IHS EIATRACK

IHS EIATRACK helps companies to quickly and cost effectively navigate the maze of environmental regulations and legislation affecting electrical and electronic products around the globe.

IHS EIATRACK is the market-leading solution for Environmental Intelligence Analysis. Companies use IHS EIATRACK to gain access to current information and insights on international environmental regulations affecting electrical and electronic products. The tools in IHS EIATRACK keep subscribers up to date on regulatory developments in 120 jurisdictions around the globe.

Benefits:

• Reduce risk: Identify regulations affecting your products and take timely action to prevent disruptions to the supply chain or market access.
• Decrease complexity & improve efficiency: Provide a uniform platform for enterprise-wide access to critical regulatory documents for all stakeholders in your organization.
• Collaborate more effectively: Bring disparate teams together to address new and ongoing regulatory challenges.

IHS EIATRACK is focused on product regulatory compliance for electrical and electronic products.

IHS EIATRACK is a Web-based platform providing tools to help companies effectively navigate the maze of environmental regulations and legislation affecting electrical and electronic products. The capabilities in IHS EIATRACK assist subscribers in meeting five key regulations management priorities:

1. Obtain regulatory documents from a reliable source.

For more than 10 years, IHS EIATRACK has been the market-leading solution for Environmental Intelligence Analysis. IHS EIATRACK is compiled and maintained by regulatory experts around the world that know the disciplines of law, environmental policy and science.

• Critical Documents: IHS EIATRACK contains over 9,000 documents, including drafts, bills, laws, regulations, standards and many other source documents for our reports. English interpretations of many foreign-language documents also are available.

2. Monitor current, new and pending regulations, and changes to regulations.

Subscribers to IHS EIATRACK have access to tools that keep them up to date on electrical and electronic product regulatory developments in 120 jurisdictions around the globe.

• Regulatory Alerts: Updated information, documents and contacts about new, proposed or changes to legislative developments and policies, delivered to a subscriber's email inbox.
• Special Reports: Topical reports help subscribers understand the issues without reviewing complex legislation.
• Matrix Reports: Timely snapshots of important regulatory changes across jurisdictions for a quick overview of developments and deadlines for specific regulatory issues across jurisdictions.
• Question-and-Answer Function: Subscribers can submit questions regarding covered topics to legal and subject matter experts on the IHS EIATRACK site, to learn about the impact of a new or existing regulation.

3. Track and plan for important regulatory implementation dates.

IHS EIATRACK's capabilities can help subscribers meet deadlines by allowing them to set important tasks related to products or regulatory alerts.

• MyEIATRACK: Allows for customizable Calendar functionality.

4. Ensure those who need access, have access.

IHS EIATRACK provides enterprise-wide web-based, anytime/anywhere access to users at subscribing companies, across functions and across the product lifecycle.

• Collaboration Tools: Allow users to share key documents, reports and alerts with colleagues and project teams across the company.

5. Ensure those who have access, have the resources they require.

IHS EIATRACK provides administrative and project management capabilities that help ensure all users have access to the critical information and insights they need to effectively track - and respond to - ongoing regulatory issues.

• MyEIATRACK Administrative Features: Create individual user accounts within your organization’s subscription, with customizable alerts and tasks that help subscribers understand how regulations affect their own products and strategies.
• Project Management: Assign alerts to specific users or products, and add notes or tasks, to keep projects on track.
• Webinars: Learn from the experts on important topics such as the RoHS, ErP/EuP, REACH and more on these exclusive live and archived webcasts.

IHS EIATRACK covers environmental regulations and legislation addressing such topics as:

• RoHS & REACH: This directive restricts the use of eight hazardous materials (cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, phthalates, PCBs, benzene and toluene) in the manufacturing process of various types of electronic and electrical products.
• WEEE: This directive imposes the responsibility for the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment on the manufacturers of such equipment. Companies are compelled to use the collected waste in an ecologically-friendly manner, either by ecological disposal or by reuse / refurbishment of the collected WEEE.
• EuP & Design for Environment: This directive applies to nearly all products that use electricity to operate, ranging from street lights to laptops, power packs to vacuum cleaners, and will set requirements with the aim to reduce the environmental impact across the entire lifecycle of products, from build through to end of life.
• Energy Efficiency: IHS EIATRACK provides updates on continuing specifications on Minimum Energy Performance standards, standby power targets as well as mandatory labeling for some product categories demands a thorough knowledge and regular updating of obligations across several jurisdictions.
• Batteries: Many electronic products contain components that require special attention either through their design or in their management at end-of-life. Nickel cadmium batteries found in laptop computers, cellular phones and other electronic devices, are an example of where companies need to be aware of specific legislation as well as remain active on the practical management of such components.
• Packaging: Packaging requirements across many jurisdictions are getting more stringent with an emphasis on greater producer responsibility and take-back. IHS EIATRACK can help identifying how packaging regulations in the electronics sector might affect product releases across multiple markets and multiple regulations.

To learn more about IHS EIATRACK, please view the demo and download the following product brochure:

• IHS EIATRACK Brochure
• IHS EIATRACK Demo