Aljoša Kous – BENS CONSULTING
In today’s paint and coatings industry, chemists and R&D specialists are spending countless hours on administrative tasks instead of doing what they do best – developing innovative, sustainable products.
A study reported in the Harvard Business Review found that knowledge workers, including researchers and scientists, spend approximately 41% of their workday on ‘discretionary activities’ that require little of their specialized expertise.
A more recent survey, mentioned in a publication by the Federation of American Scientists, indicates that working scientists now spend 44% of their research time on administrative activities and compliance, with roughly half of that time spent on pre-award activities.
In the same article over 60% of scientists say administrative burden compromises research productivity. This misallocation of talent isn’t just inefficient – it’s holding back industry innovation and sustainability progress.
THE TRUE COST OF MANUAL DOCUMENTATION
When highly skilled chemists spend their days managing paperwork instead of developing new formulations, everyone loses. Your most valuable assets – their expertise, creativity, and innovation potential – are trapped under administrative burden.
This challenge is particularly evident in the current market, where: regulatory requirements are becoming increasingly complex – sustainability demands require more focused R&D time – Market competition demands faster innovation cycles – Skilled personnel are too valuable to waste on manual tasks.
ENTERPRISE-WIDE IMPACT
A success story to consider is the ChemColor’s transformation. Like many leading European coatings manufacturers, their R&D teams were drowning in paperwork across their manufacturing sites.
After implementing Allchemist’s solution, their scientists returned to what they do best – innovation. The results speak for themselves:
– 30% improvement in cross-site collaboration efficiency.
– 48% reduction in formulation development time.
– 70% decrease in manual documentation work.
– 100% regulatory compliance rate.
– Most importantly, their R&D teams now spend 80% more time on actual product development and sustainability initiatives.
THE ENTERPRISE SOLUTION
The future of transparency is the upcoming EU Digital Product Passport requirements which could mean more paperwork – but not with Allchemist. Our system automatically generates and maintains digital dossiers, ensuring: complete product lifecycle transparency, instant access to sustainability metrics, automated regulatory updates, enhanced supply chain communication.
DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT
The future of transparency is the upcoming EU Digital Product Passport requirements which could mean more paperwork – but not with Allchemist. Our system automatically generates and maintains digital dossiers, ensuring: complete product lifecycle transparency, instant access to sustainability metrics, automated regulatory updates, enhanced supply chain communication.
AI PARSER IN ACTION AT THE EUROPEAN COATINGS SHOW
L’azienda ha svelato qualcosa che non ha precedenti: la tecnologia IA di trasformazione del PDF. Mentre altri ne parlano soltanto, l’azienda ha utilizzato l’IA nella realtà per:
The company is unveiling something unprecedented: AI-powered PDF transformation technology. While others talk about AI, the company made it reality:
– build and maintain your own raw materials inventory with the help of AI.
– Eliminate manual data entry completely.
– Instant integration with formulation databases.
– Zero time wasted on document handling.
– Multilingual documentation (they can add any language you need).
SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT – WHEN SCIENTISTS CAN FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS
With R&D teams freed to focus on sustainable innovation, the company’s clients report: 75% reduction in physical testing waste,40% decrease in energy consumption through virtual testing, 90% reduction in paper documentation and 25% improvement in raw material efficiency.
ROI: BEYOND THE NUMBERS
While the financial returns are impressive (6-8 months payback period), the real value lies in unleashing your R&D potential: 30% reduction in regulatory compliance costs, 50% decrease in documentation-related errors, 40% improvement in time-to-market for new products, immeasurable gains in innovation potential.
FUTURE OF FORMULATION
The coatings industry stands at a crossroads continue with outdated manual processes or embrace digital transformation that lets scientists be scientists.
Our commitment to this vision continues with: Setting the stage for AI enhanced capabilities for formulation optimization, expanded regulatory compliance automation, advanced sustainability tracking tools, improved cross-border collaboration features.
