Helix for specialty chemicals

The right formula.
The right evidence for every lot.

Connect formulation, raw materials, production, testing, and customer specifications. Know which lot meets which requirement—and why.

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CONNECTED WORK RECORDIllustrative
LOT-2408

Clearcoat resin · CR-42

FORM-042 · Rev 6
Formula usedRev 6 retained
Viscosity result1,480 mPa·s
Customer requirementFinal review pending
Customer specification review · open

A test result does not automatically qualify a lot for every customer.

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For specialty chemical, formulation, and quality teams

Explore the workspace

Your specialty chemicals operation on Helix.

Explore the dashboard, open a record, run a step, or resolve a blocked review. Changes stay inside this sample workspace.

Work where you work.

The full workspace, from planning to review. Same records. Your progress carries across.

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Good morning, Elif

Wilmington · Plant 1 · your operation at a glance

Needs attention 3 linked items
My assignments this shift
Recent activity
RUN-2408 · Charge materials completed and reviewedEarlier today · linked evidence
RAW-0321 · received into hold locationEarlier today · linked evidence
FORM-042 · Rev 6 effectiveEarlier today · linked evidence
Work in progress In progress
Approved revisions · linked evidenceSample data · local simulation
Formulations, production lots, and customer specifications connected.Illustrative workspace · not a production system
01 Open a record02 Run a workflow03 See what blocks an approval
Where the connection matters

A passing result is only useful against the right specification.

A material can have several grades, uses, and customer requirements. Helix connects the lot and its results to the exact specification under review, so a familiar product name does not become a substitute for a release decision.

The work, connected

Keep formulation and fulfillment connected.

Shared identities, effective revisions, and review rules connect each team’s work to the next decision.

01

Carry the development history.

Compare trial conditions and structured results. Promote the selected formulation through a transfer review that retains its parameter rationale, scale assumptions, and analytical evidence.

  • Experiment & trial records
  • Parameter knowledge
  • Controlled transfer
02

Control the formulation.

Keep ingredients, proportions, instructions, units, and process limits in a versioned formulation record. Review a revision before it governs production.

  • Formula revisions
  • Ingredient relationships
  • Process limits
03

Know your raw materials.

Track suppliers, grades, lots, receipts, and supporting certificates. Keep the material’s identity separate from the status of a particular lot.

  • Grades & specifications
  • Supplier certificates
  • Lot disposition
04

Connect testing to the lot.

Review reported values with the applicable specification, method, and source evidence. Investigate an exception where the production context is already available.

  • Sample & lot links
  • Results versus limits
  • Exception review
05

Make customer requirements explicit.

Link the customer’s approved requirement to the release review and supporting certificate. Keep evidence for the selected grade and use together.

  • Customer specifications
  • Certificate records
  • Release decisions
06

Trace the source of a concern.

Follow a supplier lot into intermediates, finished lots, and recorded shipments. Keep missing relationships visible as you establish the scope of an investigation.

  • Transformation lineage
  • Downstream exposure
  • Scoped evidence packages
From a written rule to an enforced action

Make the customer requirement part of release.

A generic “passed” label hides the question that matters: passed against what? Carry the exact specification into the decision.

THE INFORMATION

A viscosity result is copied into a certificate.

THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL

Applicable specification + complete evidence

The release review checks the selected customer specification and the source result before the certificate is approved.

Retain the lot, result, specification revision, and certificate decision together.

Model → records → execution

Your terminology.
Your rules. One foundation.

An entity definition shapes a record type. Your approved records hold the operating content. Execution captures what actually happened.

01 · ENTITY DEFINITION

Formulation

Defines the structure and allowed behavior of records of this type.

  • Ingredient references
  • Composition & units
  • Process stages
  • Review lifecycle
Type structure + lifecycle + actions
02 · APPROVED RECORD

FORM-042 · Rev 6

The CR-42 resin formulation, with its ingredient proportions, mixing instruction, and accepted process range.

A specific record and its effective revision
03 · EXECUTION RECORD

RUN-2408 · 1,000 kg

The lots charged, actual mixing conditions, samples, results, and disposition for this run.

Actual work linked to its approved source

A formulation change can affect product specifications, test requirements, and customer commitments. Review those dependencies before the revised formula becomes effective.

Useful intelligence. Explicit authority.

Compare requirements before they become a surprise.

Give AI the records and relationships needed to produce a useful draft. Keep the decision with the accountable person.

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ILLUSTRATIVE AI WORKFLOW
How does this customer’s requirement differ from our current product specification?
Proposed output · for review

A cited comparison of differing limits, units, required evidence, and unanswered questions for technical review.

A person resolves ambiguous requirements and approves the applicable specification.

Fit Helix into your operation

Start at the handoff.
Connect what belongs together.

Keep a clear source of truth for each record. Agree the interfaces, ownership, and exception handling for your deployment.

Commercial & order systems

Connect the customer, product, and order requirement to the appropriate operational records without duplicating financial ownership.

Laboratory systems

Agree how sample identity, methods, units, results, and attachments enter review. Preserve the distinction between imported data and an approved result.

Certificates & supplier files

Bring documents into the material and lot context, with clear verification and approval steps for extracted or entered values.

These are integration boundaries to evaluate, not a list of prebuilt connectors. All plans include unlimited integrations.

A practical starting point

Try a real process.
See where it earns its place.

Use the application sandbox to choose a template, author your model, and work through the decisions your team makes.

01

Start with a bounded workflow.

Start with one formulation, two customer specifications, and one lot. Walk through a conforming result and a requirement that needs review.

02

Expand from what works.

Extend into supplier qualification, formulation change control, customer-specific release, and connected certificate records.

Before you choose

Questions from
specialty chemicals teams.

Your operation. Your workspace.

Try Helix for yourself.

Start in the free forever sandbox. Explore a template, make it yours, and decide what comes next.

EVERY PLAN INCLUDES
  • Unlimited entities & workflows
  • Unlimited integrations
  • Unlimited customizations
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