The Chemical Inventory System (CIS) is a high performance database system designed specifically for tracking chemicals and laboratory supplies. Information stored for each chemical record includes the name, ID#, Expiration Date, MSDS ID, Formula, Vendor, Catalog Number, two container size definitions, storage locations, on-hand quantities, hazard information, NFPA handling codes, special handling equipment, spill control protocol, costs, and synonyms.

Searches based on structure and substructures are possible along with the data field searches that are available with any database. Physical property values can be calculated and the data fields created automatically for each structure record. Data fields can contain simple values, or be linked to any file or URL.

Lab users can easily find where a particular chemical is stored, and bring up the MSDS information on screen via web-page links.