REACh regulations require manufacturers, importers and downstream users to assume new levels of risk and responsibility with their supply chain partner: register more than 150,000 new substances; share and track substance, safety and compliance data with the public and competitors for years to come; and comply with evolving regulations that require vigilant monitoring. Minimizing your total compliance costs is critical during this economic downturn. You must make strategic decisions about where to compete, what supply chain and consortia roles to play, and how to achieve and maintain sustainable and efficient REACh compliance. The approach you take will significantly impact your business — both strategically and operationally. REACh repercussions can be felt from the boardroom to the shop floor, requiring careful navigation through the myriad of compliance options.

The Solution

• CSC understands that clients need to implement a REACh solution based on their own unique REACh vision and risk profile. By teaming with a provider that can flexibly design and implement a REACh compliance program to deliver on your vision, you can build on your existing capabilities to deploy a compliant-ready, modular, repeatable, extensible and low cost solution.
• We offer a full set of integrated capabilities including frameworks, accelerators, low-cost offshore teams, strategic alliances and proven architectures to help you achieve and maintain REACh-compliant operations quickly and economically.
• CSC’s REACh solution is flexible and modular and can be deployed across the complete lifecycle of your REACh program. We support REACh participants at all levels of REACh compliance sophistication and need, across all industries.
• Our assessments and “minimal essential” compliance approach ensure that your REACh program aligns with your executive goals, building confidence in the effectiveness of your REACh investment. Our governance program is designed to engage your teams across functions, business units and sites to deliver sustainable, efficient compliance.
• Regulatory managers must establish REACh compliance processes, control mechanisms and organizational roles.
• IT managers must respond to new data management, ERP/EHS system, content management, tracking, audit and collaboration toolset requirements.
• Supply chain managers must manage their operations at the substance and entity level.
• Procurement must establish new relationships to ensure substance supply and to comply with the increased levels of transparency and tracking.
• HR executives are challenged to hire and train personnel skilled in REACh and capable in fast-response project management environments.
• R&D departments must revamp product lifecycle processes and reprioritize portfolios based on the new competitive and customer service realities.
• Sales and marketing executives must respond to escalating customer demands and the opportunities and risks of REACh compliance guarantees.
• CSC will work with your organization to find the solution that is right for you. Avoiding potential IPR exposure to competitors, fines for non compliance whilst maintaining public confidence in your brands and cost competitiveness.

The Benefits

• Establish critical new business and regulatory processes
• Deploy new organizational REACh responsibilities that span your enterprise
• Integrate substance and REACh entity data through ERP, document management and project management systems
• Enable secure collaboration
• Implement reliable dossier and compliance tracking and reporting capabilities
• CSC has a wealth of practitioner, consulting and industry experience to call upon and is one of the world’s leading IT and business service providers with a track record of client engagements in environmental and “green” initiatives
• Wide ranging competencies in environmental management have given CSC a leadership position.

For more information please contact one of our Supply Chain Practice Leaders:

The Americas:                         Brad Barton Phone: +1 (314) 692-3700
Europe, Middle East, Africa:    Peter Garnett Phone: +44 (0) 7917 790127
Asia:                                        Chew Mei Fong Phone: +603 2071 0810
Australia:                                 Derek Millingham Phone: +02 9034 2119