The cosmetics sector, like most other industries, has its own brightness and darkness, and to overcome its obstacles, it needs to become creative. As organizations work hard to penetrate the global market without compromising quality

operation ERP gives them a little ray of hope. On the one hand, as the market always looks for more and more personal and eco-friendly products, the cosmetics industry is the one that has to comply with the legislatures and on the other hand, to the willing consumer trends.

### Challenges in the Cosmetics Sector
The global cosmetics sector can be compared to walking on a wire, during which you need to pay attention to not only one but many things. Companies are required to meet numerous regulatory standards in different countries, to make simultaneous quality checks of the product, to find high-quality ingredients without any additional costs like a mountain to their supply chain, all at once. Managing these activities is further complicated by the brand-specific formulation adjustments of the required materials and the necessity to strictly deliver only the specified formulas. The above-mentioned combination poses an obvious difficulty for any firm to achieve such a balanced state.

### Harnessing the Power of ERP and MRP Systems
Indeed, the challenging nature of cosmetics production requires the assistance of powerful ERP and MRP systems. Below is a list of the contributions these systems could offer:

1. Formula Additives: The conversion of units of measure from automatic SKU results in increased efficiency enabling the making of exact formulas.

2. Ingredient Variability: Proper treatment of multiple raw material variabilities is achieved through formulating precise composition and batch production processes that cover the strengths, concentrations, and possible dilutions of additives.

3. Safety Risks: Foreseeing unfavorable stock levels and waste problems, proactive and correct inventory allocation is done by taking care of the expiration dates and the rotation methods.

4. Storage: Offering unique storage solutions for sensitive high-value materials while having a well-organized inspection plan and stability tests.

5. Environmental Impact: Thorough by-product data collection leads to the dynamic monitoring and reduction of the environmental footprint caused by the cosmetics sector.

### AI – Meeting Transparency with DeepSeek
Many firms, even though they are interested in artificial intelligence, are unable to adopt it effectively due to their worries over the transparency of data. On the other hand, DeepSeek is a perfect solution for them as it is based on an open-sourced structure that offers them an independent controlled environment. This innovation combined with LAIDFU provides the user with the ability to utilize both OpenAI and DeepSeek functionality. To add, DeepSeek’s multi-step AI agent has also been a new star in the field of IT with its rapid implementation and effectiveness, sometimes even outperforming GenAI.  

### Singapore’s EDG Initiative for ERP and AI
Singapore is playing a key role in catalyzing the digital transformation with the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG). The offering of subsidies for ERP system and AI integration is the mean to achieve this vision of innovation and growth driving Singaporean firms. The financial injection in those technologies projects the city’s determination to create a lively business atmosphere for the local firms. This initiative is showing a gradual move to the point where AI, and enterprise planning tools will be broadly used by firms in a competitive environment with the least flexibility.

About aiM18 ERP

A cloud-native ERP widely adopted by business in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China. With over 6,000 customers in the region, aiM18 gains positive feedbacks from customer across different sectors, from manufacturers, distributors, retailers, service providers to NGOs. The renowned no-code approach saves customer a big sum of customization costs and countless hours of implementation man-days.

About LAIDFU (Let AI Do For You)

An AI builder for enterprise to build their own AI agents.
Proprietary EKP (Enterprise Knowledge Partitioning) technology eases CEO’s concern about trade secret leakage which often occurs in most AI agents / chatbots in the market. EKP removes the hurdle of AI adoption by most companies in using sensitive corporate data.
Powered by no-code approach, deployment of LAIDFU incurs far less developers (and development costs) in comparison with other AI studios.