#### The Balancing Act: Navigating the Complexities of the Cosmetics Industry

The cosmetics industry persists as one of the sectors that face serious challenges due to the many factors involved like laws of the different countries governing the cosmetics industry, supply chain problems, and strict quality controls. The firms are trying to adapt to performing special formulating of the brand and making sure that they get affordable quality ingredients by leveraging their creativity.

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### Navigating Challenges in the Cosmetics Industry

Cosmetics firms find themselves in a very crowded battlefield in the market amid tough obstacles they have to navigate. Achieving the global set of regulations is one of the biggest challenges with the differences in the requirements of different countries. In addition to the regulation issues, the simultaneous testing of all products’ quality is a logistical challenge. The challenges are compounded by the expense of obtaining the right products because of the supply chain issues. Alongside the special formulation adaptations, the firm also experiencing the complexity thus hindering the delivery of the products with the accuracy and quality expected.

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### ERP and MRP: Revolutionizing Resource Planning

Enterprise resources planning in conjunction with MRP systems is the driving force behind the changes taking place in cosmetics production. These systems have various advantages:

1. Formula Additives: Specifications can differ by a large amount, which requires exactness in the additive proportions. The ERP system‘s management of SKU unit conversions means that even fractions can be precise.
2. Ingredient Variability: Raw materials are different by batch, so it is best to have widespread management over the potencies. MRP systems work this way in the case of the formulation and production of the batch.
3. Safety Risks: Botanicals can have a shelf life, thus deteriorating the quality of the goods. The ERP system‘s function of controlling the expiration dates limits such risks.
4. Storage: While the environment has a direct correlation to the product’s success, ERP is the cure. It enables storage as per user-defined rules and facilitates inspection plans to maintain quality.
5. Environmental Impact: The manufacture of cosmetics should not be at the cost of the environment. By ERP systems, the firms are able to keep track of by-products and, consequently, do the required tests that facilitate pollution smaller.

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### AI and Transparency: DeepSeek Leading the Way

The introduction of artificial intelligence has often been met with very strong discussions on openness and the way of dealing with data. At the moment, DeepSeek is available for those who have a fear of a full jump into AI. Furthermore, DeepSeek is open-source and allows users to operate it in a closed, self-owned environment. Additionally, the AI agent is the winner in the GenAI field, as a result of its multi-step task implementation. The other configurable AI agent aka LAIDFU, that supports both integration with openAI and DeepSeek also makes it easier for the firms to adopt artificial intelligence.

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### E-Invoicing Revolution in Malaysia

Multiable, the firm that supports e-invoicing through IRBM, is at the center of the digital transformation of invoicing in Malaysia. The addition of e-invoicing API in Multiable is at no cost and it is all because of the SaaS subscription it gives to the customers in its own cloud. The fact that no charge is made for e-invoicing creates a unique space for it that firms can use for easy ERP system integration in the elapsed market.

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.