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🔁 Launching May 2024

We're excited to announce the launch of BOMcheck Professional, the latest addition to our suite of compliance solutions. The new Professional tier will be the vehicle for Sphera to deliver enterprise level substance compliance solutions to industry over the coming years.

PFAS Scope & Scale Solution

As part of the initial launch, BOMcheck Professional will provide new tooling designed to elevate the process of gathering, managing and reporting for complex supply-chain PFAS requirements starting with the inclusion of two new Declarable Substance Lists (DSLs):

1. IEC Authority PFAS List – for electronics industry alignment
2. BOMcheck PFAS List – for wide scope regulatory coverage

Both new PFAS lists will be available to all suppliers at no additional cost. Suppliers will also benefit from new RCD functionality which will reduce the overhead of request survey’s for large, complex lists associated with PFAS and similar legislation coming to the platform in the future. In turn, the new functionality will ensure manufacturers continue to receive high quality data and response rates from their suppliers in the landscape of growing substance compliance requirements.

Why BOMcheck Professional?

• New RCD Tooling: Typeahead lookup connections for enhanced data capture starting with PFAS lists. New optional CAS Checker function to automatically run compliance calculation against PFAS lists. Lower the survey overhead, increase the data quality.
• Additional DSL Surveys: Expanded survey options starting with new PFAS lists, coming soon enhancements for POPs, TSCA and other regulatory aligned lists.
• New Retrieve Data Functionality: New and improved compliance data search features with streamlined search criteria, filtering, selection and improved export tools.
• Enterprise Platform Solutions: Enhanced platform capabilities such as Single Sign On (SSO), improved analytics, additional substance lists and improvements to existing tooling.

Next Steps

If you are interested in learning more about BOMcheck Professional and how it can benefit your business, please contact the BOMcheck team to receive pricing and agreement options.

Contact

Please use the Sphera BOMcheck contact form to request pricing and agreement options.

Contact Form

Literature & Resources

1. Two Page Benefits Document (PDF)
2. Introduction Slide Deck (PDF)
3. BOMcheck List & Export Changes - Timeline Details
4. IPC 1752 - List Structures (May 2024)

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I still use my existing account?

Yes, all existing accounts will remain active and accessible. Later in 2024 there will be name changes and improvements into self-serve account management for all BOMcheck accounts. More information will follow during #SteerCo sessions.

A small amount of the new and existing Supplier Request and Retrieve Data functionality will be reserved for BOMcheck Professional customers. Please see Will I lose anything if we do not choose BOMcheck Professional? below for more information.

What are the additional/new functionalities?

Many new features will be available upon the launch of BOMcheck Professional and in the months and years following the launch.

Immediate access:

1. Supplier Requests for Additional Lists (BOMcheck Professional accounts only)
2. Retrieve Data for Additional Lists (BOMcheck Professional accounts only)
3. Declarations for Additional Lists (all accounts at no extra cost)

Future access upon release:

1. Single Sign On (SSO)
2. Advanced Analytics
3. New DSLs in the Additional List Context
4. Many other future improvements by Enhancement Request and Product Roadmap

What is the cost of BOMcheck Professional?

Revenue dependant initial cost with Authorised Representative (AI) seating plan (€329/annual per user). Discounts are available for 5+ user seats. Existing users may benefit from an onboarding discount in year one. Your account will auto-renew each year. You can cancel your account, or amend your specified number of AIs at any time.

While BOMcheck Professional is a premium tier, Sphera has designed the pricing schedule to provide substantial value and ROI given the expanding complexity and tooling required for the current supply-chain substance compliance landscape. Additionally, the revenue dependant costs make the tier accessible for all supply-chain actors.

BOMcheck Professional premium tier will also be highly cost competitive with other solution providers in the supply-chain substance compliance landscape.

Will I lose anything if we do not choose BOMcheck Professional?

If you are a current user of BOMcheck all of your existing compliance data, requests, assemblies etc. will remain on the platform and will always be available to you. You will still be able to use all of the tools in BOMcheck and you will benefit from many of the improvements which have and continue to be made to the platform.

Suppliers will be able to make declarations for the Additional Lists at no extra costs. Supplier Requests and Retrieve Data tools for compliance data in the Additional Lists context will be reserved for BOMcheck Professional accounts.

Please see Are there any XML changes with BOMcheck Professional? for details on Substance Category Lists changes applicable to XML and other export types from BOMcheck.

Are there any XML changes with BOMcheck Professional?

Full details of all coming DSL and export (XML, CSV etc.) changes:

BOMcheck List & Export Change - Timeline Details PDF

In May 2024 The current PFAS Substance Category entry in the Industry Substances List will be replaced with a new PFAS entry in the new BOMcheck PFAS List. All existing supplier disclosure information will be migrated to this new Substance Category and improved data linking to the underlying BOMcheck PFAS reference list will be created where possible.

More details on the specific XML changes can be found in the following example XML files:

IPC 1752 - List Structures (May 2024) ZIP

In January 2025 The Other Regulated Substances and Industry Substances lists will be migrated to the Additional Lists context. Some Substance Categories will then be extracted to regulatory aligned, and separately maintain lists (PFAS, POPs, TSCA, etc). Suppliers will be able to make declarations for the Additional Lists at no extra costs. Supplier Requests and Retrieve Data tools for compliance data in the Additional Lists context will be reserved for BOMcheck Professional accounts.

Do my suppliers have to pay to use the platform?

As the BOMcheck platform has been designed such that suppliers own their own data and benefit from BOMcheck tooling, suppliers will continue to pay a small cost (€329/annual) to access and use the platform.

For BOMcheck Professional accounts there are options available to help ensure maximal supplier onboarding and coverage which can be discussed on request.

What if my suppliers do not choose BOMcheck Professional?

As Sphera will continue to provide existing and improved functionality to all BOMcheck account types, your suppliers may opt to continue using their current accounts on BOMcheck.

As your collection of Additional List compliance data (PFAS, TSCA, POPs etc.) may be dependant on your suppliers cascading requests further down the supply-chain, any mSuite (Superuser) account targeted with a request for Additional List declarations will be able to forward that request on to their suppliers to ensure requests and compliance data can flow throughout your supply-chain.