RoHS Compliance Software for Manufacturers
Support RoHS compliance from your ERP. Component substance attributes, BOM rollups, supplier declarations, lot traceability, and audit-ready conformity evidence.
RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) is the EU directive that restricts ten hazardous substances, including lead, cadmium, mercury, and four phthalates, in electrical and electronic equipment sold in the European market. It matters because any company placing electronics on the EU market must hold a technical file proving every part stays under the maximum concentration values, and non-compliance can pull a product off the shelf, so the burden flows down to every component supplier and contract manufacturer in the chain.
Sound Familiar?
Substance data buried in supplier PDFs
RoHS declarations and full material disclosures arrive as scattered PDFs and email attachments, so when a customer asks for proof that a finished assembly is compliant, your team manually re-keys homogeneous-material data from dozens of component certs that may already be out of date.
No link between the declaration and the lot you shipped
You collected a RoHS certificate of conformity at qualification, but the lead-free part on the line came from a different lot or a substitute supplier, and nothing ties the substance declaration to the specific received lot that actually went into the build.
BOM rollups that ignore restricted substances
A single non-compliant resistor or a leaded solder paste makes the whole assembly non-compliant, yet your multi-level BOM has no field that rolls each component's RoHS status up to the top-level part, so exposure stays invisible until an audit finds it.
Audit packages rebuilt from scratch every time
Every market-surveillance request or customer audit means reassembling the technical documentation by hand: component declarations, test reports, BOM evidence, and lot traceability, all pulled from separate systems that were never designed to produce a single RoHS conformity file.
Core Capabilities
Component-level compliance attributes
Track RoHS status, restricted-substance declarations, and supplier certificate references as structured attributes on each item, so compliance data lives on the part record alongside its drawings and specs instead of in a folder of loose PDFs.
BOM rollup of restricted-substance status
Multi-level versioned BOMs let you see compliance at every level of an assembly, so a single restricted component or a leaded solder paste flags the parent part and you know exactly which sub-assembly breaks RoHS conformity before it ships.
Lot and serial traceability to the declaration
End-to-end lot and serial traceability links every received lot back to the supplier and its RoHS declaration, so the conformity evidence for a shipped unit points to the exact lot of every component that went into it, not a generic part-number-level claim.
Supplier and PO compliance controls
Vendor management and the PO lifecycle capture RoHS declarations at receiving, track supplier metrics, and flag substitutions, so restricted commodities only enter inventory from qualified sources with current substance documentation on file.
Inspection templates for compliance verification
AQL inspection templates and multi-type inspections let you record incoming-material checks, XRF screening results, and documentation reviews against each lot, with QC hold states that quarantine a lot until its RoHS evidence is verified.
Audit-ready conformity evidence
Because component declarations, BOM rollups, inspection records, and lot genealogy live on the same part, PO, and work-order records the shop floor runs against, a RoHS technical file is a query rather than a reconstruction project.
By The Numbers
Substances restricted under RoHS, including lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, two brominated flame retardants, and four phthalates
Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2) and (EU) 2015/863
Maximum concentration value by weight in homogeneous material for most restricted substances (0.01% for cadmium)
European Commission, RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU
Categories of electrical and electronic equipment now in scope, expanded to an open category covering all EEE not otherwise excluded
European Commission, RoHS Directive Annex I
Connected Modules
Engineering
Multi-level versioned BOMs and item records hold the component compliance attributes that roll restricted-substance status up to every parent assembly.
Purchasing
Vendor management and the PO lifecycle capture RoHS declarations at receiving and flag substitutions, so only qualified sources with current documentation supply restricted commodities.
Quality
AQL inspection templates, QC hold states, and lot traceability turn incoming-material checks and substance documentation into queryable conformity evidence.
Common Questions
What is RoHS?
RoHS, the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive, is EU legislation that limits ten hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment placed on the European market. The current directive, 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2) as amended by (EU) 2015/863, restricts lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, two brominated flame retardants (PBB and PBDE), and four phthalates (DEHP, BBP, DBP, DIBP) to maximum concentration values in any homogeneous material.
Who must comply with RoHS?
Any manufacturer, importer, or distributor that places electrical and electronic equipment on the EU market must comply, and the obligation flows down the supply chain to every component maker and contract manufacturer. Even companies outside the EU comply in practice because their parts end up in products sold there, and many non-EU jurisdictions (including the UK, China, and several US states) have adopted RoHS-equivalent rules.
What is the RoHS concentration limit?
For most restricted substances the maximum concentration value is 0.1% by weight in any homogeneous material; cadmium is restricted to 0.01%. The limit applies at the homogeneous-material level, not the component or product level, which is why a single non-compliant material inside one part can make an entire assembly non-compliant.
Who issues and enforces the RoHS directive?
The RoHS directive is issued by the European Commission and the European Parliament, and it is enforced by national market-surveillance authorities in each EU member state. Compliance is self-declared through a CE marking and an EU declaration of conformity backed by a technical file, which authorities can request at any time.
How does WorkCell help with RoHS compliance?
WorkCell stores RoHS status and supplier declarations as structured attributes on each item, rolls restricted-substance status up through multi-level BOMs, and links every received lot to its declaration through end-to-end lot and serial traceability. Vendor management captures declarations at receiving, and AQL inspection templates with QC hold states verify substance documentation before a lot can ship, so your conformity evidence assembles itself instead of being rebuilt by hand.
What documentation do I need to prove RoHS compliance?
You need a technical file containing the EU declaration of conformity, BOM-level evidence that each component meets the concentration limits, supplier RoHS declarations or full material disclosures, and any supporting test or screening reports. Because WorkCell keeps component declarations, BOM rollups, inspection records, and lot genealogy on the same records the shop floor runs against, producing that file becomes a query rather than a reconstruction project.
Is WorkCell RoHS certified?
RoHS is a self-declared directive, so there is no certification body and no software is RoHS certified, including WorkCell. WorkCell provides the features that support your own RoHS compliance: component compliance attributes, BOM substance rollups, supplier declaration capture, lot traceability, and inspection records that together produce the audit-ready evidence a market-surveillance authority expects.
RoHS Compliance Software for Manufacturers
Prove every assembly is RoHS compliant without rebuilding the file by hand.