Automation of
complex chemical formulations
Precision and reduction of processing times in complex formulation processes.
The problem
The low precision in the resolution of the formulation processes.
The high rate of ‘trial and error’ assumed in the formulation processes.
The inefficiency of resources and capacities generated daily in these processes and the impact on operational profitability derived from such inefficiency.
The extreme difficulty of handling ranges in this type of processing and obtaining a range of plausible results in the face of uncertainty in the composition or exact properties of the raw materials provided by the business.
The difficulty of formulating optimizing different variables, whether chemical (such as raw materials or their degree of concentration), regulatory (pictograms), market (stock of raw materials and prices), or environmental, or others that each company considers appropriate to optimize.
The opportunity
- Formulation time reduction: oga.Alchemy drastically reduces turnaround times to minutes, thanks to the ability to iterate formulas in real time and in optimized synchrony under specific business and regulatory constraints.
- Automatic regulatory validation: Compliance with labeling, CO2 emissions, hazard and other applicable regulations.
- Optimization under customized constraints: Configuration of business and operational constraints (maximum costs, raw material availability, sustainability targets, production times…).
- Improved accuracy and error reduction by eliminating reliance on manual processes and decentralized spreadsheets, and integrating all relevant databases (raw materials, regulations, prices).
- Iteration and adjustments in real time allowing the adaptation of products according to customer needs or changes in business constraints.
- Access to updated and centralized data in real time, with access to accurate and up-to-date information for fast and accurate decision making.
- Scalability and flexibility: Hosted in the cloud, oga.Alchemy is scalable and can handle increasing volumes of data, users and formulas without compromising performance and easily adapting to new regulations, changes in raw materials or additional requirements without disruption.
- Optimization of key variables (minimize costs, maximize raw material efficiency, or improve sustainability), ensuring valid formulas aligned with strategic objectives.
- Ability to address the multi-variable formulation and optimization process on a single digital platform.
What is oga.Alchemy?
oga.Alchemy is a technology platform designed to optimize the creation of complex chemical formulas.
Aimed at companies that need to develop customized chemical products, oga.Alchemy generates automatic formulas in compliance with commercial, regulatory, environmental or any other constraints that impact the development and commercialization of their products (NPD).
It is a flexible and adaptable solution for different use cases in the chemical sector and its sub-sectors (fragrances, aromas, solvents, paints, detergents, pharmaceuticals…).
Its main differential value is the ability to automate the process of formula generation under specific constraints of each company, either under a technical, commercial, regulatory, or any other kind that influences the development process of new products, and to do so by drastically reducing development times and thus increasing operational efficiency.
Business value
oga.Alchemy provides increased accuracy and reduced processing times in complex formulations, providing:
- Direct Formulation: From a given selection of raw materials and their concentration, the user can use the engine to obtain multiple feasible formulations based on the resulting base composition and tailored to their specific constraints, or simply edit in real time by receiving corresponding prompts.
- Reformulation: New editions of products that need to be rethought due to changes in market or regulatory conditions. oga.Alchemy has a powerful engine that allows users to enter a target base composition and obtain new combinations of raw materials that, without sacrificing technical quality or desired performance, guarantee the necessary precision adapted to new conditions.
- Indirect formulation: Starting from a target composition, oga.Alchemy searches for the combination of raw materials that most closely matches the target composition.
- Multiformulation: From a given benchmark, users can enter certain variables and obtain several formulation options depending on the prioritization of these variables.
- Raw material management. The user will be able to feed and debug databases and create new validated versions specifically designed for specific contexts. The user will also be able to create recommendations for the purchase or debugging of raw materials in order to adapt / evolve its stock by optimizing it.
- Research. oga.Alchemy becomes a powerful tool to innovate in the use and combination of raw materials by subjecting their use to different market conditions that lead us to develop or simulate very specific or ‘niche’ products under variable conditions.
oga.Alchemy Use Cases
Chemical, cosmetics, food, pharmaceutical and other markets require a constant flow of new products. The cost and speed of experimentation and commercialization are key to:
Solvent, paint or enamel manufacturing.
Companies involved in the manufacture of these types of products will benefit from oga.Alchemy by drastically reducing the turnaround time to generate customized formulation proposals.
The platform enables commercial teams to introduce constraints such as price, raw material availability and legal regulations (e.g. CO2 emissions) directly into the design phase, ensuring that any proposed formulation complies with all applicable regulations. Reverse formulation algorithms help to quickly find combinations of raw materials that meet the target composition requested by the customer, saving time and minimizing manual errors.
Perfume and cosmetics industry.
In the perfume industry, raw materials are often natural and contain a large number of complex components. oga.Alchemy allows formulas to be optimized with these complexities in mind.
Users can enter constraints such as raw material origin, price and sustainability (e.g., minimizing environmental impact), while the system generates valid formulas that meet these constraints. As a highly regulated industry, oga.Alchemy ensures that final products comply with local and international regulations without the need for manual verification processes, thus optimizing both the creation of formulas and current or future regulatory compliance.
Cleaning products manufacturing.
Manufacturers of cleaning products typically work with formulations with different properties (such as products that combine liquids and solids or require multiple manufacturing steps), benefiting greatly from oga.Alchemy by allowing them to integrate pre-existing blends as raw materials, as well as formulate products with components from multiple formulations in a single solution (e.g., a cleaning tablet containing solids and liquids of different colors and characteristics).
It also includes the ability to manage manufacturing instructions and laboratory tests, ensuring that the production process is aligned with the approved formulation. Furthermore, by introducing customized constraints (such as cost, production time or availability of raw materials), the generated formulas are optimized not only to be valid, but also to improve production performance and compliance.
If you identify potential inefficiencies or operational improvement points in your formulation processes and need the best tool to challenge your production and truly transform your business, oga.Alchemy is the solution you are looking for.