An object that represents the process step at runtime.

An identified real place, virtual space, or object. The location is a central master data object that can be organized in a structure to represent where a location exists spatially or functionally in [..]

The adaptation of a software component to the requirements of a specific country and/or region.

A work process that can be defined as either reactive or proactive.

A specified threshold that requires action to be taken once it is reached.

An aspect of an organization that is affected by an event or a risk.

A tract of land that is damaged in, for example, an environmental incident.

A chemical or a physical factor that can cause harmful effects in an exposed person.

A quantity that was determined for a specific time period by measurement devices or techniques, calculation, modeling, or another method. The amount is a single data record in a data series.

The official list of all substances restricted by the European Union's REACH regulation.

The list of restrictions on the manufacture, placing on the market, and use of certain dangerous chemical substances, mixtures and articles.

An object that is given a specific form, surface, or design when manufactured, which determines the object#s function to a greater extent than its chemical composition. Examples include a car, a batte [..]

An article with an additional function that releases substances during its use, and this release is intended as part of the main function of the article or to provide a desired other effect.

A classification of assets that can be involved in an incident.

A function to monitor relevant data changes and automatically process the necessary follow-up actions. The goal is to ensure that compliance information is always up to date or the user is informed ab [..]

A material that is used in a product and that itself is not constructed.

A process where basic materials are checked for compliance. It can be performed by the Basic Material Specialist user role.

User role in EHSM Product Safety and Stewardship.

The automatic generation of a bill of substance (BOS) from a bill of material (BOM).

A material that is used in units of mass or quantity (for example, grams or meters) instead of pieces.

The sum of the weights of the components in the next lower level of the product structure.

The process of computing mapped input data according to a set formula resulting in instantiated output data. It is used to determine the emissions generated during a production process.

An object used to collate and organize the communication with business partners.

A substance that will potentially be included in Annex XIV.

A part of the classification of hazardous substances. It indicates the hazard of a chemical.

A document that certifies that a product meets the requirements of a particular compliance regulation.

Any element, compound, or mixture of elements and/or compounds. Anything made of matter: any liquid, solid, or gas.

A chemical that may cause harmful effects in an exposed person.

A decision that a chemical can be used in a company at a specific location with a specific method of use. It is based on an evaluation of the physical and health hazards associated with use and handli [..]

A requisition to order a new chemical or to use an approved chemical for a new location, a new method of use, or a new purpose.

The process of identifying, analyzing, and evaluating physical and health hazards associated with use and handling of a chemical considering existing and potential controls.

An overview of chemicals used in a company. It contains information about the method of use, the quantities used, and the storage location of the chemical.

A procedure that must be carried out on substances when more than 10 metric tonnes of the substance is produced per year. The results of this assessment are stored in the chemical safety report.

A document that summarizes important safety information for a chemical.

A report that contains the results of the chemical safety assessment. Depending on the quantity of the substance that is produced, this report is submitted to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) as p [..]

The act of removing the remaining substance after recovery has taken place. The remaining substance may have become mixed together with soil or water. The cleanup may be controlled by certain regulati [..]

A method to classify a chemical based on information available from safety data sheets according to the associated hazard potential. The ration of the hazard can be used to perform a comparative asses [..]

The ID assigned to a company in the International Material Data System. Since one company may have multiple organization IDs assigned to it, the company ID is used as an overall ID for the company.

Information that a specific material fulfills defined requirements.

A user role for EHSM Product Safety and Stewardship.

A demand that is defined by a regulation or a policy for products, substances, and emissions that must be observed.

The information describing the state of compliance of a material that has been assigned to a specific regulation.

Gives the possibility to work on compliance issues for materials.

A part that is used in an assembly. This is the lowest product part in a product structure and is typically a purchased material or a material that is defined by its material composition.

A pure substance that a manufacturer does not disclose. This substance may not be a declarable substance or a substance that must be labeled.

A receptacle that holds the chemical content of a substance or preparation that is emitted by an object. For example, in the case of a spray can with a mixture in it, a printer cartridge, or a pen, th [..]

Scenario, for example, environment, worker or consumer, to which exposure estimations and risk characterizations in an exposure scenario relate.

