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REACHING THE NEXT STEPS
The REACH pre-registration period was closed at the beginning of December 2008 after 2.6 million pre-registrations were made by industry.
The amount was a surprise to everyone and 20 times bigger than the official preliminary estimate. However,
managing pre-registration was only the first step towards REACH compliance for companies.
The next challenges chemical firms will be facing this year is the complex process of generating and collating data,
which involves the registration of tens of thousands of chemical substances. Following through on exposure scenario generation,
gathering data from supply chain, securing raw material supply, duty to communicate information on substances in articles, and
communicating about registration timeframes and uses are among the next REACH issues that affect every manufacturer, importer and
downstream user all over the world. It is said that the data-gathering and sharing phase will be more complex than had been anticipated.
New Year, new REACH challenges
REACHWAY’s primary aim is to minimize our customers’ workload and costs caused by REACH. We have a software tool –
REACHWAY™ Dialog and REACH consulting services to offer. Examples of our continuously increasing customer base are introduced in this newsletter.
In 2008 we strengthened our standing as a world leading REACH communication expert organization, and began providing REACH knowhow to our customers
in the form of consulting services. During the year CEO Eeva Punta was invited to several international conferences to speak about REACH communication,
including among others HICCS conference in May in Finland and Chemspec Europe in June in Germany.
Implementation of REACH has turned out to be more challenging than assumed. Certain challenges have been solved in cooperation between the industry,
authorities, associations and service providers. REACHWAY has actively participated in providing the best solutions for supply chain communication and
data gathering in cooperation with authorities and industry.
The next years will reveal a clearer picture of the actual business challenges of REACH. High-level knowhow and expertise
combined with cost effective IT-solutions will be the essential success factors.
Together we can make REACH an opportunity for your business!
Successful New Year!
REACHWAY Team
REACHWAY™ DIALOG – A READY-MADE APPLICATION FOR CEFIC´S SUPPLY CHAIN APPROACH
REACHWAY participated in CEFIC’s REACH IT Workshops in December 2008 and January 2009.
We were very happy to learn that CEFIC’s approach to supply chain communication is exactly the same
to which the REACHWAY™ Dialog application is based on. The templates and feedback model of CEFIC is fully
compatible with REACHWAY™ Dialog and CEFIC’s earlier templates are already incorporated into the system.
CEFIC will soon publish a newsletter on Exposure Scenario development and communication as well
as functional design of supply chain communication IT tools. The guidance will among others explain
the process for the ES related communication in the supply chain.
New Use Mapping feature released
The most important aim of REACHWAY is to facilitate our customers’ supply chain communication and REACH data management.
Therefore we published the most extensive release of REACHWAY™ Dialog’s history in November. In addition to comprehensively improved
usability new features include for example improved search functions to facilitate data management and possibility to acquire feedback
from multiple customers at the same time via profiled templates. The most appreciated new feature is our new use mapping tool which makes it
possible to collect use information very efficiently, the information which is the key to all next REACH steps.
CUSTOMER NEWSFLASH
Rautaruukki relies on REACHWAY™ Dialog
Rautaruukki, one of the leading metal companies in Europe, has chosen REACHWAY™ Dialog as a
communication platform to support them in the REACH supply chain communication challenges.
Company, that supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated systems to the construction and mechanical engineering industries,
employs 15,000 people in 26 countries. In 2007 net sales of Rautaruukki totalled EUR 3.9 billion. The corporation uses the marketing name Ruukki.
Read more>
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REACHWAY consulting services conducts Uniferm to REACH success
Chemical
importer Uniferm has utilized REACHWAY’s REACH consulting expertise in
their REACH process. Uniferm supplies raw materials and additives for
food, nutraceutical, feed and chemical industries. REACHWAY has
already prepared REACH project plan for Uniferm, attended to
preregistrations, prepared safety data sheets and arranged REACH
training for Uniferm personnel.
Read more >
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REACHWAY™ Dialog supports Kemira in REACH Communication
For Kemira, one of the world's largest pulp and paper chemicals manufacturers, REACH communication is no small matter.
There
were several possible solutions available for the supply chain
communication required by REACH, including one's own portal, multiple
service providers and e-mail attachments. However, Kemira Oyj soon
decided to go for REACHWAY™ Dialog.
”With
the help of REACHWAY™ Dialog it is simple to analyze the data and to
return to the information whenever you wish. The reliability of the
database and service provider was also one of the criteria for our
choice", says Kemira's Product Safety Specialist Jari Eilola.
