Understanding REACH and RoHS Compliance & Protecting Revenues with Advanced Compliance

This 2 day virtual seminar will go into the specifics of the REACH and RoHS regulations, provide case studies and share lessons learned so your organization can benefit from the mistakes of others. We will review the latest on both directives and will draw out key developments and key dates (if applicable) with particular emphasis on requirements for US firms.

Areas Covered:

Topics covered in this seminar include:

• REACH Registration of Substances
• Introduction to REACH
• Articles and REACH
• Substances of Very High Concerns (SVHC)
• Supply chain communication
• Compliance enforcement
• Basics of RoHS
• Background and content of RoHS
• Responsibility for RoHS
• International requirements of RoHS
• WEEE - background and content of WEEE and how to work to meet requirements
• Material testing methods.
• Overview of three of the most important materials regulations, the processes, and the programs needed
  • RoHS 1 and 2 Compliance
  • REACH Compliance
  • US Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Reporting
• Improving data collection by using Jig 101, IEC 62474, IPC 1752
• Managing suppliers with procurement contracts
• Effectively using technology for tracking and managing compliance
• 10 Steps to building a RoHS/REACH compliance program
• Determining best practices for collecting data
• Understanding compliance software platforms
• Manual and Automated Data Collection
• Building Management Reports for Sourcing Decisions
• Incorporating compliance into standard business practices
• Building templates for policy and procedures
• Incorporating compliance processes into ISO 9001:2015 documentation
• Building a documented system for proof of due diligence