A measure that is used on a continuing basis to prevent a damaging or harmful impact from occurring. A control can be applied, for example, as a policy, practice, or device.

A series of scheduled inspections that an inspector performs for specified controls. As part of risk assessment, you schedule control control inspections to continuously inspect the controls used to m [..]

A text that describes recommended measures that should be taken to minimize or prevent effects resulting from using or handling hazardous substances.

Relates to the nature of an incident action. Definition of a preventive action that is meant to anticipate and prevent incidents from occurring.The preventive action nature is set in the task details [..]

A chemical element or a chemical compound with parts that can only be separated from each other by chemical reaction.

A sequence of steps that are processed either by people or automatically by the system. The temporal and logical sequence of steps is defined using a workflow template that allows, for example, condit [..]

Element of use descriptor system that describes typical exposure situations at the workplace and the application techniques or process types from an occupational perspective.

An object used in the process foundation. The process control business object references the instance of a business object, and is the place where business logic is implemented for communication betwe [..]

An object representing a process to be performed for a specific business object, for example, for an incident or an action.

The metadata of a predefined process that is handled by the process foundation.

A foundation that links the SAP Business Workflow engine and the business objects of SAP EHS Management to support business processes.

The settings for an action or a notification that is scheduled to occur again. The process setup specifies when and how often the action or notification recurs.

The definition of a step within a process. The process step is called a task at runtime.

A substance that is used in the production process but is not chemically altered.

A component category used to differentiate components measured using #pieces# from bulks. For example, for a water bottle could comprise two components; the bottle itself and the water in the bottle. [..]

A company or person that takes responsibility for the REACH registrations for another company established outside of the REACH area.

An asset type that represents a piece of land, including buildings located on the land.

The details on a specification in the form of numeric values including the appropriate unit of measure, or in the form of textual information. The details can be linked with information on the source [..]

A study that is bought from external or internal partners.

The intended use of a chemical.

The relationship between the physical and/or chemical properties of a substance and their ability to cause a particular effect.

An incident that occurred either at, or on the way to/from the workplace and resulted in the injury or illness of an employee.

An injury that occurs in the course of performing work for an employer.

A limit set by a regulatory agency that provides a guide for unacceptable exposure to harmful agents or conditions in the workplace.

The status of the material data sheet (MDS) at the recipient. When a company sents a MDS to its customers, it must track the status of these MDSs at the recipient. The recipient status affects how the [..]

The criteria that the system uses to determine if a health surveillance protocol should be proposed to treat risk.

An official warning or notice issued by a district, state or federal authority. This official document warns or notifies the company, for example, that they are violating a law, regulation, and so on, [..]

A task that occurs again. A user creates a recurring task at a predefined interval, for example, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.

A view of the product structure that shows or hides specified nodes.

A new substance that is not covered by the definition of a phase-in substance.

A substance that was once considered to be a polymer and was not notified under the original (6th Amendment) NONS legislation. A new polymer definition was introduced in 1993 resulted in these substan [..]

The submission of a technical dossier to the agency and, if required, a chemical safety report for a substance being manufactured in or imported into the European Union.

An electronic file that is created using the IUCLID software. This file contains information about the intrinsic properties of a substance and information about the use and exposure of substances. Thi [..]

A list containing pure substances that are subject to legal or industry-specific regulations, for example, declarable substances or substances for which all uses are prohibited.

An unplanned event when a liquid, gas, or solid material enters the environment.

A liquid or gas substance that enters the environment.

A well-defined substance for which more than one constituent is present at a concentration of more than 10% and less than 80% (w/w). These constituents are the main constituents of the substance. A mu [..]

The intended commercial use for a material.

A part that is intended for manufacturing components or products in the discrete industry.

The categorization used to describe the type of material, for example, article, article with intended release, or container.

A condition in a regulation, permit, or environmental policy that has to be fulfilled so that compliance can be achieved.

The identified (or unidentified) risk remaining after implementing the risk treatment measures.

An assessment that determines the residual risk after preventive/corrective actions have been carried out.

