REACH Compliance Software for Manufacturers
Support REACH compliance with substance-aware BOMs, supplier declaration management, and lot traceability for SVHC tracking and Article 33 communication.
REACH is the European Union regulation (EC No 1907/2006) that governs the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, requiring companies to identify and manage the risks of substances they manufacture, import, or place on the EU market. It matters because any product sold into the EU containing a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) above 0.1% by weight triggers notification, communication, and recordkeeping duties, and a single undocumented substance can stop a shipment at customs or void a customer contract. WorkCell does not hold a REACH registration on your behalf, but its material, BOM, lot, and supplier records give you the substance-level traceability and documentation a REACH program runs on.
Sound Familiar?
SVHC content hidden inside multi-level BOMs
A restricted substance enters through a purchased subassembly three levels down, nobody rolls the chemistry up to the finished article, and the first time anyone notices the 0.1% SVHC threshold is breached is when an EU customer sends an Article 33 declaration request you cannot answer.
Supplier declarations scattered across email and PDFs
REACH compliance lives or dies on supplier data, but your IMDS exports, full material declarations, and safety data sheets sit in inboxes and shared drives with no link to the parts they describe, so every customer inquiry becomes a manual hunt through attachments.
No lot-level proof of which substances shipped when
The SVHC Candidate List grows twice a year, a substance you used freely last quarter is now restricted, and without lot and serial traceability you cannot tell which shipped units contain the affected material or which customers need an updated Article 33 communication.
Audit and enforcement requests that take weeks to answer
An ECHA enforcement project or a downstream customer audit asks for substance composition, supplier source, and communication history on a specific part, and reconstructing that evidence from spreadsheets and certificates turns a one-day request into a multi-week fire drill.
Core Capabilities
Substance-aware material and BOM records
Track substance composition and SVHC flags as attributes on your material items, then roll them up through multi-level versioned BOMs so the substance content of a finished article reflects every purchased component and subassembly it contains, with scrap percentages and co-products accounted for.
Supplier declaration management
Store full material declarations, IMDS exports, and safety data sheets against the supplier and the purchased part they describe, with supplier metrics and source traceability at the PO level so every REACH declaration is linked to the receipt and lot it covers instead of buried in email.
Lot and serial traceability for substance recall
End-to-end lot and serial genealogy ties every shipped unit back to the exact material lots and supplier certs that produced it, so when ECHA adds a substance to the Candidate List you can identify affected lots, customers, and shipments and issue updated Article 33 communications precisely.
Engineering change control for substitutions
When you substitute a compliant material for a restricted one, engineering change control via BOM and routing versioning with effective dating captures exactly when the change took effect and which production runs used the old versus the new formulation.
Quality holds and inspection for incoming materials
AQL inspection templates and QC hold states gate incoming materials, so a shipment that arrives without a valid declaration or fails an SVHC check is quarantined in a hold zone before it can be consumed into a finished article.
Audit-ready documentation
Substance data, supplier declarations, lot genealogy, and change history are queryable by part, supplier, lot, or date range, so when a downstream customer or enforcement authority asks for REACH evidence you pull objective records directly from the system instead of chasing certificates across drives.
By The Numbers
Substances on the REACH Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern as maintained by ECHA
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
Weight-by-weight SVHC threshold in an article that triggers Article 33 communication and Article 7(2) notification duties under REACH
EU Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
Annual volume per substance above which registration with ECHA is mandatory for EU manufacturers and importers
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
Connected Modules
Engineering
Materials, multi-level BOMs, and versioned change control with effective dating establish the substance composition baselines that finished articles roll up against.
Purchasing
Supplier declarations, material certs, and source traceability live at the PO and receipt level so every REACH declaration is tied to the part and lot it covers.
Quality
Inspection templates and QC hold states gate incoming materials, quarantining shipments that lack a valid declaration before they reach the shop floor.
Common Questions
What is REACH?
REACH is the European Union regulation (EC No 1907/2006) on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, administered by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). It requires companies that manufacture, import, or use chemical substances in the EU to identify and manage the risks those substances pose to human health and the environment, and it places communication and notification duties on anyone placing articles containing Substances of Very High Concern on the EU market.
Who must comply with REACH?
REACH applies to EU manufacturers and importers of substances above one tonne per year, downstream users who incorporate chemicals into products, and producers or importers of articles that contain Substances of Very High Concern above 0.1% by weight. Companies outside the EU are affected too, because their EU customers and importers pass REACH obligations down the supply chain through declaration requests and contract terms.
What is an SVHC and what is the 0.1% threshold?
A Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) is a chemical on the REACH Candidate List that ECHA has identified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic to reproduction, persistent, or otherwise hazardous. When an SVHC is present in an article above 0.1% by weight of that article, the supplier must communicate sufficient information to allow safe use under Article 33 and, in some cases, notify ECHA under Article 7(2).
How does WorkCell support REACH compliance?
WorkCell is not a REACH registrant and does not file on your behalf, but its features give you the data backbone a REACH program needs. Substance attributes on material items roll up through multi-level BOMs to finished articles, supplier declarations attach to the purchased parts and lots they describe, and end-to-end lot and serial traceability lets you pinpoint which shipped units contain a newly restricted substance so you can issue accurate Article 33 communications.
What is the difference between REACH and RoHS?
REACH is broad, covering substances in essentially all products sold in the EU, with duties around SVHC communication, registration, and authorisation. RoHS is narrower, restricting specific hazardous substances such as lead, cadmium, and certain phthalates in electrical and electronic equipment. Many products must comply with both, and WorkCell supports both the same way: substance-level material data rolled up through the BOM with supplier declarations and lot traceability behind it.
How does WorkCell help with a REACH audit or customer declaration request?
Substance composition, supplier declarations, lot genealogy, and engineering change history are all queryable by part, supplier, lot, or date range. When a downstream customer sends an Article 33 request or an ECHA enforcement project asks for evidence, you pull the substance rollup, the supporting supplier declarations, and the affected lot list directly from the system instead of reconstructing it from scattered spreadsheets and PDFs.
REACH Compliance Software for Manufacturers
Answer your next REACH declaration request in minutes, not weeks.