Great products require innovation, strong product development plans, and a mature commercialization strategy but without complying with mandatory regulations, not even great products can make it to the market. Market acceptance of the product is severely reliant on product compliance and with several compliance solutions in the market, it is difficult to choose one according to your requirements. We explore two solutions: GoSaaS EG&C and Assent Compliance Platform, and will discuss the features supported by each.
Both tools provide reporting capabilities with Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) and also have the option to build custom reports. We explore the details in the table below:
| Top Features | GoSaaS EG&C | Assent Compliance Platform |
| Purpose-built for Oracle PLM | Yes purpose-built, fully integrated with Oracle PLM Cloud and Oracle Agile PLM | No |
| Integrations | Agile PLM & Oracle PLM Cloud | Access the Assent platform and a database of over 250 million pieces of supply chain data within the PTC system |
| Custom report building | It can create AML, BOM, Full Material Compliance Report and has Template reports along with the ability to generate customizable reports with OTBI in Oracle PLM Cloud & OPLA in Agile. | Yes |
| Automate data processes | Yes - can directly do it | Yes |
| Trade Classification & Origin | No | Navigate tariffs and trade agreements to earn preferential rates and avoid fines and business disruption |
| Effectively transfer your data to the platform | Yes - data is already available in the PLM application due to integration | Yes only with PTC, otherwise everything is manual |
| Integrate compliance data with product design | Yes - information is in Oracle PLM Cloud | Yes |
| Supplier notifications / contact | To keep suppliers and managers up-to-date, notifications are sent on every step according to their role. Compliance managers can also schedule notifications using OTBI for suppliers to ensure timely data collection. OTBI can also run reports and send to people | Yes |
| Group compliance | Yes | Yes |
| System-to-system connection with | Yes | Yes |
| Company-wide access to data | Yes - several flexible licensing options | Yes |
| Automatically flags non-compliant parts | The solution automatically flags parts, BOMs, and components that are not in compliance, and indicates the regulation which is not in compliance. In case of any change in regulation or item, the compliance manager has the option to compute compliance in a single click | Yes |
| Database of regulated substances | Over 2600 preloaded substances | over 162,000 |
| Automated declaration processes | Yes with client control | Yes |
| Secure environment | Yes - can do within the system (Oracle PLM Cloud and/or GoSaaS EG&C) | Yes |
| Secure exchange of data between suppliers & clients | Yes - can do within the system (Oracle PLM Cloud and/or EG&C) | Yes |
| Reduce supply chain risk by verifying data submissions | Yes - can do within the system (Oracle PLM Cloud and/or EG&C) | Yes |
| Improved validation workflows to increase efficiency for users and suppliers | Yes- can do within the system (Oracle PLM Cloud and/or EG&C) | Yes |
| Email suggestions for suppliers | No | Yes |
| Obtain declarations in data exchange standards such as IPC-1752A and IPC-1754 | We support 1752-A and 1752-A_Class-D | Yes |
| Roll up data from all supply chain tiers | Yes | Yes |
| Provide full material compositions for the regulations shown down below | Yes, we can make it available if the suppliers provide it | Yes |
| Configurable supplier surveys | No | Yes |
| Regulations supported | GoSaaS EG&C | Assent Compliance Platform |
| California Proposition 65 - Safe Harbor list | Yes | Distributers + Manufacturers |
| Canadian Regulation SOR 2008-273 | Yes | No |
| China ROHS | Yes | Yes |
| Conflict Mineral | Yes | Yes |
| EU Battery Directive 2006 66 EC | Yes | Yes |
| EU Directive 2019 1021 EC | Yes | Yes |
| EU Packaging Regulation 94 62 EC | Yes | Yes |
| EU ROHS 2 | Yes | Yes |
| India ROHS | Yes | No |
| Japan ROHS | Yes | No |
| Japan CSCL: Class I Specified Chemical Substances | Yes | Yes |
| Japanese Law Preventing Environmental Pollution of Mercury | Yes | No |
| REACH Annex XIV | Yes | Yes |
| REACH Annex XIV (for RoHS Parts) | Yes | Yes |
| REACH Annex XVII | Yes | Yes |
| REACH Annex XVII (for RoHS Parts) | Yes | Yes |
| REACH SVHC | Yes | Yes |
| Additional Features | GoSaaS EG&C | Assent Compliance Platform |
| Custom declarable substance lists | Yes - unlimited | Yes |
| Configurable supplier surveys | Yes - can be supported in Oracle PLM Cloud | Yes |
| 24/7 inbound supplier email support | Yes | Yes |
| Campaign management | Yes | Yes |
| Program reviews | Yes - we do weekly, monthly, quarterly & annually | Quarterly |
| Onsite implementation | Yes | Yes |
| Parts data upload | Yes - data is already in the system (Oracle PLM Cloud/Agile PLM) | Yes |
| Product-level conflict minerals data collection | Yes | Yes |
| Product training videos | Yes | Yes |
| Controlled ITAR data environments for U.S. federal contractors | Yes | Yes |
| Configurable modules | Yes - to some extent | Yes |
| PLM and ERP connectors | Yes - we are already in the Data Hub | Yes |
| Request management through a branded portal | Yes | Yes |
| On-site regulatory training | Yes | Yes |
| Labour Standards Assurance System | No | Yes |
| Scope assessment | Yes | Yes |
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