A temporary or permanent restriction imposed by a physician on a person injured during an incident or who fell ill as a result of an incident. The following restrictions exist:

A revised version of a data record. Several revisions of data record reflect its progress over a period of time and have different content.

The possibility that a hazard can impact an organization's objectives, a person's health or safety, or the environment.

The overall process of identifying, analyzing, and evaluating risk.

A type of risk assessment that has a specific focus, for example, a focus on one of the following:

A qualitative statement about the risk to an affected area.

A quantitative statement about risk that is a product of risk analysis method(s).

A characterization of the use of a substance by application techniques or process types.

A document that summarizes important safety information.

The identification and documentation of a potential inappropriate or unsafe behavior or hazardous condition that could lead to an incident. A safety observation could, for example, result from the fol [..]

A person who supports the employer in health and safety implementation and monitos continuously the supply and function ability of mandatory protective equipment.

The part of a material that is sold to a customer.

A parameter measured and recorded by a device attached to industrial equipment plants. It can belong to three categories of measured data: consumption (how much material is consumed during operation), [..]

The net weight of the material.

A predefined text used in safety data sheets.

A group of persons exposed to similar agents.

A future risk that is #simulated# in the present to determine the possibility of a hazard (that we assume exists in the future) impacting an organization's objectives, a person's health or s [..]

A study that is sold to external partners.

A value defined in regulations for products that must be fulfilled or may not be exceeded.

Classifies a material according to a category, for example, product, bulk material, pure substance, packaging, surface or raw material. Each material category is assigned to a specification type and a [..]

A composition type that is used to define the pure substances in the product.

A tool for monitoring the progress of a process by the open tasks that belong to the process.

The existing risk identified prior to risk treatment. The initial risk level is determined by considering existing controls.

An assessment that takes place immediately after the incident ocurrs.

A composition type that is used to define all input components for production. For regulatory lists, the composition defines the product structure that is used to collect and determine declarable subs [..]

A request for more information that is sent to the recipient via an e-mail and contains a form or questionnaire.

A person who manages and maintains the incident record and is responsible for ensuring that all information associated with the incident is properly entered in a timely manner, verified, and approved, [..]

An unplanned, undesired event that adversely affects the completion of a task and/or endangers the safety of an employee or the environment.

A substance that:

A radiological, thermal, or physical entity that may cause harmful effects in an exposed person. Regulatory agencies can set legal limits (for example, an occupational exposure limit) at which exposur [..]

The ID assigned to an company in the International Material Data System. One company can have multiple organization IDs assigned to it.

A person or an organization.

Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic

A type of composition that is used to list the customers of a material. It exists virtually in the composition that is displayed in the compliance workbench. This composition type is used for substanc [..]

A legal entity holding information or data that is relevant to a phase-in substance for the REACH registration, and who is willing to share this information or data with other members of the Substance [..]

A series of data points that were collected over a predefined period of time.

A material or chemical considered relevant for disclosure because it is of significant environment, health, and safety interest.

A part of a product developed in the discrete industry that was not bought, but designed and self-produced by the manufacturer.

A non-conformity to a regulation represented in a difference between a set or expected value of reported data and the actual measured data.

A group of companies who manufacture distinct items, for example, computer products and electronic products.

A set of ABAP Objects classes that provides a simplified interface to the Business Object Processing Framework (BOPF).

A report that shows the coverage of endpoint chapters and provides an overview of existing endpoint data records.

A report that shows the coverage of the relevant endpoints for all IUCLID sections.

A request to change the design of a product developed in the discrete industry in order to fulfill, for example, a compliance need.

Detailed performance requirement, applicable to the organization or parts thereof, that arises from the environmental objectives and that needs to be set and met in order to achieve those objectives.

A user role for SAP EHSM Environmental Management.

An element of an organization that can interact with the environment, for example, the organization's activities, products, or services.

A change to the environment that can be adverse or beneficial, and wholly or partially results from an organization's environmental aspects.

Overall environmental goal, consistent with the environmental policy, that an organization sets for itself to achieve.

Principle, rule, or guideline formulated or adopted by an organization to reach long-term goals in relation to its overall environmental performance.

