Most manufacturers need to send product compliance data to their downstream customers and collect materials from upstream suppliers. So why are so many compliance programs designed as if supply chain data is a one-way street?
This two-part webinar series will untangle the multifaceted challenges faced by manufacturers — like you — that have requirements as both suppliers and customers. You’ll learn how to improve supply chain transparency and build stronger relationships to accelerate business growth. We’ll share strategies to align your compliance program with your customers’ goals so you can earn (and keep) their long-term trust.
We recommend you register for both sessions to maximize your takeaways, but you can also select a single session when you register.
The Sessions
Your Dual Role: Challenges of Being a Customer & a Supplier
Date: Tuesday, May 13 / Time: 10 AM ET / Duration: 45 minutes
How do you balance the unique program challenges on your team when you’re a customer and a supplier? Our experts will walk you through the current landscape of new customer expectations and growing regulatory requirements. You’ll learn about global trends in supply chain transparency, and ways to manage complex data requests, as someone both collecting and sharing data with numerous supply chain players.
Key Topics:
The increasing complexity of customer demands for material compliance and product sustainability
The impact of geopolitical trends, including trade disruptions and supply chain risks
How to manage complex data requests by improving supply chain traceability
Featured Assent Experts:
Cally Edgren
VP, Regulatory & Sustainability at Assent
Cally has over 30 years of experience shaping the landscape of regulatory practices at companies like Rockwell Automation and Kohler Co. Currently, as the VP, Regulatory & Sustainability at Assent, she leads initiatives on materials compliance and PFAS management, helping manufacturers create safe, compliant products and engage their supply chains for compliance data.
Dr. Roxy Swails
Senior Regulatory Expert at Assent
With her hands-on industry experience in spearheading sustainable product initiatives, and more than eight years as a professor of green chemistry, Roxy helps Assent customers improve their compliance and sustainability programs. She guides manufacturers’ responses to REACH, RoHS, Proposition 65, and TSCA requirements. Roxy holds a PhD in organometallic chemistry from the University of Florida.
Customer Focus: The Key to Success
Date: Wednesday, May 14 / Time: 10 AM ET / Duration: 45 minutes
Learn how to turn your compliance efforts into a competitive advantage by taking a “customer first” approach. See how other manufacturers are building stronger supply chain relationships and improving supplier responsiveness. Our experts will also share practical strategies to anticipate customer needs using data analytics and enhance supply chain collaboration so you can grow and retain your customer base.
Key Topics:
Strategies for a customer-centric approach, including automation and proactive management
The latest trends in customer-supplier dynamics for compliance and sustainability
How to provide your suppliers with the tools and resources they’ll need to support you
Featured Assent Experts:
Dr. Bruce Jarnot
Senior Regulatory Expert at Assent
Bruce is a board-certified toxicologist with over 30 years of industry experience managing product safety and global materials compliance programs with large organizations. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Wesleyan University.
Ryan Zelhofer
Manager, Sustainability at Assent
Ryan has a long history of supporting manufacturers on their supply chain sustainability journeys, with over 16 years developing and leading corporate sustainability and compliance programs. He leads Assent’s team of regulatory and sustainability experts.
