Elica: Empowering Efficiency With Automated Solutions

Elica, a global leader in kitchen appliance manufacturing, faced the growing complexity of compliance management in a world of constantly evolving requirements. While Elica sells to major OEMs, their global supplier base consists of many small vendors that lacked the knowledge and resources to understand what compliance data they were being asked to provide. Elica’s market also includes B2C customers, which implies a direct responsibility for ensuring compliance of branded products. Without a more efficient process in place, Elica risked falling short of customer expectations, potentially putting critical contracts with their customers at risk.

Elica found the solution to inefficient processes with Assent. Over the past three years, this partnership has transformed Elica’s approach to compliance with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation and the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, significantly increasing efficiency, improving data quality, and boosting supplier engagement.

A Manual Approach Before Assent

Elica’s manual processes to manage REACH and RoHS compliance took up to 4–5 hours a week using emails and Excel spreadsheets. This approach was labor-intensive and unreliable, resulting in submissions that were inconsistent and difficult to track. Full product compliance was impossible to achieve due to managing a diverse supplier base and thousands of parts.

Why Elica Chose Assent

Elica needed a solution that would reduce the time needed to collect data and ensure they had everything they required to quickly meet customer requests. They chose Assent for several key reasons:

Elica’s Return on Investment

96%

parts supported by data due to a high supplier response rate

98%

reduction in time needed to process declarations

4–5 hours

saved every week

User-Friendly Interface: The platform’s intuitive design makes it easier for suppliers to submit data, and for internal teams to manage compliance and prepare declarations for their customers.

Scalability & Efficiency: Assent’s global network of supplier data and quick-declare feature for suppliers efficiently supports Elica’s long-term compliance goals.

Supplier Education: Assent provides training to suppliers to help them understand the regulations and what data is required from them, which streamlines the data submission process.

Internal Reporting: Elica’s compliance team uses Assent to easily report on KPIs to leadership, ensuring executive buy-in on Elica’s compliance program.