Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
- Europe
Country
- European Union
- United States
Product
- Sphera Intelligent Authoring
- Product Stewardship
- SDS Authoring
- Managed Regulatory Content
- Product Compliance Analysis
Tech Stack
- Data Analysis
- Software Implementation
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Brand Awareness
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Data-as-a-Service
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
- Healthcare & Hospitals
- Life Sciences
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Regulatory Compliance Monitoring
Services
- Data Science Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
About The Customer
Siemens is one of the world’s top suppliers of systems for power generation and transmission as well as medical diagnosis technologies. As a Global Fortune 500 company, Siemens and its subsidiaries employ nearly 345,000 people and sell products in more than 200 countries. The company works to meet all regulations and standards required for Siemens products to access target markets worldwide. Consistent also with the company’s vision, Siemens works to extend its position as an industry leader in environmental and social sustainability by producing products and designing processes that are safe and eco-friendly. Every day, the Laboratory and Point of Care Diagnostics business areas of Siemens Healthcare strive to achieve important goals.
The Challenge
Siemens, a global Fortune 500 company, faced a major business challenge due to the confluence of two major regulatory changes becoming effective on the same date. The U.S. OSHA adoption of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) framework as its standard for hazard communication combined with the enforcement of the EU GHS regulation on mixtures meant Siemens had to reassess and reclassify over thirty-five hundred products by the June 1, 2015 regulatory deadline. Non-compliance would have created an extreme business disruption since Siemens would have been unable to sell its products in several markets. The GHS implementation project formally began in 2014 and leveraged software, content and expertise from Sphera to help them facilitate the transition.
The Solution
Siemens leveraged software, content and expertise from Sphera to help them facilitate the transition. Sphera had been a trusted partner to Siemens for nearly a decade. In 2008, while merging three acquired companies into one, executives benchmarked best practices in terms of EHS systems. As it related to authoring and automation of safety data sheets, Sphera Intelligent Authoring™ was chosen to support Siemens’ global operations. A major business-wide team effort was established for the GHS Project, and the project was managed by Frank (Chuck) Fives, Vice President, Manufacturing, and Maria (Elisa) Bowling, Project Management Specialist. It took the partnership of over 17 cross-functional teams to execute the GHS implementations from end-to-end. Important operational partners included: Commodity Management, Communications, Demand Planning, Document Control, Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety, Information Technology, Labeling, Logistics, Manufacturing, Procurement, Project Management, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Technical Operations.
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