Practical experience implementing BOMcheck - The Philips case

Author

Scheijgrond, Jan-Willem ; Onrust, Poppe

Author_Institution

R. Philips Electron., Amsterdam, Netherlands

fYear

2012

fDate

9-12 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Philips has asked its suppliers to declare their compliance with REACH, ROHS and other requirements by making BOMcheck declarations, with a preference for Full Material Declarations. The roll out started in March 2010 and more than 1200 Philips suppliers have started to make declarations, mainly regulatory compliance declarations. There are a number of hurdles to overcome such as awareness raising, confidentiality issues, and refusals to join BOMcheck. A further challenge is how to import the data from BOMcheck into the product design tools (PLM systems) to enable designers to include the declarations in their eco-design decisions. This paper identifies the challenges and solutions over the last 2.5 years.

Keywords

RoHS compliance; design for environment; electrical products industry; electronics industry; environmental legislation; product design; BOMcheck declarations; PLM systems; Philips suppliers; REACH; ROHS; eco-design decisions; full material declarations; product design tools; regulatory compliance declarations; Chemicals; Companies; Materials; Optimized production technology; Product design; Supply chains;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics Goes Green 2012+ (EGG), 2012

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4512-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-8396-0439-7

Type

conf

Filename

6360522