Product Stewardship
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B. Introduction
A. Overview
C. Lifecycle - How we can help
i. Process Manufacturing
ii. Discrete Manufacturing
D. Our Offering
E. Global Reach
F. Contact us
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Keeping up to date with the complexity of ever expanding global regulations, implementing them seamlessly into your workflows, automating tasks, and improving operational efficiency throughout the product lifecycle is critical to your success.
Manufacturing products is fraught with EHS&S complexity.
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Introduction
ERM Product Stewardship |
Product compliance disruption in your product’s value chain can have a significant impact on your operations, your right to trade, your brand, and your profitability.
The technological enablement of product stewardship is essential in helping you to manage your accelerating data demands and necessary core business systems integrations.
Designing and implementing a robust product stewardship programme is imperative for business continuity and long-term success.
Overview
Creating the right environment, processes and culture to deliver safe, compliant, sustainable and high-quality products is your priority.
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As a leading global EHS&S consultancy, ERM provides Process and Discrete Manufacturing companies with a compelling set of expertise for Product Stewardship digitization.
We combine our Digital Services capabilities, our deep understanding of the regulatory landscape, and the leading technology solutions in our partner ecosystem to create a unique capability to establish and maintain rigorous, enterprise-level Product Stewardship business services.
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Lifecycle
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Improved operational efficiency Excellence in regulatory compliance Integrated decision support and control Reduction in risk and costs
Services that deliver:
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Process Manufacturing
Sales and Distribution
End of Life
Lifecycle - Process Manufacturing
R&D/Formulation/ Product development
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Substance formulation recipe management Design for compliance Design for sustainability R&D / Product Safety Data Integration
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Product Safety
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Regulatory data monitoring and MoC GHS classification automation Product composition & trade secret management Substance data import & end point management Global Product SDS & Label authoring & expert rule automation Substance Volume Tracking (SVT) enablement Dangerous Goods (DG) classification automation
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Product Compliance
Compliance determination, reporting & control:
EU & Global REACh chemical control regulations Global country chemical inventories Global product substance / chemical based regulations
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Sourcing
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Supplier compliance certification acquisition management Product marketability checks & controls Only representative management Supplier SDS acquisition & document management Approved use tracking
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Manufacturing
Substance registration tracking Packaging specification management Labelling process automation Hazardous material inventory management & reporting – SARA, Seveso, TRI Hazcom compliance enablement – vendor / supplier SDS management Chemical Management (CMS) support emissions, release, and exposure monitoring / reporting
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Sales and distribution
Transportation labelling management Dangerous Goods logistics integrated compliance checks Shipping BoL & Declarations DG Content provision SVT global product compliance logistics integrated compliance checks and reporting Poison center and Chemtrec type data management & provision
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Product sustainability reporting support Circular economy – materials recovery tracking Product returns and takeback tracking & management
R&D/ Formulation/ Product Development
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Dangerous Goods (DG) compliance determination
DOT, ADR, TDG, IATA, IMDG
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Discrete Manufacturing
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End of Life Directives: WEEE, Battery, ELV, eWaste, EPSC EU SCIP Waste Framework Closed Loop Packaging Material Recycling Requirements Product sustainability reporting support Circular economy – materials recovery tracking Product returns and takeback tracking & management
Transportation labelling management Dangerous Goods logistics integrated compliance checks Shipping BoL & Declarations DG Content provision SVT global product compliance logistics integrated compliance checks and reporting Poison center and Chemtrec type data management & provision IP, trade restriction, ITAR, & MilSpec compliance management
Component Supplier Compliance Certification & material declaration data acquisition Compliant sourcing strategy Product marketability checks & controls Supplier SDS acquisition & document management
Regulatory data monitoring and MoC Raw material data management / FMD Restricted substance monitoring ad MoC impact analysis Global Product SDS & Label authoring & expert rule automation Substance Volume Tracking (SVT) enablement Dangerous Goods (DG) classification automation
New Product Development / Product Engineering
Supplier disclosure / raw material data management Design for compliance Design for sustainability Product Engineering / Product Safety Data Integration
REACH SVHC RoHS IPC Product Standards FMD Request / Response Mgmnt Conflict Minerals California Prop 65
Strategy & Advisory Services
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Our Offering
Solution Design & Implementation
Production Support & Managed Services
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Business process requirements & gap determination Technology adoption strategy & roadmap Systems selection, implementation & deployment planning
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Business process design Regulatory compliance enablement Data and content integration System configuration and enhancement Data migration and testing Change management and training
Deployment management Go Live and hypercare support SDS authoring managed services Analytics and visualization Regulatory data and content maintenance Master data maintenance production support
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Solution Strategy
Solution Roadmap
Implementation & Deployment Planning
Our expert team leads business process requirements definition and gap analysis through a facilitated collaborative process. We execute a comprehensive enabling systems health check including data, configuration and development. Based on requirements and identified gaps, we co-create a solution strategy to satisfy regulatory and operational challenges and deliver against your business objectives.
We lead solution visioning to align business process enablement priorities and functionality adoption in a strategic plan. We execute our defined methodology for system specification and customer specific evaluation to enable selection of the best fit vendor.
We define a detailed implementation project plan, covering PMO and governance planning, enterprise integration, data migration, testing plans and deployment strategy. Embedded throughout the process is stakeholder engagement, change management and end user training.
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Our expert capabilities, combined with strong PMO leadership and governance controls, ensures we deliver business value on schedule and on budget.
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We have a long and strong working relationship with SAP and a history of successful ECC and S/4 HANA implementations of EHS product compliance as well as PLM-Recipe Development and GTS Denied Party adjacencies.
