Can a distributor with a large, complex catalog use the Assent Distributor Experience?

Yes. The Assent Network is built for catalogs with tens or even hundreds of thousands of products, including parts with multiple product numbers or overlapping numbering schemes across manufacturers. AI helps bulk import products and existing declarations, and Assent’s team supports the mapping, so the data transformation work doesn’t fall on you.

How is proprietary product, customer, and supplier data protected in the Assent Network?

Your data is never shared with other customers or exposed publicly. Requests and responses flow only between companies with an established business relationship, and you control what’s shared with your customers. Assent maintains enterprise-grade security controls to protect data in transit and at rest.

How does the Assent Network help get data from unresponsive suppliers?

The Assent Network sends structured requests, tracks response status, and escalates when suppliers don’t reply. Assent’s Global Supplier Support team also works directly with suppliers in 12 languages, helping them understand the regulations and why the data matters. Supplier data shared in the network can be reused across multiple requests, which lightens the load on suppliers over time.

What happens when a customer uses their own part numbers?

The system uses AI to suggest matches between customer part IDs and your catalog, with confidence levels to help you decide. Once you approve a match, it’s stored and applied automatically going forward. If you’ve already built cross-reference lists for key customers, you can bulk upload them so the work isn’t wasted.

Dodd-Frank Section 1502: SEC Final Rule Analysis

This morning, August 22nd, the SEC voted 3-2 in favour of the final rules proposed for Dodd-Frank Section 1502 – Conflict Minerals.

In what was a long awaited vote, the SEC adopted several rule changes that will affect Conflict Mineral Reporting requirements including a new status of “DRC Conflict indeterminable” and calendar year reporting requirements (as opposed to fiscal year end).

Assent Compliance will be hosting a webinar on September 5th covering Conflict Minerals including the changes between the proposed and final rules.

Assent Compliance offers a turnkey Conflict Mineral Compliance service including Conflict Minerals Scope Assessments, Conflict Minerals Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry, Conflict Minerals Reports, and Conflict Minerals Software for reviewable business records.”

Media Coverage of The SEC Meeting:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-22/sec-s-conflict-minerals-rule-requires-reports-filed-in-may-2014.html

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-sec-conflict-minerals-congo-rules-20120822,0,7185990.story

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/08/22/sec-approves-detailed-disclosure-on-conflict-minerals/

Jared Connors

Director, Regulatory & Sustainability

Jared is focused on helping companies achieve their corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals through increased understanding and mitigation of risk. His 12 years of leadership in human rights, anti-bribery Read More

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Jared Connors | Director, Regulatory & Sustainability

Jared is focused on helping companies achieve their corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals through increased understanding and mitigation of risk. His 12 years of leadership in human rights, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, and environmental issues help him guide companies into new areas of co...