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We are proud to announce that the latest version of opesus EPN SCIP EHSM Integration – version 1.4 – is now available! Here’s what’s new!

We are proud to announce that the latest version of opesus EHS Product Notification, version 4.3, is now available! This new release brings with it improvements and features for submitting information to the ECHA SCIP Database.

We are proud to announce that the latest version of opesus EHS Product Notification, version 4.2, is now available! This new release brings with it improvements and features for submitting information to the ECHA SCIP Database.

On April 7th, Verdantix published a new research titled Best Practice: Reducing EHS Costs By Digitizing Compliance. opesus was mentioned several times in this research that outlines the best practices and advice for efficient and effective digitization of EHS compliance requirements. This research provides useful input for managers to overcome common challenges. 

From January 2021, users must submit notifications in the SCIP database format to the ECHA portal. The newest release of opesus EPN is fully packed with new features that help companies meet their SCIP reporting obligations in the most efficient way possible! Here's an overview of some of them.

Missed the ECHA SCIP IT User Group meeting or curious to see what was discussed? Here are the highlights and a quick summary.

We are honored that we had the opportunity to present together with our customer, Kärcher. We presented at the recent meeting of the Fraunhofer IZM working group on legally compliant environmental management in the electronics industry.

As a member of the SCIP ECHA IT User Group, we were looking forward to the first meeting in 2021. Here are some highlights!

We just released the latest version of our EHS Product Notification for the EU SCIP Format. Version 4.0.00 includes several great new features and improvements, including enhanced article search capabilities, improved management of Confidential Business Information, and handling of SCIP numbers. Read on to see the other new features available for creating and managing SCIP dossiers with EPN.

The German industrial group for steel and metal processing (WSM: Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e.V.) had an information day for its members on November 5th regarding the SCIP database. We were honored to have had the opportunity to present to the group about our SAP-based solution for SCIP.

We are proud to be platinum sponsors at this year’s AIAG IMDS & Product Compliance Conference. Just like other conferences this year, AIAG had to move their conference online. However, the online set up mimicked a regular conference. Everything that you expect at an on-site event was just a mouse-click away. Take a look at the picture below of our virtual booth. We really enjoyed the set-up very much!

The latest release of opesus EHS Product Notification (EPN), version 3.2.20, is now available! This minor release brings with it several improvements.

On 8^th and 9^th October 2020, the TBM Group held their virtual conference with a focus on the Waste Framework Directive and the SCIP Database. As one of the sponsors of the event, we had the opportunity to present to the main audience and the opportunity to connect with the audience in the organized breakout sessions. Our presentation focused on the best practices and recommendations from early adopters for efficiently managing SCIP requirements. During the breakout sessions, we did a of EPN SCIP, our SAP-based solution for creating SCIP notifications.

We are proud to announce that the first customer successfully submitted a dossier to the ECHA SCIP Database out of their SAP system.

opesus has been part of the ECHA SCIP IT User Group since Oct 2019. The SCIP IT User Group meets monthly to discuss IT improvements, challenges, and issues surrounding the ECHA SCIP database. One of the main topics of discussions is around system-to-system integration (S2S) between a customer’s ERP system and the ECHA SCIP database.

Are you supplying articles and complex objects on the EU market? If you are, the requirements of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) might affect you. EU suppliers of articles and complex objects that contain substances from the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC) are required to submit information to the SCIP database. This requirement kicks into effect from 5^th January 2021.

We were presenting about the requirements for the SCIP database at the Electronics Goes Green 2020 conference. As the name goes, the Electronics Goes Green conference brings together all key players and stakeholders in the electronics and ICT industry.

The German industrial group for mechanical engineering (VDMA: Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau) conducted a virtual information day for its members on August 27th regarding the SCIP database. We were honored to have had the opportunity to present to the group about our SAP-based solution for SCIP.

Opesus EHS Product Notification (EPN) for the EU SCIP Format is now available! Suppliers of articles who need to submit notifications to the ECHA SCIP database can now use opesus EPN to generate and submit dossiers in the SCIP format.

Right on schedule, the team at opesus released a new major version (3.2.10) of opesus EHS Product Notification (EPN).  EPN is now used by more than 60 customers to report product data to ECHA, making it the market-leading software for companies using SAP.