,900 to 169,600
Hosting: ≈ US$176 a monthCAD 250 a month
Support: ≈ US$5,010 a monthCAD 7,135 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

API contract agreed: 2.9 to 3.9 weeks
SDS versioning rules agreed with your regulatory lead: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Core resources built: 3.4 to 5.4 weeks
Security, gateway and connections: 1.9 to 3.4 weeks
Docs, SDKs and load tests: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Shipping data checked against past shipments by your trained staff: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Launch and first callers: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

ERP API access from each vendor: 1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 22,180 to 33,920
API contract agreed 6.8%: CAD 7,541.20 to 11,532.80
SDS versioning rules agreed with your regulatory lead 7.7%: CAD 8,539.30 to 13,059.20
Core resources built 20.4%: CAD 22,623.60 to 34,598.40
Security, gateway and connections 13.6%: CAD 15,082.40 to 23,065.60
Docs, SDKs and load tests 6.8%: CAD 7,541.20 to 11,532.80
Shipping data checked against past shipments by your trained staff 7.7%: CAD 8,539.30 to 13,059.20
Launch and first callers 7%: CAD 7,763 to 11,872
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 11,090 to 16,960

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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Does the hub decide how a chemical is classified for transport?

No. Classification comes from your approved SDS records and your trained staff. The hub only carries the data so it is not retyped.

Which carriers can the dangerous goods hub connect to?

Those with a published booking API, which most large carriers have. We check yours before we quote.

What happens when a carrier's API is down?

The booking waits in a queue and is retried, and your staff get an alert if it waits too long.

Back to the industry: Chemicals and materials About the service: Integrations and automation

// next

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