How Unilever unified SDS for 300+ substances across its factory with SDS Manager
At Unilever’s Poznań factory, one shared database replaced perishable paper cards across 20+ production lines making Knorr, Hellmann’s and Amino products.
- Industry
- Food & consumer goods manufacturing
- Location
- Poznań, Poland
- Scale
- 20+ production lines
- Features used
- SDS library · Locations & areas · Risk assessment · Hazard summaries
- 300+Substances managed in one database
- 20+Production lines covered
- 1Shared database for the entire factory
- 5/5Customer review
Above all, I felt that I saved time, which I can now use for other things. The application helped me manage cards for over 300 substances in an easy and user-friendly way.
At Unilever’s Poznań factory, more than 20 production lines manufacture iconic products from brands such as Knorr, Hellmann’s and Amino. Keeping safety information current for every substance on site falls to Joanna Peplińska — and until recently, that meant paper.
Hundreds of substances, cards posted across production areas, and no single place where everything lived: every update triggered another round of documents. Here is how SDS Manager changed that.
The challenge
- 1Paper SDS cards in production areas were not durable and had to be replaced constantly
- 2No single database — files multiplied across locations
- 3Documents were created and re-created again and again
- 4Keeping cards updated was a recurring struggle
The solution: from paper cards to a single database
Four changes did the heavy lifting. One shared library organized by area, simpler management of 300+ substances, remote risk assessments, and hazard information anyone can read.
One database for the whole factory
Before SDS Manager, safety data lived wherever the last printout landed. Now the entire factory works from a single database — one location, divided into production areas, and accessible from anywhere on site.
That structure ended the cycle of creating and re-creating documents. When a card changes, it changes once for everyone.
300 substances, one coordinator
Joanna manages safety cards for more than 300 substances through the application — work that once consumed her schedule now fits alongside everything else.
The time that used to go into paperwork now goes where it matters: contact with suppliers, cooperation with production areas, and staying in close touch with application support.
Risk assessment everyone can reach
Corporate standards ask a lot of a factory this size. With risk assessments available remotely to everyone on site, meeting them became achievable in a short period of time — not a long paper chase.
Hazards at a glance
Not everyone on a production line is a chemist, and the interface is built for exactly that. Check a substance in the application and the hazards are immediately clear — no specialist knowledge required.
The result: time back and standards met
The gains show up in Joanna’s calendar, the factory’s compliance record, and the confidence of employees handling chemicals every day.
- Time saved one coordinator manages 300+ substances from a single place, freeing time for other safety work
- Compliance remote risk assessment helped meet corporate standards in a short period of time
- Everyday safety employees without chemical expertise instantly see the hazards of any substance they look up
- Advocacy Joanna has already recommended SDS Manager on Unilever global calls
