Reporting on the complete makeup of your products will help you stay compliant with social regulations around the world including conflict minerals reporting requirements. Conflict minerals, also referred to as 3TGs, are identified as tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold – and their alloys. Conflict minerals reporting laws require transparency and disclosure of conflict minerals used in products (for both in-house and supplied product parts), as well as the smelters used in conflict minerals processing. Teamcenter® can help you track conflict minerals used in products, and report on them to stay compliant. Teamcenter identifies supplier parts in your product BOM that contain conflict minerals, and can initiate material and smelter disclosure requests from your suppliers. Industry standards (IPC-175x, CMRT) are supported to allow for efficient processing of supplier declaration data and minimize errors and rework costs. Conflict minerals specific reports help you understand your supplier and smelter disclosure status.
Conflict Minerals Reporting
Stay compliant with capabilities to address Conflict Minerals reporting requirements
Conflict Minerals Reporting
Reporting on the complete makeup of your products will help you stay compliant with social regulations around the world including conflict minerals reporting requirements. Conflict minerals, also referred to as 3TGs, are identified as tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold – and their alloys. Conflict minerals reporting laws require transparency and disclosure of conflict minerals used in products (for both in-house and supplied product parts), as well as the smelters used in conflict minerals processing. Teamcenter® can help you track conflict minerals used in products, and report on them to stay compliant. Teamcenter identifies supplier parts in your product BOM that contain conflict minerals, and can initiate material and smelter disclosure requests from your suppliers. Industry standards (IPC-175x, CMRT) are supported to allow for efficient processing of supplier declaration data and minimize errors and rework costs. Conflict minerals specific reports help you understand your supplier and smelter disclosure status.
Conflict minerals reporting capabilities give you the transparency you need to stay compliant. Read more about these features below.
Efficiently gather declarations from suppliers
To comply with conflict minerals reporting requirements, you must have a holistic view of your product BOM, with visibility into material data from your supply chain, and with the ability to identify product components (both in-house and supplied) that contain conflict minerals. Teamcenter® can help. You get the capabilities you need to give you visibility into parts from your product BOM that contain conflict minerals, and if needed, start a declaration process with your suppliers to collect material declarations and smelter data. Support for industry standards (IPC-175x, CMRT) and integrations to supplier material data portals such as the International Material Data System (IMDS) and BOMcheck, along with highly automated processes, will help you to trace conflict minerals used in your products, report on them, and stay compliant.
Identify BOM parts with conflict minerals to stay compliant
Conflict minerals law requires you to disclose all conflict minerals used in your products. Conflict minerals defined by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) include tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold – and their alloys. Conflict minerals are also referred to as 3TG minerals. Teamcenter® has the ability to interrogate product BOMs and identify all in-house and supplied components using these minerals, and if found in supplied parts, can initiate supplier declaration processes with the suppliers automatically.
Industry standard formats to streamline declaration processing
Teamcenter® supports highly automated processes to request declarations from suppliers, and streamlines the process to validate, review and aggregate material data into your product BOM. You can increase productivity and reduce costs associated with the collection of supplier declarations using industry standards such as IPC-175x and CMRT. With Teamcenter, you have the tools you need to know and report out on your entire product makeup, including declaration data from your suppliers, to stay compliant.
Keep up with compliance requirements with pre-defined regulations monitored by thinkstep
With the Teamcenter® Substance Compliance solution, you can address social compliance regulations like the Conflict Minerals Law with pre-defined rule-sets monitored by Siemens’ PLM Software's partner thinkstep.
Social compliance regulations can be complex, and are constantly changing, at a fast pace. With pre-defined social compliance regulation rule-sets in Teamcenter, you can be confident that you are grading against the latest regulatory requirements. Monitored by thinkstep, you get updates to regulations when you need them. Conflict Minerals regulations are checked for updates every 6 months and updated regulation rule-sets can be applied to your Teamcenter environment without any system downtime.
Smelter tracking to meet compliance reporting requirements
Conflict Minerals reporting requirements include transparency into the smelters used in conflict minerals processing. In Teamcenter®, you can track and manage smelter data coming in from your supply chain and check it against approved smelter lists. You have support for industry standard formats (IPC-175x, CMRT) and automated supplier declaration processes. Missing smelter information is flagged, and declaration processes with your suppliers can be triggered to ensure you have the data you need to stay compliant with Conflict Minerals laws.