Read more >
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PARTNER NEWSFLASH
REACHWAY and TRASYS establish partnership
REACHWAY has signed a partnership agreement with well-known REACH IT solution provider and integrator TRASYS.
TRASYS
has been working in the field of REACH for 5 years and has a strong
footprint in the chemical sector. TRASYS international team includes
over 40 consultants specialized in IT services and solutions for REACH.
They participated among others in development of REACH-IT and IUCLID 5
systems.
Read more about our partners >
OUR EXPERTS
REACHWAY participated in nearly 30 different REACH events in 2008
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In
2008 we participated in almost 30 different REACH and REACH & IT
related international conferences, courses, and workshops organized for
example by ECHA, CEFIC, ReachCentrum, REACHReady, and different
industrial organizations.
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Lea Hirvonen attained ISEB ISTQB Software Testing certificate
REACWAY’s
Software Developer Lea Hirvonen has attained a recognized ISEB ISTQB
Foundation Certificate in Software Testing in December 2008.
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Juha Rautiainen attended Information Security seminar
Production
manager Juha Rautiainen participated in an Information Security seminar
organized by nSense and Deltagon in November 2008. Seminar addressed
among other issues the challenges in information security and
confidentiality.
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REACHWAY’s REACH Consulting – Experts at your service
During the next years REACH will bring a huge workload to all European companies manufacturing,
importing and using chemicals. REACH expertise is the key to sustain your business as well as to gain competitive advantages and save costs.
To facilitate our customers’ REACH success REACHWAY offers comprehensive REACH services tailored to each company’s particular needs.
Leading REACH experts, IT-tools and ready established wide network are now available from a single point of contact.
Bridging proficiency - from OR to laboratory services
“Among others we have so far clarified companies’ REACH roles and responsibilities, compiled substance specific REACH project plans,
carried out pre-registrations, generated Safety Data Sheets and organized diversified REACH trainings for our customers.
The very next assignments will include for example Use Mappings, gathering Supply Chain data, generating Exposure Scenarios and compiling registration dossiers”,
says REACHWAY’s Senior REACH Consultant Auli Kostamo.
REACHWAY and its partners have leading expertise from Only Representative services to REACH communication and laboratory services.
It is often better not to do everything by oneself. With REACHWAY’s REACH consulting services not only the expenses for REACH can be reduced
but also the successful implementation is better assured.
Learn more about our consulting services >
WHY SAAS FOR REACH?
“Data security is REACHWAY’s core business element.”
REACHWAY’s software as a service (SaaS) model is a good fit for companies with many geographically dispersed
software users or users who collaborate with each other or outsiders. It works well for companies that have no need or no
resources for in-house application developers or experts. SaaS also provides benefits to companies burdened with heavy
regulatory compliance requirements like REACH because centralizing IT management costs are also amortized among all users.
– The return on investment is justification alone to use a hosted solution. You don’t need to pay for the software, upgrade,
implementation or hosting capacity, says REACHWAY’s Production Manager Juha Rautiainen.
SaaS can react quickly
According to Mr. Rautiainen it is almost impossible for traditional software to keep track with rapid evolution of REACH process.
Continuously changing and specific IT needs of REACH process emphasizes the benefits of SaaS model. Hosted archiving is cheaper,
easier to deploy and typically provides the latest and greatest technology and features.
–During the development process of REACHWAY™ Dialog we are able to react very quickly to customers’ variable needs, explains Juha Rautiainen.
Security and privacy concerns sometimes still associated with SaaS can actually be associated with any model.
Many companies are also recognizing that SaaS providers may be better equipped to secure their on-demand applications than in-house
IT organizations who struggle to safeguard their corporate data.
– Security is SaaS providers like REACHWAY’s core business element, it’s our bread and butter, says Rautiainen.
Reliability with lower costs
Some companies may also be concerned about application performance challenges, such as lack of availability or slow response times.
However, as broadband networks have become more prevalent, SaaS has become more viable. High-speed networks permit rich-featured,
highly interactive applications to perform in a real-time fashion nearly anywhere and at any time.
– A growing number of companies are recognizing that above-mentioned risks are still relatively rare and a
minor inconvenience compared with the ongoing challenges and more common problems many in-house IT staffs face
keeping their operations up and running, as well as optimizing the performance of their legacy applications.
REACHWAY’s SaaS solution is a response to the escalating demand from REACH related industry and companies
of all sizes that are fed up with the costs and complexities of deploying and managing legacy enterprise applications.
These companies are seeking a lower cost and more reliable alternative to support their day-to-day operations and achieve
their business objectives related to REACH.
REACHWAY’s security white papers are available on request.
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