Regulatory Compliance Software Fulfills REACH Regulations

Product Development Company® (USA) announce it has upgraded its regulatory compliance software solution, InSight Environmental Compliance™, to fulfill the latest European REACH regulations.

REACH has changed the regulatory requirements for all companies in all sectors doing business in the European Union. On January 13, 2009, ECHA added 14 chemical substances to the candidate list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVCH). Businesses are being dealt new hurdles and more complicated challenges as the regulations continue to evolve. With the November 30, 2010 deadline for the submission of lead registration dossiers to ECHA fast approaching, companies all over the world are scrambling to comply.

To help companies doing business in Europe work through the complicated maze of requirements, PTC will introduce its InSight Environmental Compliance solution at the 6th Annual International REACH Conference in Brussels, January 27, 2010. The focus of this international conference will be Managing SVCH under REACH; it will deal with how article manufacturers can fulfill their responsibilities regarding SVHC and the evolving communication requirements.

InSight Environmental Compliance is a complete software solution for managing and improving the environmental performance of products and the supply chain. Manufacturers can meet customer and regulatory requirements, achieve corporate environmental goals, and lower the risk of blocked sales and costly supply chain disruptions. This best-in-class solution for tracking and improving the environmental performance of products, parts, materials and suppliers can integrate with the existing supply chain and product development systems, or function as a stand-alone system. It’s an easy-to-deploy, scalable and industry-proven enterprise solution used by leading manufacturers all across the globe.

Today’s challenge is not only to design compliant products, but also to assure that compliance is maintained in production, throughout the life of the product. InSight Environmental Compliance enables businesses to efficiently collect accurate data, monitor supplier performance, and reduce incoming testing and inspection costs while ensuring confor­mance. Product and program reports can be generated in minutes–enabling experts to focus on analysis and action, and not on data capture and other clerical tasks. PTC customers have reduced overall costs in these areas by up to 80%.