A substance considered under REACH or other regulations that does not need to be registered or that can be used for a defined use case because it is exempt.

A situation where a person is subjected to a potentially harmful action or condition. In cases involving agents, exposure is the situation where a person is in contact with an agent.

Quantification of exposure related to the operational conditions and risk management measures described in an exposure scenario.

Seamless electronic transfer of exposure scenario information between IT systems in XML format.

An influence on the incident that is beyond the control of the organization, for example, weather conditions.

The information about the exposure history and current exposure scenario for a specific person or similar exposure group.

The initial physician to attend to an injured person following an incident.

FPM BOPF Integration (FBI) offers configurable integration of FPM technology and BOPF-based business objects. FBI provides generic classes and configurations that allows you to consume the services of [..]

A global classification and labeling system for chemical substances and mixtures.

Status that indicates that a material data sheet (MDS) has been sent to another company, but the receiver has not yet accepted or rejected the MDS. This term is used within the International Material [..]

A source or situation with a potential for harm.

A catalog that contains the following information: hazards; the impacts the hazards can have on health, safety, and the environment; and the controls to prevent the hazards from having the specified i [..]

The result of the column model.

A text that describes the nature and degree of danger that a hazardous substance presents.

A hazardous substance in the composition of a chemical.

An object that can contain a set of medical examinations and tests that a person in an enterprise must undergo when, for example, the person is exposed to certain agents during work.

A report that contains data from all incidents relevant for reporting during a specified period of time. The summary report is, for example, a monthly report or a yearly log. It can be used for intern [..]

The supplier number or ID of the supplier at the customer. In the International Material Data System (IMDS), the DUNS number is often used as the supplier code.

A composition type that is used to list the suppliers of a material.

A process that determines why an incident occurred. This process is one of the major risk mitigation techniques used to analyze incidents in order to determine the root cause(s) and to introduce activ [..]

A document that outlines the best practices that are to be used when conducting an investigation.

The person who in responsible for organizing and monitoring the investigation.

A task that is executed by the investigator or by an assigned responsible person. Task complexity can vary, for example, entering a simple description or performing a complex root cause analysis. The [..]

A guideline that defines the steps required for an investigation and the suggested sequence for these steps.

A comparative assessment of the hazards of a chemical order to find a less hazardous one.

A substance assigned to a legal entity with specific information about the substance in this legal entity.

The act of collecting a spilled substance and putting it into a container to stop the substance from further mixing with the ground or water and to stop or reduce its effects on the affected land.

A grouping of the injured/ill person that specifies the person's relationship to the company.

A key figure that measures the number of injuries that result in an employee being absent from work for one or more shifts per million hours worked. The LTIFR is mainly used in statistics for European [..]

A functionality that provides property settings for attributes, nodes, actions, and associations of a given business object. These settings control the behavior of a business object when it is in a ce [..]

Category that describes in broad and generic terms the extent of containment and technical fate of a substance in a process, the production volume of the substances, the number of emission days, the d [..]

Element of the use descriptor system that characterizes the type of article in which a substance is contained or into which it has been processed.

A legally autonomous company that must register the substances used in its own company.

An optional composition that lists only the substances that are relevant for the REACH regulations. For example, an impurity may be part of the standard composition, but not relevant for the REACH reg [..]

A real or potential change to a person's health or safety, or to the environment that wholly or partially results from a hazard.

A factor that contributed to the occurrence of an incident or a factor that influenced the course of an incident.

The existing risk identified prior to risk treatment. The inherent risk level is determined without considering existing controls.

very Persistent and very Bioaccumulative

A form of a data record that is different from another data record.

The characteristic of a numeric value that groups it with similar values and conveys the meaning of the value. For example, the value represents a time weighted average or a peak limit.

A composition type that contains all the substances that remain in the product and are relevant for your communication with suppliers. It is used for substances and preparations to process the use and [..]

A phrase from a set of phrases defined by the European Commission and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to describe industrial and use categories, for example, "SU3: Industrial Manufacturing ( [..]

Set of 5 descriptors used to briefly describe identified substance uses and to build the short title of an exposure scenario. These are: sector of use (SU), product category (PC), process category (PR [..]