Solution Delivery & Implementation
We maintain significant investments in infrastructure and relationship enabling:
ERM supports seamless migration and ongoing management of your data, keeping you up to date with the complexities in product development and compliant within the dynamic regulatory landscape.
Data Migration
Executive Summary Dashboards to give you actionable insights, covering:
Compliance System performance SLA performance Global document demand counts
Analytics & Visualization
Existing system assessment and output optimization –
Data gap, structure analysis and deficiency remediation Expert rule and template data relationships and optimization SDS and label output quality – accuracy, consistency and sustainability
SDS Data Management & System Updates
Managing your data & systems
Successful implementations are dependent on full engagement and adoption.
Managing the change process
ERM features a dedicated team of change management professionals to positively impact your implementation. We support change management and adoption through:
Change Management
We provide a bespoke suite of solutions, proven to support with behaviour change and technical Product Stewardship understanding:
Training
We provide a comprehensive approach to change management, training and communications at all levels of an organization.
Product compliance content products & services
System Delivery
Extract, convert, test & load (ECTL) strategy and execution 3rd party content management & maintenance – data, phrases, expert rules and templates.
Data Management
Role and responsibility definition, security access strategy and training program design and delivery to support culture change and solution adoption.Upskilling your workforce for increased self-sufficiency over time.
With tier 1 software platform deep experience and partner relationships, our project delivery team includes business process and product regulatory subject matter experts, ERP system integration, RICEF development and data management technical experts.
Huge volumes of dynamic data with complex internal and external relationships requires industry-leading subject matter experts. We excel in chemical substance data management, including:
Global Services Partner
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Substance data experts – SAP EHS Product compliance data model and relationships Extract, convert, test & load (ECTL) strategy and execution Third party content management and maintenance ERP master data relationships and integration
Organizational alignment Role and responsibility definition Internal and external communication strategy Multi-media content development Gamification and rewards Collaboration
Competency and training needs analysis Training program development Curriculum development and delivery Train-the-trainer and turn-key delivery models Management of change - new regulations / requirements and new functionality user training
Extensive configured internal solution environments maintained with EHSM 6.0 EPs 7 & 8 + S/4 HANA 1709, 1809, 1909. Customer software capability and license presale demo support Solution accelerator and enhancement development and training delivery Access to and collaboration with Product Development, Solution Management and Account Executives
3E ERC & Optimize content implementation and management SDS and Label Authoring: GHS classification and compliant authoring:
Order / Delivery automated SDS distribution 48 languages and all mandated layouts/content supported Poison center & transportation emergency center SDS distribution Supplier SDS management Parallel, SDS synchronized hazard label creation Label output automation for Sample, Shipping, Customer & other labeling
Dangerous Goods:: DG transport classification – all modes, global jurisdictions and hazard classifications. DG output documentation system of record. Inventory compliance :: Expert Rule enabled global product and chemical inventory compliance determination. Substance Volume Tracking (SVT) compliance management. Global Product Compliance:: Local, regional and global product compliance tracking and enablement Logistics integration:: Integrated & automated order & delivery checks and controls for DG and Product Compliance / SVT Product development: PLM recipe development and Product Safety substance composition integration.
ERM is a global implementation services partner for 3E compliance solutions - 3E ERC Regulatory Data Viewer & 3E Optimize
Our relationship enables us to support content installation, optimization and production maintenance through:
Global implementation partner
Product demo and presales support Full access to product documentation, advance release access and product development & testing support Exclusive implementation support portal and dedicated 3E support escalation
We provide a complete end to-end service across 3E, including new implementation or conversion installation, quarterly update maintenance and complete production content management as a service. And 3E Notify™ poison center solution implementation and deployment in your EHS landscape.
Expertise you can trust:
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Product Stewardship SDS and global product compliance business process and requirements experts. SAP SVT data, configuration and integration experts. SAP EHS Product Compliance content experts both legacy SAP and 3E. Both OCC and ADM data loader experience. Substance data experts – List Substance (CASRN indexed) and UN List Substance (UN Number indexed). Multilingual phrase library loading, configuration and maintenance experts. Expert rule data, configuration and adoption – SDS authoring automation experts. Template management including layout customization, data mapping, WWI & ABAP symbol logic and maintenance.
Dangerous Goods
Inventory compliance
Global Product Compliance
Product development
Logistics integration
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SDS Authoring
Functional & Performance Optimization
Regulatory Monitoring – Data & System Compliance
ERM provides SDS authoring as a managed service, reducing operating costs, providing surge capacity, maintaining and often improving compliance and improving turn around performance. We work remotely and seamlessly within your SAP platform or as a turnkey service through our internal SDS authoring platform.
Our dedicated offshore Product Stewardship Center of Excellence in Bangalore, India, is an integrated extension of our core practice. Together we provide expert SAP EHS production maintenance and troubleshooting support. We keep you running, at speed:
Our regulatory experts have their fingers on the pulse of regulatory changes and your business implications. We’ll provide you with:
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Technical issue resolution and extended solution support System enhancements and upgrades Content optimization Ongoing analytics and reporting
On-call managed access to in-region product regulatory compliance experts Responsive regulatory change system configuration and data maintenance
270 Specialists.
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Our Global Reach
5 Regions.
One Goal.
NA
45 Product Stewardship Specialists
EMEA
160 Product Stewardship Specialists
APAC
40 Product Stewardship Specialists
India
Center of Excellence and Digital Innovation
Brazil
25 Product Stewardship Specialists
Regional Contacts:
Chuck McCormick
Global Lead & Partner chuck.mccormick@erm.com
Technical Partner, NA & India steve.smith@erm.com
Steve Smith
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Partner, NA & EMEA ann.drew@erm.com
Ann Drew
